Expert Analysis

Initial Virginia AG Actions Signal Focus On Multistate Efforts

Now that Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones has reached the 100-day mark in office, his first set of actions reve... (more story)

How CMS Fraud Priorities Complicate Provider Acquisitions

As the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services steps up usage of its affiliates authority and post-transaction au... (more story)

Mapping Philly US Atty's White Collar Enforcement Push

Attorneys at Blank Rome discuss the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania David Metcalf’s commitm... (more story)

Deals & Corporate Governance More

IQVIA Accuses Ex-Execs, Syneos Of Poaching $180M Client

IQVIA Holdings Inc. is accusing former executives of defecting to a competitor in the clinical research organization industry and initiating a corporate raid that resulted in the loss of one customer worth at ... (more story)

4 Firms Build Astorg's $1.1B Microbiology Biz Buy

Life sciences company Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. on Monday announced plans to sell its microbiology business to European private equity firm Astorg in an over $1.1 billion deal steered by four law firms.

US, Indian Firms Guide $11.75B Sun Pharma-Organon Deal

Indian pharmaceutical giant Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. has agreed to acquire New Jersey-based Organon & Co. in an all-cash deal valued at $11.75 billion, with each side of the transaction having repres... (more story)

Natera Tells Justices CareDx Made Up Circ. Split In Petition

Natera asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a petition from rival CareDx asking it to review a Third Circuit decision that erased a $45 million jury verdict stemming from CareDx's false advertising claims, s... (more story)

Taxation With Representation: Gibson Dunn, Paul Weiss

In this week's Taxation With Representation, Elon Musk's SpaceX strikes a deal with Cursor that could lead to an acquisition of the artificial intelligence startup, building products distributor QXO Inc. buys ... (more story)

FTC Cuts Deal To End Anesthesia Group Rollup Case

The Federal Trade Commission reached an agreement Thursday to settle its case accusing U.S. Anesthesia Partners Inc. of monopolizing the Texas anesthesia services market by purchasing most of the competing ane... (more story)

Digital Health & Technology More

Eli Lilly Inks $2.25B AI Genetics Research Pact With Profluent

AI-focused biotech Profluent said Tuesday it has entered a multiprogram, strategic research collaboration with Eli Lilly and Co. to treat diseases with high unmet need, in a deal that involves an upfront payme... (more story)

DOJ Delay Of ADA Web Rule Undermines Equal Access

The U.S. Department of Justice's recent decision to delay compliance dates for regulations ensuring accessible government services online benefits no one, as it is long overdue for disabled Americans and doesn... (more story)

Health System Says AI Co. Botched $32M Software Project

A San Francisco-based healthcare technology company failed to deliver on promises it would consolidate a Catholic health system's data under a unified platform, breaching a projected $32 million service agreem... (more story)

Oura Hit With New Patent Suit Over Fitness Wearables

Zepp Health has hit Oura Health with a lawsuit in the Eastern District of Texas accusing the Finnish company of infringing a series of patents on wearable fitness devices, the latest salvo in a wider patent fi... (more story)

Commure Took Health Co.'s Software Trade Secrets, Suit Says

A San Diego-based healthcare technology services company has accused Commure Inc. of stealing trade secrets to launch competing cloud-based software, framing the alleged conduct as an instance of a large compa... (more story)

Nourish Can't Ax Wiretap Claims In Google Data Sharing Row

An Illinois federal judge has refused to cut wiretap and negligence claims from a proposed class action accusing telehealth provider Nourish Inc. of deploying tracking tools that illegally transmitted website ... (more story)

Policy & Compliance More

La. AG On 340B, Comstock And 'Political Act' Of Abortion Pills

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill has sued to limit access to mifepristone, pursued charges against out-of-state doctors and sparred with drugmakers. In this Law360 Healthcare Authority interview, she dis... (more story)

Union Urges Toss Of Tobacco Co.'s Retiree Health Fight

A North Carolina federal judge should let a tobacco workers' union keep its win in a retiree healthcare fight with the company that makes Winston and Salem cigarettes, the union argued, saying the company's ch... (more story)

Maryland Justices Allow IVF Cost Class Action To Proceed

A Maryland couple can pursue a proposed class action against a health insurer that they say wrongfully denied coverage for embryo thawing in connection with an in vitro fertilization procedure, the Maryland Su... (more story)

Meet The Attys Arguing The High Court 'Skinny Label' Case

When the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Wednesday in a patent case involving "skinny labels" on generic drugs, a longtime patent attorney as well as a government attorney who often handles intellectual pro... (more story)

North Dakota Drug-Pricing Law Blocked In Pharma Fight

A North Dakota federal judge on Monday blocked the state's new drug-pricing law, agreeing with pharmaceutical companies that while the law purports to "protect the underdogs," it illegally interferes with the ... (more story)

DOJ Says Wash. 340B Drug Law Is Preempted In Novartis Suit

The U.S. Department of Justice waded into a dispute between pharmaceutical giants and the state of Washington on Monday, arguing that federal law preempts a new state law that expands discounts that drugmakers... (more story)