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New Jersey Law Journal

Illicit Mixed Practice Was Not an 'Honest Mistake,' Court Says

The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a New York health care lawyer and a California chiropractor violated the state's Insurance Fraud Prevention Act when they helped a local chiropractor set up a multidisciplinary practice.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Health Care Lawyers Offer Guidance on How to Ride Out the AHCA Storm

Some health care practice lawyers weren't ruffled by the passage of the Obamacare repeal bill in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday, mainly because they give it little chance of making it through the Senate. But they offered some guidance on what lawyers should be thinking through with clients right now.
11 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

New State Law Mandates Fertility Coverage for Same-Sex Couples

Gov. Chris Christie has signed legislation, spurred by a federal civil rights lawsuit, that will require insurance carriers contracting with the state to cover fertility treatments to women in same-sex relationships, and those in other nontraditional relationships.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Munsch Hardt Hires Ex-Dallas City Councilmember for Land Use Practice; Gardere Wynne and Akerman Also Make Lateral Hires

Angela Hunt, who served on Dallas City Council from 2005 through 2013, will revive a zoning and land use practice at Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr.
3 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

What the Theranos Settlement Solves—And What It Doesn't

Theranos Inc. announced Monday that it has settled two lawsuits brought by one of its biggest early investors, a move the embattled blood-testing company said would allow it to proceed with a short-term tender offer and set its sights on eventually bringing new technology to market.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

DOJ Antitrust Nominee's Ethics Pledge Outlines Recusal Roadmap

The confirmation hearing of Makan Delrahim to lead the Justice Department's Antitrust Division—which was postponed from April 26—could be set as early as next week. The former Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck lawyer's ethics agreement, publicly disclosed this week, outlines a recusal roadmap.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

US Judge Sanctions Milberg for Actions in Qui Tam Case

A federal judge in Massachusetts ruled Manhattan plaintiffs firm Milberg "implemented an elaborate scheme of misrepresentation and deceit under the guise of a legitimate medical research study" and dismissed a plaintiff's qui tam action.
14 minute read

Daily Business Review

Overlooked Breast Lump Leads to $21.6M Miami-Dade Med-Mal Verdict

Hialeah nurse Marlande Lazard was told she did not have cancer. Meanwhile, her symptoms worsened.
9 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Dallas Lawyer Shocks GE With Verdict Expected to Be Worth More Than $130M in Antitrust Damages

A Dallas lawyer convinced an Eastern District of Texas federal jury that General Electric had monopoly power over an anesthesia gas machine repair business and won $43.8 million in damages for 17 plaintiffs. Under the Sherman Act, the recovery is subject to trebling to $131.4 million.
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Melgen, Menendez Associate, Convicted of Medicare Fraud

A federal jury on Friday convicted Florida eye doctor Salomon Melgen, a close associate of U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, of health care-related fraud.
6 minute read

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