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Doc Charged With Recording Nude Patients; Noncompete Ban Blocked; 'Sex for Scripts'

— A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts

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Prosecutors charged Michigan doctor Oumair Aejaz, MD, with multiple sex crimes after he ; authorities are reviewing thousands of videos. (CBS News Detroit)

A federal judge that would prevent employers, including those in the healthcare sector, from making employees sign noncompete agreements. (CNN)

In a lawsuit, Gilead Sciences alleges that counterfeit versions of its HIV medications were being and that a twice-convicted medical fraudster was behind the scheme. (CNBC)

A Massachusetts pharmacist charged with murder in the deaths of 11 Michigan residents from a 2012 meningitis outbreak linked to tainted compounded steroids is . (AP)

A lawsuit alleges that an after it was temporarily removed to reduce pressure on the brain from an intracerebral hemorrhage. (CNN)

The family of a New Jersey man killed by police while he was having a mental health crisis lawsuit against Jersey City, Hudson County, and a local hospital. (New Jersey Monitor)

David Carlos Rodriguez, Jr., MD, of South Carolina, in a "sex for scripts" scheme, federal prosecutors said.

Also in South Carolina, a patient care assistant at Spartanburg Medical Center was accused of taking advantage of patients to get money and merchandise, in one case allegedly convincing a patient to unlock her phone to . (WSPA)

Florida doctor Ishwari Prasad, MD, is facing disciplinary action related to two colonoscopy procedures, including one in which state officials because he wasn't wearing his hearing aids. (USA Today)

A Maryland woman was arrested for in order to work at nursing homes in Delaware. (NBC 10)

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    Jennifer Henderson joined app as an enterprise and investigative writer in Jan. 2021. She has covered the healthcare industry in NYC, life sciences and the business of law, among other areas.