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One of the most popular incentives for service industry employees is the "Shift Drink" – a drink on the house to unwind after a work day.

When UnitedHealth Group Incorporated of Minnesota selected "UnitedHealthOne" as the umbrella brand for its individual health insurance policies, it almost certainly did not anticipate being dragged into an expensive trademark infringement lawsuit.

The OIG has adopted various "safe harbors" to the Anti-Kickback statute, which create a presumption of legality for arrangements that meet their criteria.

A 2017 Medscape survey indicated that over half of responding doctors had been sued for malpractice. The number one reason?

As healthcare and antitrust enforcement by governmental agencies increases, private parties are increasingly bringing antitrust and state unfair competition claims.

As anticipated, the federal government has been monitoring the potential for fraud and abuse involving telehealth. Providers, lab owners, and medical equipment companies have been recent targets of investigations.

The Department of Justice recently released their Year in Review summary of activity by the Healthcare Fraud Unit, detailing enforcements efforts related to some of the more significant telehealth-related fraud claims in 2021.

Prior to the COVID-19 public health emergency ("PHE"), the federal Ryan Haight Act allowed a provider to prescribe controlled substance medications to a patient only after conducting an in-person...

A woman is seriously injured in a car accident. It is not her fault. She is taken to the emergency room where she is treated. When she is released, the hospital bills total $100,000. The woman has health insurance.

This is an important update to Dickinson Wright's September 28, 2018 Client Alert styled Canada, Cannabis, and Crossing the Continent: Considerations for Canada-U.S. Companies ...

Health Canada determined that Texas-based LE-VEL BRANDS, LLC ("Le-Vel"), broke the law by selling its weight loss products to Canadians without seeking product licenses for their natural health products.

For many years, the Arizona Little Miller Act and the Arizona Procurement Code (A.R.S. § 34–226 and A.R.S. § 41-2586, respectively) prohibited a party from being indemnified, held harmless or defended to the extent of its own negligence.

The scrutiny of Craig started when federal investigators began investigating Paul Manafort for his work on behalf of a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine.

The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) issued its 2018 Special 301 Report in April, which identifies U.S. trading partners that do not sufficiently protect and enforce intellectual property (IP) ...

As part of the U.S. Department of Labor's ("USDOL") technology modernization initiative, the FLAG System (Foreign Labor Application Gateway) was developed to...

Perhaps one thing we can agree on in discussing the healthcare industry: it is in a state of distress stemming from the challenges created by an ever-increasing regulatory burden.

The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals recently questioned whether the Filed Rate Doctrine – an exemption doctrine that bars actions challenging the reasonableness of rates charged by entities that a subject to federal or state regulatory approval – applies to property and casualty insurers in Illinois.

As the number of data breaches increases, courts need to decide whether claims for data breach are covered by commercial general liability policies.