research law posts
I am a practicing attorney specializing in research-related legal issues, such as clinical research contracts, human subjects, research ethics and misconduct, and intellectual property originating from research activity. This blog is primarily to post links to cases, regulations, laws and policies, and other items that may be of interest to lawyers and research administrators in universities, hospitals, government research organizations, and commercial labs.
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Third Circuit Holds That Settlement Agreements Containing Payments From The Innovator To The Generic Challenger May Violate Antitrust Laws - Food, Drugs, Healthcare and Life Sciences - United States
Non-Legal Perspectives On Isolated DNA: The Watson And Holman Amicus Briefs In The Myriad Remand | PharmaPatents
Justice Breyer Gets The Last Word And Invalidates Prometheus Personalized Medicine Claims | PharmaPatents
Monday, July 30, 2012
OIG Posts New Advisory Opinion provision of therapy services at veterans' homes.
OIG Posts New Advisory Opinion - 7/30 - jmichaelslocum@gmail.com - Gmail:
provision of therapy services at veterans' homes.
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Sunday, July 29, 2012
Captured Fugitives | OIG Most Wanted Fugitives | Fraud | Office of Inspector General | U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
USDOJ: Owners and Employees of Houston Mental Health Company and Patient Recruiters Charged for Alleged Roles in $97 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
Nature News Blog: Leaked report implicates Danish neuroscientist in misconduct case : Nature News Blog
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Captured Fugitives | OIG Most Wanted Fugitives | Fraud | Office of Inspector General | U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Appeals Court OKs Detective's Warrantless Use of Suspect's Seized Cellphone to Text His Contacts - News - ABA Journal
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Colleges and communities can reduce alcohol-related harm to students, July 23, 2012 News Release - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
NIH funds development of tissue chips to help predict drug safety, July 24, 2012 News Release - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
proposed regulations that provide guidance regarding the requirements for charitable hospital organizations
proposed regulations that provide guidance
regarding the requirements for charitable hospital organizations relating to
financial assistance and emergency medical care policies, charges for certain
care provided to individuals eligible for financial assistance, and billing and
collections.
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Florida State University OIG report
Florida State University Did Not Always Claim Selected Costs Charged Directly
to Department of Health and Human Services Awards in Accordance With
Federal Regulations and National Institutes of Health Guidelines
(A-04-11-01095)
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Monday, July 23, 2012
Neighbors Help Cancer Cells Resist Treatment - NIH Research Matters - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Insights into How Deaf Brain Processes Touch and Sight - NIH Research Matters - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Stabilizing Vaccines and Antibiotics With Silk - NIH Research Matters - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Saturday, July 21, 2012
Friday, July 20, 2012
Few Adverse Events in Hospitals Were Reported
Memorandum Report: Few Adverse Events in Hospitals Were Reported to
State Adverse Event Reporting Systems, OEI-06-09-00092
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Effect of physical inactivity on major non-communicable diseases worldwide: an analysis of burden of disease and life expectancy : The Lancet
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Monday, July 16, 2012
USDOJ: US Attorney's Office - EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
USDOJ: US Attorney's Office - EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA:
Second Physician Sentenced To More Than Six Years In Federal Prison For Role In Massive Medicare Fraud Scam
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | Thursday, July 12, 2012 |
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Sunday, July 15, 2012
Saturday, July 14, 2012
NIH awards $31 million for HIV/AIDS vaccine immunology and immunogen discovery, July 13, 2012 News Release - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
New Legislation Would Give Public Full Access to Congressional Reports
New Legislation Would Give Public Full Access to Congressional Reports:
Write your congressman to support this, no matter what your party.
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Friday, July 13, 2012
UT-Austin scrutinizes ethics of controversial same-sex parenting study | Inside Higher Ed
UT-Austin scrutinizes ethics of controversial same-sex parenting study | Inside Higher Ed:
University of Texas at Austin has opened a fact-finding “inquiry” into allegations of research misconduct against a tenured faculty member who concluded in a recent published study that children of same-sex couples may be at a disadvantage when it comes to certain forms of success in adulthood.
Read more: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/07/13/ut-austin-scrutinizes-ethics-controversial-same-sex-parenting-study#ixzz20VVpsYRn
Inside Higher Ed
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Thursday, July 12, 2012
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
SENTENCED: Andre Previn Rison

- DOB: March 18, 1967
- Height: 6'0"
- Weight: 200 lbs.
- Amount of Arrears: $322,992.78
- Warrant or Indictment Date: August 30, 2011
- Warrant or Indictment Issued: Arizona
- Date of Plea: April 25, 2012
- Sentencing Date: July 9, 2012
- Sentenced to 5 years probation and ordered to pay $322,992.78 in restitution, with a minimum of $1,000.00 to be paid per month; plus current support payments of $2,358.86 per month.
Monday, July 9, 2012
Vaccine and antibiotics stabilized so refrigeration is not needed – NIH study, July 9, 2012 News Release - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Thursday, July 5, 2012
Geographic Variation in Access to Care — The Relationship with Quality — NEJM
Geographic Variation in Access to Care — The Relationship with Quality — NEJM: "there are staggeringly wide gaps in people's ability to gain access to care in different communities around the country. "
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Justice for Injured Research Subjects — NEJM
Justice for Injured Research Subjects — NEJM: comment on "Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues released a report titled Moral Science: Protecting Participants in Human Subjects Research"
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