Two doctors are asking a federal court in Minnesota to reject the plea agreement between medical device maker Guidant LLC, owned by Boston Scientific Corp, and the U.S. Attorney General, resolving charges the company withheld information about its defibrillators from the FDA. Drs…

See the article here:
Doctors Object to Fed Plea Agreement with Guidant

Legal News balloon boy, defibrillators, doctors, falcon heene, fda, guidant, joshua okrup, legal news, legal restitution, mayumi heene, plea agreement, richard heene

More than seven years in the making, the California Department of Managed Health Care announced this week that

Legal News california, doctors, health & safety, health care, health care regulations, hmos, legal news, managed care

The bleak economy has many states trying to figure out how to cut cost to improve their bottom line. To do it, many states have rolled out an a program to grant mostly low-risk criminal offenders

Legal News california, doctors, early release, health care, health care regulations, hmos, legal news, managed care, murders, prisons, sex offenders

New York governor David Paterson is seeking to close out a $7.4 billion dollar deficit by pushing for a NY cigarette tax and a NY soda tax among other things. Reuters quotes the governor as saying, “Since I became governor,… Continue reading this article, and get more legal news and information, at FindLaw.com

Read the original post:
Would an NY Cigarette Tax and NY Soda Tax Be Healthy?

Legal News doctors, governor david paterson, health & safety, health care, health care regulations, hmos, legal news, managed care, murders, prisons, sex offenders