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  • August 30, 2024

    Pa. Court Affirms Ex-Eagle's $43.5M Knee Injury Verdict

    Former Philadelphia Eagles team captain Chris Maragos gets to keep the $43.5 million he won in a medical malpractice trial over doctors' treatment of a knee injury that ended his playing career, after a state appeals panel on Friday ruled that the jury verdict was supported by the evidence.

  • August 30, 2024

    McKesson, Others To Pay Benefit Plans $300M In Opioid Deal

    McKesson Corp., Cardinal Health Inc. and Cencora Inc. have agreed to pay a group of benefit plans a combined $300 million to resolve allegations that the drug distributors fanned the flames of the opioid epidemic, according to a filing Friday in Ohio federal court.

  • August 30, 2024

    Doctor In Matthew Perry's Death Makes 1st Court Appearance

    A physician charged in actor Matthew Perry's death made his initial appearance in Los Angeles federal court Friday and was allowed to remain free on a $50,000 unsecured bond pending his expected guilty plea to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine. 

  • August 30, 2024

    Align Tech Cuts $27.5M Antitrust Deal With 1.45M Consumers

    A proposed class of nearly 1.45 million SmileDirectClub teeth-aligner buyers urged a California federal judge Thursday to preliminarily sign off on Align Technologies Inc.'s $27.5 million cash and coupon settlement to resolve antitrust claims alleging the company colluded with the now-bankrupt SmileDirecClub to illegally restrict competition.

  • August 29, 2024

    Doctor Wants Stepson Barred From Selling Medial Device

    A Texas doctor has asked a federal court to step in and stop his stepson from selling "micro-current therapy medical devices," saying in a motion this week that his stepson was still using his trademarks despite the fact that he had canceled his license.

  • August 28, 2024

    Suit Against BCBS Unit Over COVID-19 Test Claims Tossed

    A Florida federal judge on Wednesday nixed a laboratory's lawsuit accusing a Blue Cross Blue Shield unit of violating state and federal laws by underpaying or refusing to pay COVID-19 testing claims during the pandemic.

  • August 28, 2024

    NC Hit With Class Action Over Foster Care System In 'Crisis'

    North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper and the state Department of Health and Human Services are to blame for a state foster care system in "crisis," according to a new federal class action alleging that children's rights have been trampled as the Tar Heel State struggles to keep pace with a ballooning foster care population.

  • August 28, 2024

    Del. Justices OK Mid-Case Appeal In Zantac Class Suit

    The Delaware Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would hear a mid-case appeal in mass tort litigation over claims that the heartburn drug ranitidine, widely sold under the name Zantac, caused cancer.

  • August 28, 2024

    Regeneron Sues Sandoz Over Dozens Of Eye Drug Patents

    Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. has taken competing biomedical company Sandoz Inc. to New Jersey federal court with an extensive complaint asserting 46 patents and claiming Sandoz infringed them all with a biosimilar alternative to Regeneron's Eylea brand ophthalmic disorder drug.

  • August 26, 2024

    Health System Sues JPMorgan Over Funds Lost In Scam

    Massachusetts-based healthcare system Baystate Health Inc. sued JPMorgan Chase & Co. on Monday over $420,000 it lost as a result of an email scam it said the bank should have prevented.

  • August 23, 2024

    Matthew Perry Death Suit Could Blow Past Calif. Damage Cap

    The federal indictment recently unsealed accusing two doctors and others of peddling the ketamine that caused Matthew Perry's death will serve as prime fodder for any wrongful death suit by the actor's estate, experts say, and California's medical malpractice damages cap may not even be a factor.

  • August 22, 2024

    Philly Hospital Fights $45M Verdict For Teen Gunshot Patient

    Temple University Hospital Inc. wants to undo a $45 million jury verdict, arguing in a posttrial brief that the jury made contradictory findings — that the hospital was responsible for a plaintiff's injuries, and that he'd been eating pieces of chicken against medical advice.

  • August 22, 2024

    2nd Circ. Says Feds Can't Forcibly Drug Man Facing Removal

    The Second Circuit ruled Thursday that the Bureau of Prisons can't yet forcibly administer antipsychotic medication to render a Sierra Leone native competent to stand trial on charges of assaulting officers at a prison where he was being detained pending deportation.

  • August 21, 2024

    2nd Circ. Partly Revives Life Insurance Suit Against AXA

    The Second Circuit on Wednesday affirmed the dismissal of an investment firm founder's claims alleging AXA Equitable Life Insurance Co. caused the founder to miss a payment that led to the termination of his life insurance policies, but revived his claim that AXA wrongly denied his request to reinstate the policies.

  • August 21, 2024

    Spine Implant Caused Patient's TB, Suit Says

    A North Carolina couple on Tuesday hit biologic technology company Elutia Inc. with a complaint in federal court alleging that the husband contracted tuberculosis from a bone cell product that was implanted into his spine during surgery.

  • August 21, 2024

    Hillrom Says Funding Docs 'Plainly' Relevant In Antitrust Suit

    Hospital-bed maker Hill-Rom Holdings, doing business as Hillrom, defended its request for litigation funding documents in rival Linet's suit targeting allegedly anticompetitive supply agreements, arguing they will help support its defenses and combat a "David and Goliath" characterization of the case.

  • August 21, 2024

    Judge Rules Lack Of Expert Dooms Families' Tylenol MDL

    Families trying to show that prenatal exposure to acetaminophen causes ADHD cannot rely on the "cherry-picked statements" of a defense expert to keep their claims alive, a New York federal judge ruled, delivering yet another blow to plaintiffs in the sprawling multidistrict litigation.

  • August 19, 2024

    4th Circ. Cuts Liberty Loose In Medicare Reimbursement Row

    A North Carolina widow can't revive a proposed class action accusing Liberty Mutual of failing to reimburse Medicare for her deceased husband's medical costs, the Fourth Circuit said Monday, finding she wasn't injured and therefore lacked standing to sue.

  • August 16, 2024

    Ex-CEO Wants Verdict In COVID Test Kit Fraud Case Tossed

    A former healthcare software executive found guilty of securities fraud for publicly touting a $670 million COVID test kit deal that ultimately collapsed wants his conviction thrown out, telling a New Jersey federal judge the government failed to establish every element of the crime.

  • August 16, 2024

    Ortho Center Seeks Lit Funding Details After Scuttled Verdict

    A Minnesota-based orthopedic center wants a former patient to disclose information regarding his litigation financing agreement with Bench Walk Advisors following a $110 million malpractice verdict, which a judge later decided was "astronomical" and largely scrapped.

  • August 15, 2024

    NIH Accused Of Wrongly Eliminating Cos. From $50B IT Deal

    Two companies have disputed their exclusion from the National Institutes of Health's pending $50 billion CIO-SP4 information technology procurement, saying they were qualified for the contract and the NIH hasn't explained its decisions.

  • August 15, 2024

    Matthew Perry's Assistant And 2 Drs. Charged In Actor's Death

    The former personal assistant for actor Matthew Perry and two doctors have been criminally charged in connection with the "Friends" star's death last year from an overdose of ketamine, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Thursday in California federal court.

  • August 15, 2024

    Pharmacy Can't Dodge Novo Nordisk's Diabetes Drug Suit

    A Tennessee federal judge on Thursday declined to throw out a suit by Novo Nordisk Inc. alleging that DCA Pharmacy is selling drugs with the same active ingredient as its Ozempic diabetes medicine without U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorization.

  • August 15, 2024

    Calif. Justices Find Hospital System Exempt From Labor Code

    A hospital system a California county created is a public entity that is not required to follow the California Labor Code's meal and rest break requirements, the state's high court ruled Thursday, nixing an appellate panel's ruling against the entity.

  • August 15, 2024

    NC Small Biz Challenges VA Bid Process For Prostate Drug

    A service-disabled veteran-owned small business in North Carolina is challenging the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' bid process for prostate medication, saying the terms unfairly favor foreign manufacturers despite purporting to prioritize American-made products.

Expert Analysis

  • Money, Money, Money: Limiting White Collar Wealth Evidence

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    As courts increasingly recognize that allowing unfettered evidence of wealth could prejudice a jury against a defendant, white collar defense counsel should consider several avenues for excluding visual evidence of a lavish lifestyle at trial, says Jonathan Porter at Husch Blackwell.

  • Tracking China's Push To Invalidate Foreign Patents

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    China’s increasing use of courts and administrative panels to nullify patents in strategically important industries, such as technology, pharmaceuticals and rare-earth minerals, raises serious concerns about the intellectual property rights of foreign businesses operating there, say Rajat Rana and Manuel Valderrama at Selendy Gay.

  • 9th Circ. Clarifies ERISA Preemption For Healthcare Industry

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    The Ninth Circuit's recent ruling in Bristol SL Holdings v. Cigna notably clarifies the broad scope of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act's preemption of certain state law causes of action, standing to benefit payors and health plan administrators, say attorneys at Troutman Pepper.

  • Litigation Inspiration: Attys Can Be Heroic Like Olympians

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    Although litigation won’t earn anyone an Olympic medal in Paris this summer, it can be worthy of the same lasting honor if attorneys exercise focused restraint — seeking both their clients’ interests and those of the court — instead of merely pursuing every advantage short of sanctionable conduct, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.

  • Lean Into The 'Great Restoration' To Retain Legal Talent

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    As the “great resignation,” in which employees voluntarily left their jobs in droves, has largely dissipated, legal employers should now work toward the idea of a “great restoration,” adopting strategies to effectively hire, onboard and retain top legal talent, says Molly McGrath at Hiring & Empowering Solutions.

  • New OSHA Memo Helps Clarify Recordkeeping Compliance

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    Based on recent Occupational Safety and Health Administration guidance on whether musculoskeletal disorders are recordable injuries under the agency's recordkeeping regulation, it appears that OSHA may target active release techniques and stretching programs during its inspections, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

  • A Healthier Legal Industry Starts With Emotional Intelligence

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    The legal profession has long been plagued by high rates of mental health issues, in part due to attorneys’ early training and broader societal stereotypes — but developing one’s emotional intelligence is one way to foster positive change, collectively and individually, says attorney Esperanza Franco.

  • To Make Your Legal Writing Clear, Emulate A Master Chef

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    To deliver clear and effective written advocacy, lawyers should follow the model of a fine dining chef — seasoning a foundation of pure facts with punchy descriptors, spicing it up with analogies, refining the recipe and trimming the fat — thus catering to a sophisticated audience of decision-makers, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.

  • Circuit Judge Writes An Opinion, AI Helps: What Now?

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    Last week's Eleventh Circuit opinion in Snell v. United Specialty Insurance, notable for a concurrence outlining the use of artificial intelligence to evaluate a term's common meaning, is hopefully the first step toward developing a coherent basis for the judiciary's generative AI use, says David Zaslowsky at Baker McKenzie.

  • Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: May Lessons

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    In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses four notable circuit court decisions on topics from automobile insurance to securities — and provides key takeaways for counsel on issues including circuit-specific ascertainability requirements and how to conduct a Daubert analysis prior to class certification.

  • Trauma-Informed Legal Approaches For Pro Bono Attorneys

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    As National Trauma Awareness Month ends, pro bono attorneys should nevertheless continue to acknowledge the mental and physical effects of trauma, allowing them to better represent clients, and protect themselves from compassion fatigue and burnout, say Katherine Cronin at Stinson and Katharine Manning at Blackbird.

  • How Attys Can Avoid Pitfalls When Withdrawing From A Case

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    The Trump campaign's recent scuffle over its bid to replace its counsel in a pregnancy retaliation suit offers a chance to remind attorneys that many troubles inherent in withdrawing from a case can be mitigated or entirely avoided by communicating with clients openly and frequently, says Christopher Konneker at Orsinger Nelson.

  • Using A Children's Book Approach In Firm Marketing Content

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    From “The Giving Tree” to “Where the Wild Things Are,” most children’s books are easy to remember because they use simple words and numbers to tell stories with a human impact — a formula law firms should emulate in their marketing content to stay front of mind for potential clients, says Seema Desai Maglio at The Found Word.

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