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The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Ties Disputed in Pelvic Mesh Jurisdiction Fight

A fight over whether 90 pelvic mesh cases pending in Philadelphia state court against a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary should be transferred to other jurisdictions in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's game-changing decision in is focusing on the defendant's contacts with a third-party mesh supplier that is based in Pennsylvania.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

NY Insurer Fined Over Denying Claims

MVP Health Plan Inc. and MVP Health Insurance Co. agreed to pay a $200,000 fine and to correct claims processing procedures, and to make $9,000 in restitution to 356 members.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Game-Changer: Closely Watched Case Could Change Florida's Evidence Rules

A closely watched multimillion-dollar suit before Florida's Supreme Court could change Florida rules on expert testimony.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Corporate Finance and Capital Markets Attorneys Kept Busy as SPACs Make Comeback

Holland & Knight has worked on several special-purpose acquisition companies over the past year.
15 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Justices Agree to Eye Facebook Post's Impact on Discovery Rule

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to take up the appeal of a woman who aims to sue her doctor over an alleged misdiagnosis of her Lyme disease as multiple sclerosis. The woman's case had been tossed out partly because of Facebook posts indicating she knew she suffered from the disease years before filing suit.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

Olmstead v. Bayer Corp.

MDA Preempts Suit Claiming Contraceptive Was Known To Be Dangerous, Defective
2 minute read

The Recorder

New Evidence Seen as Key in LA Jury's $417M Talc Verdict

California jurors who awarded $417 million on Monday in a talcum powder trial might have been influenced by three new pieces of evidence, including an emailed photo that arrived just as the trial started, according to plaintiffs' attorneys in the case.
15 minute read

Corporate Counsel

In-House Counsel Profile: Jennifer Reed of the Neuroscience Centers

Reporter Kristen Rasmussen profiles Jennifer Reed, general counsel of the Neuroscience Centers of Florida Foundation Inc., a Miami-based nonprofit group.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Jury Awards $417M in J&J Talcum Powder Case

A jury in Los Angeles awarded $417 million to a California woman who was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2007. Jurors found 9-3 that Johnson & Johnson failed to warn that its baby powder could cause the deadly disease.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Efficiencies Defenses to Merger Challenges

Antitrust columnist Elai Katz writes: In a thorough opinion evaluating the legality of a health insurance merger under antitrust law, the D.C. Circuit considered whether and when efficiencies may offset competitive concerns. Rejecting arguments that anticipated health care cost reductions should spare Anthem's proposed acquisition of Cigna from an antitrust challenge, a split panel upheld an injunction blocking the proposed merger because it was likely to lessen competition without offsetting benefits.
10 minute read

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