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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 51˶ 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.