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The Legal Intelligencer

Novel Legal Fights Loom as Nation's First Safe Injection Site Gains Court Approval

Attorneys say the nonprofit group seeking to run the site might still have a long road of litigation ahead—one that could be paved with first-impression issues.
7 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Greenbaum Rowe Bolts on Health Care Practice With 9 McElroy Deutsch Laterals

The group is largely made up of attorneys who joined McElroy Deutsch in mid-2011 via its acquisition of 13-lawyer Kalison, McBride, Jackson & Robertson of Warren.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Attorneys on Both Sides of Abortion Suit Seek a Win Without Trial

SisterSong attorney Sean J. Young said Georgia's law "flies in the face of nearly a half century" of SCOTUS precedent. Defending the governor and the AG, Solicitor General Andrew Pinson argued that SisterSong has "failed to establish standing to bring this suit" because the women's advocacy group hasn't proven any of its members are currently pregnant and seeking an abortion.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

How Can Attorneys Improve Community Health Care? It May Be Simpler Than You Think

U.S. Rep. Donna Shalala offers insights into some of the hidden impacts of employer benefits on their workers' health. Oh, and get a flu shot.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Holland & Knight Launches Health Care Team in Texas

Am Law 50 firm Holland & Knight added health care litigators to its Dallas and Houston offices from McDermott Will & Emery and Clark Hill Strasburger.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Cannabis in the Classroom: Navigating the Administration of Medical Marijuana on Campus Under New California Law

Senate Bill 223, also known as Jojo's Act, permits school districts, county boards of education, and charter schools maintaining kindergarten or any grades 1 to 12, to adopt a policy allowing a parent or guardian to administer medical marijuana to their student who is a "qualified patient" on school grounds.
8 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Lawmakers to Ban Discrimination in Organ Transplants

The process of seeking a transplant is stressful, and disabled patients who are denied organs may not even realize they were illegally discriminated against.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

False Claims Act Enforcement in 2020: Four Areas to Watch

The recent announcement by the Department of Justice (DOJ) that it obtained more than $3 billion in judgments and settlements under the False Claims Act (FCA) in FY 2019 underscores the ongoing enforcement risks companies face in the health care, defense and other industries.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

State, Doctors Tangle Over Medical Marijuana Complaints

The complaints appear to be the first major actions taken by the state against doctors who order cannabis for patients they deem eligible for the treatment, which was broadly legalized in a 2016 constitutional amendment.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Claims of Internal Medicine Docs' Failure to Discover Lung Cancer Can Go Forward

"Plaintiff's expert ... opined that, had decedent been given a chest X-ray prior to October 2012, the lung cancer would have been discovered before it entered Stage IV, and, thus, she would have had a greater chance of survival," the Appellate Division, First Department wrote in allowing certain claims to go forward against the Manhattan medical group and two of its physicians.
4 minute read

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