Law
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The Third Circuit ruled Wednesday that a district court erred when it granted summary judgment in favor of a hospice provider accused of bilking Medicare, nixing the lower court’s requirement for the plaintiffs to show an “objective falsehood” to proceed with their False Claims Act case… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A New York federal judge on Wednesday ordered the initiation of a fourth “wave” of multidistrict litigation over alleged defects in the ignition switches of some General Motors vehicles, pointing to the “remarkable success” of the so-called wave approach in handling the sprawling MDL… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The panel in charge of disciplining Illinois attorneys recommended Tuesday that former Gov. Rod Blagojevich be disbarred for the offenses that led to his 2011 corruption conviction, a move that did not appear to faze him… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A nonprofit association of American pima cotton growers has asked an Arizona court to force Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Co. to pay some $3 million in legal costs tied to an arbitration dispute over a soured licensing deal with an Indian yarn manufacturer… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday upheld a class action settlement resolving claims over how Facebook collects data on private messages, rejecting the arguments of a class member who claimed the deal was “worthless” to Facebook users and overly lucrative for their lawyers… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 