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The Indiana Supreme Court established an expedited appeal Pilot Program for mental health appeals originating in Marion County, Indiana that will begin September 1, 2024. The project aims to tackle the challenges posed by temporary mental health commitments which often cannot be resolved on appeal before the commitment’s 90-day term expires. Background Under Indiana law,…Read More

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute plans to demolish the Joslin Diabetes Center building in Boston to make way for its recently announced 300-bed, 450,000-sf cancer hospital, which it plans to build with Beth Israel Deaconess for $1.7B. Howard University has announced plans to build a new $650M, 200-bed hospital in Washington, D.C. The University stated its commitment…Read More

Health care continues to drive private equity (“PE”) activity, creating opportunities for investors and traditional health care providers. Transactions in the health care space are especially complicated, layering health care regulatory and reimbursement considerations on top of a complex securities, antitrust, privacy and security framework. Hall Render’s PE team of attorneys and advisors leverage the…Read More

It has been a year since the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) revised its Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising (“Endorsement Guides” or “Guides”), which advises businesses, influencers, brand ambassadors and other endorsers on how to ensure that advertising using reviews or endorsements is truthful. The FTC’s Endorsement Guides, found in 16…Read More

On June 4, 2024, the National Advertising Division (“NAD”), a self-regulatory forum for competitive advertising disputes, recommended that a breast cancer genomic test manufacturer (“Advertiser”) modify or discontinue several claims regarding the superiority of its tests for Black women, including claims that a competitor’s (“Challenger”) test is “inappropriate for women and that it is biased,…Read More

Walmart Health may be considering a sale of its health care clinics. One source said the retailer may be discussing a sale to Humana. Walmart closed its 51 health care clinics in April as a result of poor financial performance. Healthcare Realty Trust (“HRT”) generated $400M in proceeds from the disposition of several assets and…Read More

Health care continues to drive private equity (“PE”) activity, creating opportunities for investors and traditional health care providers. Transactions in the health care space are especially complicated, layering health care regulatory and reimbursement considerations on top of a complex securities, antitrust, privacy and security framework. Hall Render’s PE team of attorneys and advisors leverage the…Read More

The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals (the “Eighth Circuit”) recently held in Howard v. City of Sedalia (“Howard“) that a hospital was not required to accommodate a pharmacist’s request to keep a service dog in the workplace because such accommodation was considered a “personal item,” providing assistance to her both on and off the job….Read More