Prosecutors recommended a five-year prison sentence for Catherine Pugh, the former mayor of Baltimore and a former board member of the University of Maryland Medical System, for her involvement in a wire fraud and tax evasion scheme, The Washington Post reports.

From a Connecticut hospital sued for discrimination to an Illinois health system agreeing to pay $850,000 to settle workers' overtime lawsuit, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements making headlines.

Thomas Sellers, PhD, filed a lawsuit against H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, alleging he was ousted from his role as director and executive vice president over wrongful accusations of ties to a controversial Chinese research program, leaving him "nearly unemployable," the Tampa Bay Times reports.

A patient who asks a clinician to stop a procedure and it's feasible to do so can sue for battery if medical staff continue with the treatment, according to Law360, which cites an opinion from a Massachusetts appeals court.

The founder and CEO of Americore Health, which owns and operates hospitals in three states, is under civil and criminal investigation, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Pittsburgh-based UPMC and linen services provider, Paris Cleaners, have settled a lawsuit filed after a mold crisis led to six patient deaths in 2014 and 2015, according to Trib Live.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing Yale New Haven (Conn.) Hospital, alleging its policy mandating eye and neuropsychological exams for employees age 70 or older who seek medical privileges violates two federal antidiscrimination laws.

Pittsburgh-based UPMC and UPMC Altoona (Pa.) are moving forward with a $100 million civil lawsuit accusing a financial services company of underestimating the health system's pension liability, the Altoona Mirror reports.

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare and one of its hospitals in Palm Springs, Calif., will pay $1.41 million to resolve allegations that they knowingly charged Medicare for implanting unnecessary cardiac monitors in patients in violation of the False Claims Act, the U.S. Justice Department said.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit Feb. 7 against White River Health System in Batesville, Ark., accusing the system of firing employees over age 72 due to shortcomings in its insurance policy.

A St. Louis nurse was sentenced Feb. 10 for her role in a healthcare billing scheme, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

A woman filed a lawsuit Feb. 10 against Milwaukee-based Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital, alleging the facility failed to maintain a safe environment after she was stabbed repeatedly by a stranger in the parking garage, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.

The University Medical Center of El Paso (Texas) launched an internal investigation after a patient reported receiving the wrong medical record, according to local ABC affiliate KVIA.

The Minnesota Court of Appeals last week ruled that a nurse's aide who shared a photo of a senior care facility patient on social media did not violate patient privacy laws, reports the StarTribune.

A Connecticut judge affirmed a lower court's ruling in favor of Aetna in a lawsuit over nurse overtime pay, according to InsuranceNewsNet.

An oncologist is suing a California medical center, claiming that physicians there pressure patients to opt for end-of-life care and that the hospital has retaliated against him for speaking out against its practices, according to The Modesto Bee.

From a for-profit hospital operator fighting a securities fraud lawsuit to a Florida health system sued for defamation, here are the latest healthcare industry lawsuits and settlements making headlines.

An emergency room nurse filed a lawsuit against Phoenix-based Valleywise Health Feb. 5, alleging the health system's ban on employee medical marijuana use is discriminatory and violates state law, reports the Phoenix New Times.

The Supreme Court will discuss the current challenge to the ACA at its Feb. 21 private conference, Bloomberg News reports.

Reinaldo Wilson and Jean Wilson, the owners of telemedicine companies Advantage Choice Care and Tele Medcare, were charged in an indictment unsealed Feb. 4 for allegedly spearheading a $56 million healthcare fraud scheme, according to the Department of Justice.