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New York Law Journal

State Moves to Limit Home Health Agencies

In his Health Law column, Francis J. Serbaroli of Greenberg Traurig, discusses the moratorium that New York recently imposed on licensed home health care agencies, of which there are more than 1,400 in the state.
10 minute read

Daily Business Review

Legal Departments of the Year

Awards focus on the in-house legal work performed at the University of Miami, Ilumno, Memorial Healthcare System, the Miami Gardens City Attorney's Office and Citigroup Latin America and Mexico.
9 minute read

National Law Journal

Trial Opens Over Lawyer's Death Allegedly Caused by J&J's Baby Powder

The trial against Johnson & Johnson claims an attorney's lifetime use of its baby powder caused her to get one of the deadliest forms of cancer.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

NY Health Dept. Affirms Right to Medicaid Coverage for Gender Dysphoria Treatment

The state health department overturned on May 11 a decision by an administrative judge that had upheld Medicaid insurer Healthfirst's denial of coverage for a mammoplasty procedure for a 27-year-old transgender person, saying the operation was not medically necessary.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Judge Asked to Settle Regulatory Dispute Over 'Dry Needling'

In a challenge filed this week, the Florida State Oriental Medical Association is asking a state administrative judge to block a proposed rule that would allow certain physical therapists to begin “dry needling.”
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Judge Weighs State Ban on Patients Smoking Pot

Cathy Jordan credits pot with helping her defeat the odds in the battle against Lou Gehrig's disease she's waged for more than 30 years.
7 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Texas Appeals Court Tosses Bridal Shop's Ebola Scare Claim For Lack of Expert Report

A Texas court of appeals dismissed a negligence case in which an Ohio bridal shop claimed a Dallas hospital failed to properly respond to an Ebola virus scare after an infected nurse visited the business to try on dresses and ultimately chased away customers.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Acting AG Underwood Announces Intent to Sue Purdue Pharma Over Opioids

The statement of intent to sue the Stamford, Connecticut-based maker of OxyContin comes after a September 2017 announcement by a bipartisan coalition of 41 state attorneys general of an investigation into the role of major pharmaceutical companies in the current opioid epidemic.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Letter to the Editor: Dry Needling Best Left to Acupuncturists

To the Editor:Your recent article on physical therapists versus acupuncturists (Acupuncturists, Physical Therapists Battle Over Treatment, May…
2 minute read

Daily Report Online

Northside Hospital, Jones Day Partner Lock Horns Again at Court of Appeals Over Whether Hospital Records Are Public

A public records fight over documents associated with Northside Hospital's $100 million acquisition of four private medical practices has pitted the hospital against a Jones Day partner who may be suing on behalf of an anonymous client.
5 minute read

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