By Kristen Rasmussen | February 20, 2018
ALM talked with Peter Swire, senior counsel at Alston & Bird and privacy and cybersecurity expert at the Georgia Institute of Technology's Scheller College of Business, about some of the legal and data privacy issues surrounding the new, data-driven health care delivery systems. These include the proposed merger between CVS Health and Aetna Inc., as well as the health initiative that Amazon.com, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. recently announced for its employees.
By Greg Land | February 13, 2018
The appellate panel ruled that a jury could hear about a litigation investment company's payment of a plaintiff's medical bill as evidence of possible bias by the testifying doctors.
By Greg Land | February 6, 2018
The jury rejected the family's claims that the three days the deceased man spent with a dental bridge stuck in his throat contributed to his death from complications of Parkinson's disease several months later.
By Kristen Rasmussen | February 2, 2018
Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald's resignation earlier this week as head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides important lessons for potential appointees and their advisers.
By Kristen Rasmussen | January 31, 2018
Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald resigned Wednesday as director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention less than a day after a Politico report that she bought shares in a tobacco company after assuming office—an apparent conflict of interest for the head of the country's public health agency.
By Greg Land | January 29, 2018
The jury found the nursing home liable for only 20 percent of the award, but plaintiffs attorney Ken Connor said that because the panel found both professional and ordinary negligence—a claim for which the defense had not sought apportionment—he would seek the entire award.
By Jenna Greene | January 28, 2018
Two False Claims Act experts—Akin Gump partners Terence Lynam and Robert Salcido—talk about what's behind recent plaintiffs' losses and the rough road ahead for relators.
By Cogan Schneier | January 24, 2018
One lawyer who represents qui tam relators said the memo represents a major "sea change" in how the agency handles FCA cases.
By Katheryn Tucker | January 19, 2018
The winning lawyers, Solo R. Michael Coker and Makenzie “Mac” McAllister of Bross McAllister & Williams, gave their client credit for making a favorable impression on the jury. “This was a man who took great pride in his work.”
By Meredith Hobbs | January 18, 2018
Amy Odom and Chuck McMullen are starting the Georgia operation for the firm's lobbying arm, Parker Poe Consulting.
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