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Infant Formula MDL Judge Laments Ongoing 'Trial-By-Video'
By Celeste Bott
The Illinois federal judge handling multidistrict litigation claiming Mead Johnson or Abbott Laboratories infant formula led to a severe gut illness in premature babies deemed it "disappointing" that testimony in an ongoing bellwether trial largely consists of video depositions, warning she won't conduct another unless most witnesses will take the stand in Chicago.
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RISING STAR
Rising Star: Covington's Krysten Rosen Moller
By Danielle Ferguson
Covington & Burling LLP partner Krysten Rosen Moller's successes include helping secure a favorable resolution for a healthcare provider facing allegations of sprawling False Claim Act violations, and helping defeat a multibillion-dollar FCA whistleblower suit against a UnitedHealth subsidiary in front of the U.S. Supreme Court — earning her a spot among healthcare law practitioners under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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ENFORCEMENT & COMPLIANCE
LITIGATION
Ex-NFL Player Sues Disability Benefits Plan Over Denial
By Kia Fatahi
A former National Football League player who reportedly suffered brain injuries from nearly two decades of playing the sport hit the league's disability benefit plan with a lawsuit Tuesday, telling a Maryland federal judge that the plan wrongfully denied his application for total and permanent disability benefits despite his own doctor's diagnosis.
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AAMC Gouges Med Residency Applicants, Antitrust Suit Says
By Rae Ann Varona
The Association of American Medical Colleges unlawfully monopolizes the market for medical residency and fellowship application platforms, charging aspiring doctors supracompetitive electronic application fees while "wildly" enriching the nonprofit's executives, a doctor alleged Tuesday in a proposed antitrust class action filed in D.C. federal court.
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DEALS
PEOPLE
EXPERT ANALYSIS
AI Chatbot's Medical Claims Highlight Enforcement Risks
The Pennsylvania State Board of Medicine's recent lawsuit against Character Technologies, arguing that an artificial intelligence chatbot engaged in the unlicensed practice of medicine, may provide other state licensing boards with a road map for going after AI platforms, and counsel should advise clients to calibrate compliance accordingly, say attorneys at Cooley.
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LEGAL INDUSTRY
Ex-DOJ Atty Says Trump's University Probes Were Political
By Hailey Konnath
Trump administration officials forged ahead with investigations into Harvard, Columbia and other universities despite its own lawyers raising legal concerns and, in some cases, finding "little to no factual predicate justifying opening them," according to a whistleblower disclosure from a former U.S. Department of Justice lawyer made public Tuesday.
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