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Cigna's Express Scripts Sues Federal Trade Commission

"The FTC has taken unconstitutional actions in publishing a report that ignores the evidence provided by our company and other [pharmacy benefit managers], demonstrates clear ideological bias and advances a false and damaging narrative—narrative that could harm the health care system by removing essential checks and balances which would result in higher drug prices for American consumers," The Cigna Group Chief Legal Officer Andrea Nelson said.
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Texas Lawyer

$39M Jury Verdict Awarded in Novel Mesothelioma Case

Plaintiffs' lead attorney Mark Linder emphasized this is the first mesothelioma lawsuit that proceeded from this type of exposure.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Hospital Agrees to $65M Class Action Settlement Over Data Breach

Unlike in most data breach cases, the plaintiffs were able to determine the specifics of the damage done to class members, Saltz Mongeluzzi partner Patrick Howard said.
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Law.com

Federal Judge Blocks New Hampshire Law Banning Transgender Girls From School Sports

U.S. District Judge Landya McCafferty said the law "on its face, discriminates against transgender girls," and said the bill's "disparate treatment of transgender girls because they are transgender is clear on the face of the statute."
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The Legal Intelligencer

Bayada Agrees to $13.5M Settlement With Nurses in Wage Class Action

Plaintiffs in the action claimed that Bayada failed to pay nurses for time they spent giving or receiving reports on patients' status at the beginning and end of shifts and for time they spent completing company-mandated trainings.
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Daily Business Review

Judge Approves Sale of Hospitals to Orlando Health

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez issued an order approving the sale of three hospitals in Brevard and Indian River counties to Orlando Health.
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Law.com

State Appellate Court Finds Virtual Glasses Try-On Does Not Violate Biometric Privacy Act

"In light of the broad current use of telehealth, the setting itself might be almost anywhere but the definition is limited by the requirement that the individual is awaiting or receiving medical care and the information is being collected as part of an effort to maintain or restore or promote that person's well-being," Justice Mary L. Mikva wrote.
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Law.com

Idaho Supreme Court Mulls Regional Standards of Care for Medical Negligence in Lawsuit Underlying Legal Mal Action

"If you're out in the trenches like me, and I've handled a lot of medical malpractice cases, I'm going to make certain that the expert and the doctor that is being sued are of the same training so that you can establish that they both have the same standard of care because that's where most of these cases break down," Gary L. Cooper, a partner at Cooper & Larsen, argued on behalf of the defendant attorney Monday.
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Daily Business Review

Judge to Weigh Orlando Health's Hospitals Deal

A bankruptcy judge is scheduled Tuesday to hold a hearing on Orlando Health's proposed purchase of three hospitals in Brevard and Indian River counties,…
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The Legal Intelligencer

Saxton & Stump Adds Health Care Litigator From White and Williams

Daniel Ferhat, whose work centers on medical malpractice defense, spent over two decades at White and Williams.
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