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National Law Journal

Anthem Won't Pay Breakup Fee, Uber Clashes With Regulators (Again), and the Cool Richard Cordray

Anthem Inc. is dropping its bid to acquire rival health insurer Cigna Corp., and the company's stepping up the conflict in refusing to pay a $1.85 billion breakup fee. Uber Technologies and San Francisco tax authorities are fighting over public access to driver names and addresses—the latest confrontation between the ride-hailing company and regulators. And the clock expired on a Republican-led bid, through the Congressional Review Act, to void the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's prepaid card rule. This is a roundup of regulatory action.
28 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Judge Rejects Pa.'s Fee Request in Hershey-Pinnacle Merger Case

A federal judge has denied attorney fees to the state of Pennsylvania stemming from its involvement in a case over the proposed merger between Penn State Hershey Medical Center and PinnacleHealth Systems.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

J&J Hit With $20M Verdict in Third Pelvic Mesh Trial

A 12-member Philadelphia jury handed up a $20 million verdict—including $17.5 million in punitive damages—against Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ethicon in the third pelvic mesh case to go to trial in the city.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

$1.1M Judgment for Pregnant Abortion Clinic Workers Upheld

A New Jersey appeals court won't disturb a $1.1 million judgment against a bankrupt Montclair abortion clinic owner who allegedly fired three employees after they became pregnant.
3 minute read

The Recorder

LA Jury Awards $7.2M to Man for Hand Surgery Delay

A lawyer whose client was awarded $7.2 million by a Los Angeles jury last week said the case serves as a cautionary tale for what can happen when a health care insurer's screening and referral procedures take precedence over patient care.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Court to Decide Whether Self-Critical Analysis Is Discoverable

The New Jersey Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal of a medical malpractice plaintiff whose bid for a hospital's self-critical analysis of her care was rejected.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Hiring and Managing Outside Counsel at Halyard Health

"Assuming you've hired the right counsel, the key is enabling them to do their best work," says Ross Mansbach.
22 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

US Government Hit With $42M Birth Injury Verdict in Pa.

A federal judge in Harrisburg has ordered the United States to pay $42 million to a family whose baby suffered brain injuries during delivery because of a federally employed doctor's unnecessary use of forceps.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

To Bayer, Compliance Is All a Game

Bayer has a new compliance training program that's different from anything it has offered its employees before.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Elite Plaintiffs Lawyer Accused of Concealing Payments to Expert Witnesses

Hoping to reverse a $502 million loss, lawyers for Johnson & Johnson are attacking Houston attorney W. Mark Lanier. But he says the campaign "fails to tell the whole story."
5 minute read

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