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Daily Dicta: When the Judge Doesn't Like You; Saw Makers Notch a Win

Judicial bias is a tricky thing. Is the judge ruling against you because she doesn't like your legal arguments? Or is it personal?Either way, it's bold—and potentially risky—move to call on a judge to recuse for bias. But Mike Daugherty is not one to shy away from a fight.
10 minute read

Daily Business Review

Judge Backs Hollywood Hills Nursing Home on Death Records

Ruling against the Florida Department of Health, a circuit judge said an embattled Broward County nursing home is entitled to receive copies of death certificates for people who died across the state around the time of Hurricane Irma.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Man Sentenced to 80 Years in Medicare Fraud Among HHS's Most Wanted Fugitives

Ebong Aloysius Tilong is believed to have fled the United States. Last October, he was sentenced, in absentia, to one of the longest-ever terms for health care fraud for his role in a $13 million Medicare scheme in Houston.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Rubio, Nelson Back Hospitals on Medicare Payment Challenges

Tampa General Hospital is throwing its support behind a bipartisan proposal that, if passed by Congress, would allow it and other large health care systems to challenge how the government estimates additional Medicare payments.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Breast Implants Maker Names First GC

Jeremy Livianu comes to New York City-based Establishment Labs Holdings Inc. from Redwood City, California's Nevro Corp., where he built the legal department from scratch and helped take the company public.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

A Primer for In-House Counsel on FCA Implications of the Opioid Epidemic

The past year has seen a large up-tick in federal activity aimed at curbing the nation's opioid crisis. Of particular note, on July 13, 2017, the Medicare Fraud Strike Force arrested 412 defendants in a nationwide health care fraud enforcement directive. Of these, 120 were charged for actions taken in relation to opioids.
9 minute read

Daily Report Online

Appeals Court Orders New Trial Finding Meager Med-Mal Award a 'Shock to Conscience'

The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled a post-apportionment award for past medical bills with no other damages was "so clearly inadequate as to be inconsistent with the preponderance of the evidence," and required a new trial on damages and liability.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

NFL Accuses Lawyers, Doctors of 'Widespread Fraud' on Concussion Settlement

The NFL has asked a Pennsylvania federal judge to appoint a special investigator to look into alleged "widespread fraud" that is "infecting" the $1 billion concussion litigation settlement.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

$35M Punitives Award Brings Bard Pelvic Mesh Verdict to $68M

A jury in Bergen County, New Jersey, on Friday awarded $35 million in punitive damages in a suit against C.R. Bard over defective pelvic mesh products.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Gestational Carrier Bill Clears Legislature

Twice-vetoed legislation that would sanction the type of surrogacy-for-hire contracts famously deemed unenforceable three decades ago in the state Supreme Court's In re Baby M case has now passed the Legislature.
4 minute read

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