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Solomon Center Announces Medical Legal Partnership Director Opportunity

The Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy at Yale Law School, in collaboration with Yale New Haven Hospital and Yale School of Medicine, is seeking applications for a lawyer to serve as its inaugural Medical Legal Partnership (MLP) Director to lead its MLP program.
Solomon Center Announces Medical Legal Partnership Director Opportunity
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Landmark Conference on the Affordable Care Act Happening Sept. 26-27

The event will bring together key players involved in the ACA's passage and implementation as well as an interdisciplinary group of scholars to assess the legislation’s successes, shortcomings, and future.
Landmark Conference on the Affordable Care Act Happening Sept. 26-27
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Solomon Center Welcomes New and Returning Faculty and Fellows

The Solomon Center welcomed new and returning faculty and fellows for the 2019–2020 academic year.
Solomon Center Welcomes New and Returning Faculty and Fellows
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Bloomberg Law

Opioid Legal Fight Closer to Costly Asbestos Suits Than Tobacco (link is external)1

Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy Abbe R. Gluck ’00 is quoted in Bloomberg Law about comparing opioid lawsuits to tobacco and asbestos litigation.

Opioid Legal Fight Closer to Costly Asbestos Suits Than Tobacco (link is external)
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Time

Johnson & Johnson Was Ordered to Pay $572 Million for Its Role in the Opioid Crisis. With Similar Lawsuits Across the Country, That Could Be Just the Beginning (link is external)2

Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy Abbe R. Gluck ’00 is quoted about what landmark the Oklahoma court decision against Johnson & Johnson for its role in the Oklahoma's opioid crisis means for cases pending against drug manufacturers.

Johnson & Johnson Was Ordered to Pay $572 Million for Its Role in the Opioid Crisis. With Similar Lawsuits Across the Country, That Could Be Just the Beginning (link is external)
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CNN

Johnson & Johnson to pay $572 million in opioid case (link is external)3

Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy Abbe R. Gluck ’00 is interviewed about the landmark Oklahoma court decision ordering Johnson & Johnson to pay $572 million for its role in the state’s opioid crisis.

Johnson & Johnson to pay $572 million in opioid case (link is external)
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The New York Times

Johnson & Johnson Ordered to Pay $572 Million in Landmark Opioid Trial (link is external)4

Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy Abbe R. Gluck ’00 is quoted about the ruling in Oklahoma's historic lawsuit against a drug manufacturer.

Johnson & Johnson Ordered to Pay $572 Million in Landmark Opioid Trial (link is external)
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Solomon Center Student Fellows Advocate Against Proposed HHS Rule

Student fellows from the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy have submitted comments to the Department of Health & Human Services advocating against a proposed Trump administration rule.
Solomon Center Student Fellows Advocate Against Proposed HHS Rule
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JAMA

Patient Assistance Programs and Anti-Kickback Laws — A Commentary by Katherine L. Kraschel and Gregory Curfman (link is external)5

Katherine L. Kraschel is the Executive Director of the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy as well as a Lecturer in Law, Clinical Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School. 

Patient Assistance Programs and Anti-Kickback Laws — A Commentary by Katherine L. Kraschel and Gregory Curfman (link is external)
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Reuters

Drug Assistance Programs Offer Little Charity to Uninsured (link is external)6

Executive Director of the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy Katherine L. Kraschel is quoted in a news story about a study of patient assistance programs.

Drug Assistance Programs Offer Little Charity to Uninsured (link is external)

Links

  1. https://www.bloomberglaw.com/document/X3JS4TS000000?bna_news_filter=pharma-and-life-sciences&jcsearch=BNA%25200000016cd99bdcaca9fcd9fb49130001#jcite
  2. https://time.com/5662827/johnson-opioid-crisis-lawsuits/
  3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7n8mBzCki4
  4. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/26/health/oklahoma-opioids-johnson-and-johnson.html
  5. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2740697
  6. https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-health-pharma-charities/drug-assistance-programs-offer-little-charity-to-uninsured-idUKKCN1UW2EL