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The Legal Intelligencer

Justices to Mull Whether MCARE Repose Statute Allows Claims Over Failing Organs

If patients with sponges and scissors left in their bodies can sue more than seven years after their surgeries, why can't organ recipients who received problematic organs do the same?
4 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Gilead Accuses Teva of Infringing Hep C Drug as Sales Decline

Gilead Sciences Inc. on Tuesday sued to stop a rival drugmaker from bringing a generic version of Sovaldi to market, as the company continues its campaign to protect the hepatitis C treatment amid rapidly declining sales.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

FDA Faces Lawsuit Over Delay in Reviewing E-Cigs

Several anti-smoking groups and doctors filed a lawsuit in Maryland federal court on Tuesday challenging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's decision to delay its review of e-cigarettes.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

For M&A Lawyers, Proceed With Caution in 2018

The market is primed for another year of booming M&A action, but the art of the deal could be complicated by President Trump's temperamental tendencies.
9 minute read

Daily Business Review

For Third Time, State Seeks Changes in Medicaid Program

Florida is asking the federal government to amend a sweeping Medicaid “waiver,” including seeking permission to add community mental-health providers to the list of those able to participate in a supplemental Medicaid funding program.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Gov. Scott Signs 8 Bills as Agencies Pay Millions in Deaths, Injuries

Gov. Rick Scott signed eight bills last week that will lead to paying millions of dollars to resolve cases in which state or local government agencies played a role in people dying or getting injured.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Gov. Scott Signs Bills Mandating Backup Power

Gov. Rick Scott signed legislation requiring backup power sources in Florida nursing homes and assisted living facilities, months after the deaths of several residents from a sweltering nursing home that lost power in a hurricane.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Asbestos Filings Fell in 2017, Report Says

Asbestos filings fell in 2017, and it didn't matter whether they were brought over mesothelioma, lung cancer or other forms of cancer, according to consulting firm KCIC.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

$40M From Pharma Inventor's Licensing Contracts Is Taxable as Income, Not Capital Gain

Millions of dollars a pharmaceutical inventor received under a technology license agreement should be treated as ordinary income, rather than capital gains, for tax purposes, a split federal appeals panel has ruled.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

What DOJ Intervention in FCA Suit Means for Private Equity Firms

General counsel at private equity firms should still be aware of the federal government's unusual decision to pursue claims against a firm based on an alleged fraudulent scheme at its pharmacy portfolio company, legal experts said.
5 minute read

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