Nickolas I. Merrill

Health Care Litigation

Nick has experience with multiple aspects of civil litigation, in particular with dispositive motion practice. The health care clients that Nick represents include charitable co-pay assistance foundations, industry executives, hospitals and other health care providers. The issues facing these clients are complex and often involve conspiracy allegations with various co-defendants.

His experience includes:

• Nick was part of the team who won dismissal of complex civil RICO claims for a charitable co-pay assistance foundation that allegedly received improper donations from pharmaceutical companies.
• Nick is part of the team defending an executive of a generics pharmaceutical company against Sherman Act claims.
• Nick is heavily involved in class action litigation defending a hospital provider from both state and federal antitrust allegations grounded in the hospital’s managed care contracts with payors.
• Nick has been defending a hospital provider and its associated entities in qui tam litigation involving both federal and state Anti-Kickback Statute, Stark Law, and False Claims Act claims.

Other Litigation Experience

• Won dismissal of high-stakes civil RICO claims against Native American tribe and individual tribal members arising from illegal gaming allegations.
• Won dismissal of several suits brought by consumers against a large financial institution for claims sounding in consumer fraud.
• Oversaw class action settlement and court-ordered consent agreement for real estate clients.

Prior Experience

Before joining the firm, Nick served a clerkship with Judge Stephen J. Murphy III at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

Personal Interests

Nick is an avid pickleball player, big professional and college football fan, and often tries out new sous vide recipes when cooking for friends and family.