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French Autorité de la Concurrence Fines Sanofi €40.6 Million for Denigrating Competing Generics"

On May 14, 2013, the French Autorité de la Concurrence (Autorité) issued a decision imposing a fine of €40.6 million on French company Sanofi-Aventis France (Sanofi) for an abuse of dominance in the market for the...more

Data Privacy And Protection Efforts Start With A Company Policy, But Don’t End There

If your company has a data privacy policy in place, make sure you live up to its provisions. Failure to do so makes it more likely that the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) will pursue an enforcement action against the...more

Constant Email Access Increases Employee Stress

Five days away from email equals less stress. This may sound obvious, but that was the conclusion of a recent study that took away email from thirteen civilian workers at an Army facility outside Boston, according to a...more

Los Angeles Battle Over Owens Lake Dust Mitigation Costs Boils Over

There’s a dust up occurring between the City of Los Angeles and the Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District (“Great Basin”). What’s the dust up about? Dust! Yes, even something as naturally occurring and...more

Eleventh Circuit Holds Monetary Damages Caused by Identity Theft Present a Cognizable Injury

Recently, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, in a case of first impression, held that the named plaintiffs in a putative class action could pursue their claims for monetary loss from a health care company...more

Healthcare Law Results In Refunds To California Employers

The Affordable Care Act, signed into law by President Obama in 2010, has various provisions that kick in starting this year. One provision requires that insurance companies spend a certain percentage of health insurance...more

GlaxoSmithKline Settlement Puts Healthcare Industry on Notice

With the Justice Department’s announcement that GlaxoSmithKline will pay $3 billion in the largest healthcare fraud settlement in U.S. history, all drug companies – and any other businesses working in healthcare or...more

Health Care Enforcement: 2012 Trends Quarterly Review — Part IV in a Continuing Series on Health Care Enforcement

Introduction Mintz Levin’s Health Care Fraud Enforcement Defense group has published a series of “Year in Review” articles discussing its observations about health care fraud enforcement trends in 2011 and its opinions...more

Specificity Required: Pleading Requirements Not Met for Medical Providers Pursuing ERISA Benefits Via Their Patient's Assignment

Medical providers must specifically allege the medical plans, the terms breached, and the assignment when pursuing benefits by assignment from their patients under Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). In...more

Festus Dada, M.D. v. Kali P. Chaudhuri et al.

Complaint for Fraud, Conversion, Breach of Fiduciary Duty

Dr. Festus Dada alleges herein that Dr. Kali P. Chaudhuri, William Thomas, and others conspired to deprive him of his ownership interest in Temecula Valley Physicians Medical Group. The complaint further alleges that...more

Prime Partners of Temecula, Inc. v. Kali P. Chaudhuri et al.

Complaint for Fraud, Racketeering and Corruption

Filed Oct. 31 in Riverside County Superior Court, the lawsuit alleges that Dr. Kali P. Chaudhuri, who is a majority stakeholder in the Integrated HealthCare Holdings, Inc. (IHHI), which owns the Western Medical Centers of...more

10 Things You Need to Know: The New Canada Consumer Product Safety Act

The CCPSA substantially revises the existing legal scheme in Canada for "consumer products". There are important implications for those who import, manufacture and sell products in Canada. Do you have operations in...more

Common Fatal Mistakes in Doctor's Disabilty Claims - Asset Protection

One form of insurance protects one of your most valuable assets, your income, in the form of disability insurance. One of the legal professionals on my short list of regular resources is Attorney Edward Comitz, the guy I call...more

Fifth Circuit Reverses Lower Court Polinet Decision and Reaffirms Broad Immunity for Hospitals and Physicians in Peer Review Cases

In a case that has been closely watched around the nation for several years, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has reaffirmed hospitals? and physician peer reviewers? broad immunities from damages claims under the 1986...more