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National Law Journal

Chamber Asks HHS to Keep Cost-Sharing Subsidies

Even as 16 state AGs won their fight to intervene in a lawsuit by House Republicans to undermine cost-sharing reductions under Obamacare, a major business group asks HHS to keep them for now for the sake of health insurance market stability.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Remuneration Rare in Quarantine Suits, Ebola Nurse Settlement Shows

The failure of nurse Kaci Hickox to collect any money after being held by state officials for 80 hours in a tent outside a hospital, even after twice testing negative for Ebola, illustrates the difficulties of getting compensated for allegations of excessive quarantine measures.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Court Asked to Reconsider En Banc Decision to Toss $38M Award in Factory Shooting Case

If last month's ruling tossing a $38 million punitive damages verdict is allowed to stand, it will create a "morass" that poses significant hurdles for bringing punitive damages claims, the plaintiffs have said in an effort to secure reconsideration from an expanded Pennsylvania Superior Court panel.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Meet the GC at the American College of Emergency Physicians

In addition to managing the American College of Emergency Physicians' legal department, Leslie Moore also oversees the human resources and office services departments and helps handle ethics complaints brought by members against other physician members who may have violated the group's code of ethics.
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The Recorder

Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. v. Superior Court (Prime Healthcare La Palma, LLC)

C.A. 2nd; B272284 The Second Appellate District granted a petition for writ of mandate. The court held that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to confirm…
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The Recorder

Baker v. Italian Maple Holdings, LLC

C.A. 4th; D069797 The Fourth Appellate District reversed a trial court order. The court held that the death of one party to arbitration agreements less…
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New Jersey Law Journal

Drugmakers Agree to $300M Settlement in MDL Over Hypertension Medication Benicar

Drugmakers Daiichi Sankyo and Forest Laboratories have agreed to a $300 million settlement in multidistrict litigation by users of hypertension drug Benicar who claimed they developed severe gastrointestinal side effects.
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National Law Journal

Defense Lawyers in Taxotere Litigation Decry Ill Effects of Outside Funding

Multidistrict litigation is "littered with examples of undisclosed non-party involvement gone wrong," according to Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC in a motion renewing its demand that plaintiffs attorneys disclose outside funding of lawsuits filed over breast cancer drug Taxotere.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Health Care Admin Charged in $1B Medicare Fraud Case

A Florida health care administrator accepted bribes in exchange for helping a nursing home owner accused of orchestrating a $1 billion Medicare and Medicaid fraud scheme keep his license, federal prosecutors said.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Miami Attorneys Win $7.9 Million Med-Mal Verdict in 77-Year-Old's Stroke

Gary Fox of Stewart Tilghman won a $7.9 million verdict for a grandmother who suffered a paralyzing stroke.
9 minute read

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