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A Perfect Match Loses Bid For Insurance Coverage Of Parents' Claim Over Baby's Eye Cancer

A California appellate court, reversing a trial court's decision, has ruled that an insurance company did not have to cover a claim brought against a company that matched surrogates and egg donors with infertile families.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Appeals and Shifting Theories of Injury: What's Next for the Xarelto Litigation

The focus of the plaintiffs' theories in the Xarelto trials shifted along with the venue changes, but the plaintiffs are expecting more changes with the upcoming trials in state court.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Panel Upholds License Suspension for Psychiatrist Who Keyed Car

A related penalty, that psychiatrist Zeinab Elbaz be evaluated by a professional medical conduct committee to determine whether she should undergo a psychiatric evaluation herself, was also not disproportionate.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Houston Home Health Agency Owner Sentenced, In Absentia, to 80 Years

The husband of a woman sentenced to 75 years in prison for health care fraud received an 80-year imprisonment term for similar conduct but isn't behind bars after failing to appear at the hearing. The district court has declared the defendant, Ebong Tilong, a fugitive.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

U.S. Justices Turn Down Georgia LGBT Workplace Discrimination Challenge

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to decide whether the nation's workplace anti-bias law bars sexual orientation discrimination. The justices may soon have another opportunity to take up the closely watched question. The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit heard arguments Sept. 26.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Rivero Mestre Team Gets 2 Settlements for Hepatitis C Insurance Coverage

Andres Rivero, Jorge A. Mestre, Charlie E. Whorton, Alan H. Rolnick and Amanda M. McGovernRivero MestreRivero Mestre attorneys filed class actions…
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Growing Biotech Names Perkins Coie Partner as New GC

Cue Biopharma, which develops immunotherapy cancer drugs, has named Colin Sandercock, most recently a partner at Perkins Coie, as its senior vice president and general counsel.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Justices Reject Automatic 10-Year Nursing License Suspensions for Drug Felonies

Pennsylvania's Professional Nursing Law does not require a nurse whose license is automatically suspended because of a felony drug conviction to wait 10 years before seeking reinstatement, the state Supreme Court said, rejecting the State Board of Nursing's recently adopted interpretation of the statute.
12 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Injured Nurse's Claim Against Aramark Revived

A hospital nurse who slipped and injured herself on a wet spot in a scrub room can pursue her negligence claim against the health care support company she alleged was responsible for supervising the maintenance and cleaning of the room, the Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled.
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Lawyers Say Fed Regulators Will Scrutinize Aetna-CVS Deal

Federal regulators are likely to take a sharp eye to CVS Health's planned takeover of Aetna Inc., given the size of the consolidation within the health care industry, corporate lawyers say.
14 minute read

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