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Daily Dicta: Skadden's $350M Save; Robbins Geller Looks on the Bright Side

It's hard to imagine a more dire situation—or a more dramatic turnaround—than what played out last week in Florida, where a team from Skadden,…
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Daily Report Online

Attorney General and Prosecutors Announce Charges for Elder Abuse

“This started with a tip from concerned citizens,” Attorney General Chris Carr said during a news conference at the Judicial Building across the street from the Capitol which his office broadcast live on Facebook. “If something doesn't seem right, please tell somebody.”
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Crowell & Moring Report: FCA Enforcement May Continue Focus on Opioids, Drug Pricing in 2018

Health care companies need to be mindful of the U.S. Department of Justice's continued enforcement of the False Claims Act but also pay attention to areas such as drug pricing and opioids that may be the focus of increased scrutiny in 2018, according to the health care portion of Crowell & Moring's annual Litigation Forecast.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Professional Malpractice

In this special section, we look at malpractice from different angles: What if the judge makes a mistake, not the attorney? What if the outcome is not what the client wanted, through no fault of the lawyer? Do patients/clients have a right to know the extent of a professional's experience? And avoiding malpractice, right from the intake interview.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Surgical Robots are all the Same, but Robotic Surgeons Aren't

To twist a phrase from the Wizard of Oz, patients need to know “Who is that man behind the robot?”
9 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Study: More Companies Disclose Climate Risk, but Number Still Low

Companies "can expect to face growing pressure from investors to improve disclosure of climate-related risks," said the report from the Conference Board.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Dental Care Company to Pay $23.9M in Whistleblower Settlement

Benevis dental management company and more than 130 of its affiliated Kool Smiles clinics in 17 states have agreed to pay $23.9 million plus interest to settle charges that they fraudulently billed Medicaid for medically unnecessary dental work performed on children.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

How Dogged Lawyering Turned A Femur Fracture Into a $1.5M Wrongful Death Settlement

Coral Gables plaintiffs attorneys worked to link a chain of events that led from a man's hotel lobby slip-and-fall to his death two years later.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Cherokee Nation Vows to Keep Up Fight vs. Pharma Over Opioids Despite Legal Setback

After a federal judge ruled that the tribal court does not have jurisdiction over the Cherokee Nation's lawsuit against several pharmaceutical distributors and retail pharmacies over the opioid addiction epidemic, the territory's attorney general has vowed to continue the legal battle by refiling the case in state court.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Appellate Court Scolds Manatt for Strategic Delay in Anti-SLAPP Appeal

The First District Court of Appeal said Manatt, Phelps & Phillips and client Dignity Health sought “to extend SLAPP where it has never gone before.”
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