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New York Law Journal

Combatting Agency Overreach in Healthcare Law and Policy

A new ruling changes NY law on dispensing in-office therapies for oncologists and restores an oncologist’s ability to provide supportive therapies in-office.
10 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Case Will Test If Wrongful-Death Suit Can Be Brought for Fetus

The law in Connecticut is still developing around when a wrongful-death action can be brought on behalf of a fetus. While the Connecticut Appellate and Supreme courts have yet to weigh in, a Superior Court decision in the 2018 case Elderkin v. Mahoney held that a wrongful-death claim could be brought on behalf of a fetus that was 17 weeks.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Freeman Mathis & Gary Taps Orlando for Third New Florida Office This Year

The new office, the firm's fourth in the Sunshine State, is debuting with six attorneys from Orlando boutique Beytin, McLaughlin, McLaughlin, O’Hara & Bocchino.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

The Defense Bar Is Feeling the Strain: Busy Med Mal Trial Schedules Might Be Phila.'s 'New Normal'

“We’re going to get busier with more cases filed,” Marshall Dennehey shareholder Gary Samms said. “So for the group of people that try a lot of the cases, there’s going to be no relief for us.”
7 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Alston & Bird Achieves Higher Rating for Medicare Advantage Insurance Companies

UnitedHealth and several other insurers successfully challenged a downgrading of the 2025 Medicare Advantage plans based on a single call center phone call.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Depo-Provera MDL Could Be Headed to California

A Tuesday motion before the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation said more than 20 lawsuits over Depo-Provera should be coordinated in the Northern District of California.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

FTC Lauds Withdrawal of Proposed Indiana Hospitals Merger After Leaning on State Regulators

"We are heartened that the Indiana Department of Health appears to be taking seriously the many concerns expressed by the public about this merger, and hope they will ultimately deny" the certificate of public advantage, said Hannah Garden-Monheit of the Federal Trade Commission.
4 minute read

The Recorder

New Class Action Points to Fears Over Privacy, Abortions and Fertility

Inito Inc., a company that sells at-home fertility tracking kits connected to a smartphone app, was hit with a class action on Monday for allegedly siphoning sensitive medical data to third-party advertisers and potentially endangering its users in states that criminalize abortion.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Judge Skips Over Sanctions in Talc Bankruptcy: 'That’s A No'

At a Tuesday hearing, however, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez, in the Southern District of Texas, ordered Beasley Allen and the Smith Law Firm to produce example communications demonstrating how their 11,000 clients voted for or against Johnson & Johnson's talc bankruptcy plan.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Jefferson Doctor Hit With $6.8M Verdict Over Death of 64-Year-Old Cancer Patient

The plaintiffs alleged that during an operation to treat the decedent's liver cancer, one of the heated needle probes used in the procedure moved out of place and perforated her stomach.
3 minute read

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