News & Press Releases

Ellyn Sternfield, a Mintz Special Counsel, is quoted in this Bloomberg BNA Health Care Daily Report article on the noticeable spike in Medicare spending on opioids. The Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General may be called upon to keep a keen eye out for fraud and abuse.  

Health Law attorney Joanne Hawana and Associate Benjamin Zegarelli authored a Law360 column on how the Senate Appropriations Committee’s approval of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 2017 appropriations bill sets the stage for GMO legislation. 

Mintz Member Chuck Samuels is quoted in this Law360 article discussing the head of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission’s (CPSC) response to attorney requests that the CPSC be transparent about its decision-making process for civil penalties.  

Mintz Health Law attorney and Special Counsel Ellyn Sternfield is quoted in a Bloomberg BNA Health Care Daily Report article covering the recent Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General report on home health fraud cases.

Peter Saparoff, Co-chair of Mintz’s Securities Litigation Practice, and Joel Rothman, Mintz Boston Associate, authored this American Bar Association article discussing whether securities antitrust cases will incite an increase in objections because of the complexity of their distribution plans.

Dan Herling, a Mintz Litigation Member, is quoted in this Law360 column on the Ninth Circuit’s ruling in a fraud case brought against Symantec Corp. for allegedly violating California’s unfair competition law.