JURIST Guest Columnist Douglas Branson of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law says that defense lawyers in recent corporate fraud cases are not seeking to introduce reasonable doubts that might lead a jury to acquit their clients, but in...
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Constitutionality of US deficit reduction bill challenged on basis of clerical error
Consumer protection organization Public Citizen Tuesday filed suit in federal court in Washington, DC, challenging the constitutionality of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 , which cuts approximately $39 billion in...
HealthSouth on Thursday finalized a settlement agreement with plaintiffs in several federal securities class action suits for a total $445 million. HealthSouth itself will pay defrauded investors $215 million, and its insurance...
The California Senate has approved legislation banning state agencies' production of news releases designed to look like objective reports. Senators approved SB 740 by a 21-11 vote. The legislation mirrors a court ruling made last...
Tenet Healthcare to pay $215 million to settle shareholder lawsuits
Tenet Healthcare , the country's second-largest private hospital chain, on Thursday agreed to a $215 million settlement to end class action shareholder lawsuits alleging that some of the company's officers and directors misled investors about Medicare...
Eight advocacy groups Monday filed a complaint in US district court on behalf of the 6.4 million people who qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid to make sure that no elderly or disabled Americans lose access to prescription...
Canadian Supreme Court suspends Quebec private health care ruling for one year
The Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday granted a one-year stay of its June ruling that the Quebec government can't block people from obtaining private insurance for health care procedures covered under the public system....
Canada high court overturns Quebec limitation on private health care
The Supreme Court of Canada Thursday overturned a section of a Quebec law that prevented people from buying private insurance for procedures covered by public health care. The Quebec Hospital Insurance Act was challenged [Canadian Press...
While jurors in the trial of former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy still have not reached a verdict, the company itself settled SEC charges on Wednesday related to his conduct and a company scheme...
Senate votes to ban disguised government video news releases
The US Senate unanimously approved a measure Thursday evening that would bar government agencies from using taxpayer funds to produce video press releases disguised as real news. The amendment , whose purpose is to "prohibit...