HPS Attorneys, Ben Patterson and Molly Pankauskas, assisted by Nicolette Taber, secured a defense verdict on behalf of a Chicago area pediatrician and physician group in Cook County.

On December 27, 2020, former President Trump signed into law the No Surprises Act, which aims to protect healthcare consumers from surprise billing. The act went into effect on January 1, 2022.

Recently, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a rare Special Fraud Alert pertaining to medical device and pharmaceutical speaker programs. The OIG defines speaker programs as "company-sponsored events at which a physician or other health care professional makes a speech or presentation to other health care professionals about a drug or device product or a disease state on behalf of the company." The sponsoring company typically pays the speakers an honorarium.