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February 14, 2025
VA Fires More Than 1,000 As Part Of Trump Cuts
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs said it dismissed more than 1,000 probationary employees Thursday, part of a wave of layoffs sweeping across federal agencies as the Trump administration pursues "large-scale" cuts to the government workforce.
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February 13, 2025
Amtrak Worker Admits Role In $11M Healthcare Fraud
An Amtrak employee has pled guilty in Newark federal court in New Jersey to conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud as part of a scheme that cost Amtrak $11 million, acting U.S. Attorney Vikas Khanna announced.
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February 12, 2025
Labcorp Can't Score New Trial After $384M Patent Loss
Clinical lab giant Labcorp has failed to land a new trial in front of U.S. District Judge Alan Albright after a $384.4 million patent infringement judgment against it in a case over a method for testing for genetic disorders during pregnancy.
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February 12, 2025
Paraquat Plaintiffs Urge 7th Circ. To Revive MDL Suits
Four plaintiffs who were set for bellwether trials in multidistrict litigation targeting the herbicide paraquat argued Wednesday that the Seventh Circuit should unwind their summary judgment losses because the district court's ruling was based on "core misunderstandings" about their expert's evidentiary requirements.
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February 12, 2025
Boston's Opioid Damages Claims Tossed As Too Late
Boston waited too long to sue a group of drug benefits intermediaries over their alleged roles in the opioid crisis, a Massachusetts federal judge said in dismissing the city's complaint Tuesday.
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February 12, 2025
Hospital Says It Should've Had Immunity In 'Maya' Case
Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital told a Florida appeals court Wednesday that the lower court "profoundly misconstrued" immunity Florida law grants to those who report suspicions of child abuse, which allowed a jury to award $261 million to Maya Kowalski, the subject of a Netflix documentary, for her mother's suicide.
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February 11, 2025
No Prison For Firm Manager Who Aided Feds' No-Fault Bust
A Manhattan federal judge allowed a wealthy law firm manager to avoid prison Tuesday for his role in paying bribes that fueled a $70 million no-fault automobile insurance fraud racket, citing his decision to cooperate with prosecutors and willingness to testify.
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February 11, 2025
Feds Seek $55K In Restitution In VA Doc Sex Abuse Case
Federal prosecutors Tuesday asked a Georgia federal judge to order just over $55,000 in restitution for a woman who was sexually abused by a longtime physician with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
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February 10, 2025
Medical System Illegally Rounds Workers' Time, Suit Says
A county hospital system employs a policy that modifies when workers clock in and out to avoid paying them all the wages they are owed, which can result in missed overtime pay, a proposed class and collective action filed Monday in Ohio federal court said.
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February 10, 2025
NJ Hospital Hit With Class Claims Over Retirement Plan Fees
A New Jersey health system has been accused of mismanaging its employees' retirement funds, according to a proposed class action filed by one of its employees in Garden State federal court.
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February 10, 2025
Bird Shelter Settles 2nd Nuisance Calls Suit With UnitedHealth
UnitedHealth Group Inc. has settled a proposed class action brought by a North Carolina bird refuge over nuisance calls the health insurer allegedly made to consumers even after it demanded the calls stop, according to a court order pausing the case.
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February 07, 2025
Ga. Hospital Should Face Insurer's Suit Over Double-Billing
A Georgia federal judge has significantly trimmed a lawsuit accusing a regional hospital of double-billing for medical services provided to two people burned in an incident at a South Carolina manufacturing plant.
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February 04, 2025
Judge Explains Biogen Class Cert. Ruling After 1st Circ. Order
A Massachusetts federal judge on Tuesday said he was reminded of a grade school lesson in long division as he explained his reasoning behind granting class certification and cutting short the class period in a suit against drugmaker Biogen Inc. on the orders of the First Circuit.
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January 31, 2025
Supreme Court Eyes Its 'Next Frontier' In FCC Delegation Case
A case about broadband subsidies will give the U.S. Supreme Court the chance to revive a long-dormant separation of powers principle that attorneys say could upend regulations in numerous industries and trigger a power shift that would make last term's shake-up of federal agency authority pale in comparison. And a majority of the court already appears to support its resurrection.
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January 31, 2025
Chiropractors Can Testify On Injury Cause, Mich. Panel Says
Michigan law does not bar chiropractors from testifying about how injuries could be connected to car crashes if the issues fall within the scope of their expertise, a Michigan appellate panel said in reviving a physical therapy clinic's quest to recover no-fault benefits for treatment provided to a crash victim.
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January 30, 2025
CMS Fine To Limit $41M Deal Talks To Lowest-Priced Bidders
A Court of Federal Claims judge has ruled that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reasonably limited its final best-value choice on a $40.8 million task order for medical auditing services to the two lowest-priced bidders.
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January 30, 2025
Former Pharma Exec Gets 2 Months For Insider Trading
A former Ipsen Pharmaceuticals executive who pled guilty to insider trading last fall was sentenced to two months in prison Thursday, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Boston has announced.
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January 30, 2025
Mich. Judge Says 'Dial It Down' As Insults Fly In DQ Hearing
A Michigan state court hearing over a motion to compel and disqualify an attorney defending a care facility in a wrongful termination lawsuit devolved into a volley of insults Thursday as lawyers who say they have a history of difficulty with each other slung personal jabs.
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January 29, 2025
Court Garbled Pharma Owner's Fraud Charges, 6th Circ. Told
An Ohio district court misrepresented healthcare fraud charges against a pharmaceutical salesman to a jury, his attorney argued Wednesday before the Sixth Circuit, calling for the court to overturn his 2023 conviction and subsequent restitution order to pay $7 million to the IRS.
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January 29, 2025
Firm Sued Over Ex-Eagles Player's $43.5M Knee Injury Verdict
A medical clinic says it was saddled with paying $16 million of a $43.5 million verdict after its attorneys at O'Brien & Ryan LLP failed to properly negotiate a settlement with former Philadelphia Eagles player Chris Maragos in a lawsuit over the treatment of his career-ending injury.
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January 29, 2025
Texas Cardiology Practice Beats Monopolization Suit
A Texas federal judge dismissed a Laredo hospital's lawsuit alleging that a renowned cardiologist, who once worked with it, and a rival hospital engaged in unlawful antitrust behaviors.
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January 28, 2025
Yale Unit Wants To Yank Hospital Sale Suit From Ch. 11 Court
A Yale University health unit's lawsuit seeking to escape a $435 million sale deal with a bankrupt hospital operator belongs in state court and not with the Chapter 11 judge, the Ivy League-tied entity told a federal judge Tuesday.
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January 27, 2025
Takeda Pushes Meijer Antitrust Suit Into Arbitration
Meijer is going to have to arbitrate its claims that Takeda Pharmaceutical broke antitrust law by cutting a pay-for-delay deal with Par Pharmaceuticals to keep a generic version of Takeda's anti-constipation drug Amitiza off the market for several years.
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January 27, 2025
Ind. Gov. Orders Analysis Of Nonprofit Hospitals' Tax Breaks
Indiana's governor issued an executive order requiring an analysis of nonprofit hospitals operating in the state to evaluate the tax-exempt benefits they received compared with the amount of charity care they provided.
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January 27, 2025
Mich. Justices Strip Eye Doc's Fee Award In Noncompete Row
The Michigan Supreme Court has stripped an ophthalmologist of his attorney fee award in a noncompete dispute after determining a trial court was within its right to consider that the doctor's successful defense was based on a "false premise," and evidence submitted late was relevant to the issue at hand.
Expert Analysis
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Confusing Injury-In-Fact Rules Hinder Federal Practice
A recent Third Circuit decision, contradicting a previous ruling about whether consumers of contaminated products have suffered an injury in fact, illustrates the deep confusion this U.S. Supreme Court standard creates among federal judges and practitioners, who deserve a simpler method of determining which cases have federal standing, says Eric Dwoskin at Dwoskin Wasdin.
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In-House Counsel Pointers For Preserving Atty-Client Privilege
Several recent rulings illustrate the challenges in-house counsel can face when attempting to preserve attorney-client privilege, but a few best practices can help safeguard communications and effectively assert the privilege in an increasingly scrutinized corporate environment, says Daniel Garrie at Law & Forensics.
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Disability Ruling Guides On Cases With Uncertain Causation
In Dime v. MetLife, a Washington federal court’s recent ruling in favor of a disability claimant instructs both claimants and insurers on the appropriate standard for establishing and making a disability determination when there is limited medical evidence explaining the disability’s cause, says Mark DeBofsky at DeBofsky Law.
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Lights, Camera, Ethics? TV Lawyers Tend To Set Bad Example
Though fictional movies and television shows portraying lawyers are fun to watch, Hollywood’s inaccurate depictions of legal ethics can desensitize attorneys to ethics violations and lead real-life clients to believe that good lawyers take a scorched-earth approach, says Nancy Rapoport at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
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AI Will Soon Transform The E-Discovery Industrial Complex
Todd Itami at Covington discusses how generative artificial intelligence will reshape the current e-discovery paradigm, replacing the blunt instrument of data handling with a laser scalpel of fully integrated enterprise solutions — after first making e-discovery processes technically and legally harder.
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When Innovation Overwhelms The Rule Of Law
In an era where technology is rapidly evolving and artificial intelligence is seemingly everywhere, it’s worth asking if the law — both substantive precedent and procedural rules — can keep up with the light speed of innovation, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.
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Imagine The Possibilities Of Openly Autistic Lawyering
Andi Mazingo at Lumen Law, who was diagnosed with autism about midway through her career, discusses how the legal profession can create inclusive workplaces that empower openly autistic lawyers and enhance innovation, and how neurodivergent attorneys can navigate the challenges and opportunities that come with disclosing one’s diagnosis.
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Litigation Funding Disclosure Debate: Strategy Considerations
In the ongoing debate over whether courts should require disclosure of litigation funding, funders and plaintiffs tend to argue against such mandates, but voluntarily disclosing limited details about a funding arrangement can actually confer certain benefits to plaintiffs in some scenarios, say Andrew Stulce and Marc Cavan at Longford Capital.
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5 Ways To Create Effective Mock Assignments For Associates
In order to effectively develop associates’ critical thinking skills, firms should design mock assignments that contain a few key ingredients, from messy fact patterns to actionable feedback, says Abdi Shayesteh at AltaClaro.
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Mentorship Resolutions For The New Year
Attorneys tend to focus on personal achievements or career milestones when they set yearly goals, but one important area often gets overlooked in this process — mentoring relationships, which are some of the most effective tools for professional growth, say Kelly Galligan at Rutan & Tucker and Andra Greene at Phillips ADR.
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5 Litigation Funding Trends To Note In 2025
Lawyers and their clients must be prepared to navigate an evolving litigation funding market in 2025, made more complicated by a new administration and the increasing overall cost of litigation, says Jeffery Lula at GLS Capital.
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Rethinking Litigation Risk And What It Really Means To Win
Attorneys have a tendency to overestimate litigation risk before summary judgment and underestimate risk after it, but an eight-stage litigation framework can clarify risk at different points and help litigators reassess what true success looks like in any particular case, says Joshua Libling at Arcadia Finance.
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No, Litigation Funders Are Not 'Fleeing' The District Of Del.
A recent study claimed that litigation funders have “fled” Delaware federal court due to a standing order requiring disclosure of third-party financing, but responsible funders have no problem litigating in this jurisdiction, and many other factors could explain the decline in filings, say Will Freeman and Sarah Tsou at Omni Bridgeway.