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FTC Scrutinizing Volume Discounts in Pharma, Using Dormant Law It Could Apply to Other Industries

"Sellers in every industry should monitor these developments to see how the agency's enforcement priorities evolve and are treated by the courts, so they can calibrate their compliance policies accordingly," said Mary Kaiser, a Morrison & Foerster partner.
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The Legal Intelligencer

How to Identify When an Employee Benefits Plan Discriminates on the Basis of Gender Identity

This article will focus mainly on Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which prohibits health insurance plans from discriminating against beneficiaries on the bases of race, sex, age and disability.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

'I'm Going to Be Pounding Them': Facilities in the Crosshairs Over Inpatient Suicides

"Behavioral health is a multibillion-dollar industry. Exposing substandard practices and holding them accountable is key to effectuating change and securing improvements so that these tragedies do not happen to any other family," plaintiff lawyer Beth Baldinger said.
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Daily Report Online

$17.3M: How a Plaintiff's Attorney Switched Tactics to Circumvent a Midtrial Apportionment Ruling

"It really put me in a situation tactically that i didn't necessarily think i would be in in the moment," said plaintiff's counsel Darren Penn. "If you're in an Alston & Bird v. Hatcher situation, think about how that might play out before you get [to trial.]"
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

A Win or a Loss? Analyzing Jury Fault Percentages

"They were one of the most attentive juries that I've had," plaintiffs attorney Alfred R. Bell, Steinger, Greene & Feiner.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Community Health Care Cyberattack Results in Class Action Lawsuit

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3 minute read

Daily Business Review

How Holland & Knight Managed to Keep its Transactional Lawyers Busy During a Slow 2023

While others jumped on trends that tend to provide exuberant highs during good times but extreme lows during slower periods, the firm stuck to its guns in more traditional spaces, helping boost its corporate practice last year.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

'These Are Really Just the Beginning': 4 More Lawsuits Against CooperSurgical

"There could be more instances of this out there, and we absolutely need to know the full scope of this problem in order to hold CooperSurgical and the Cooper Companies accountable for the harm that they've caused," Clarkson Law Firm's Tracey Cowan said.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Appellate Judge Upholds NY Court System's Denial of COVID-19 Vaccine Exemptions

Third Department Justice Michael Lynch's opinion gave weight to a court official's affidavit that explained the process for evaluating exemption requests and explaining each denial.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Case Over Non-Economic Damages Cap Is Transferred to Ga. Supreme Court

A wrongful-death medical-malpractice case out of Macon gave rise to the issue over whether a cap is constitutionally valid.
5 minute read

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