Expert Analysis

What To Expect For Stem Cell Regulation Under Trump Admin

The new administration's push for deregulation, plus the post-Chevron legal landscape, and momentum from key polit... (more story)

How Importers Can Minimize FCA Risks Of Tariff Mitigation

False Claims Act risks are inherent in many tariff mitigation strategies, making it important for importers to imp... (more story)

10 Practical Takeaways From FDA's Biopharma AI Guidance

Recent guidance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration provides much-needed insight on the usage of artificial... (more story)

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Sotomayor Urges Caution On Nondelegation Doctrine Revamp

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor cautioned her colleagues during oral arguments Wednesday against using a challenge to the Federal Communications Commission's administration of a broadband subsidy pr... (more story)

7 Firms Compete To Lead Novo Nordisk Securities Suit

Levi & Korsinsky LLP, Pomerantz LLP and the Rosen Law Firm PA are among seven law firms vying to lead proposed class claims accusing Novo Nordisk A/S of misleading investors about a clinical trial for an obesity drug.

Ex-CEO Says McGuireWoods Can't Rehash Immunity Appeal

McGuireWoods LLP and one of its former partners are rehashing immunity defenses in a last-ditch effort to dodge a long-running defamation case, the former CEO of a managed care organization told the North Caro... (more story)

Healthcare Deals This Week: Merck, J&J And Startups Galore

It's been a busy week for healthcare. Several Big Pharma players inked licensing deals in areas like cardiology and cancer and others said they would up their U.S. manufacturing investments, continuing a growi... (more story)

Pension Seeks To Opt Class Out Of Cutera Ch. 11 Releases

A pension fund heading up a class action against skin care technology group Cutera has urged a Texas bankruptcy court to find the shareholder has authority to opt all class members out of the company's Chapter 11 plan.

Crowell & Moring Healthcare Vet Jumps To Sheppard Mullin

A longtime Crowell & Moring LLP partner has moved his healthcare-focused practice to Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP's office in Washington, D.C., the firm announced Tuesday.

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Meet The Attys Helping 23AndMe Through Ch. 11

DNA testing company 23andMe Holding Co. enlisted a group of attorneys from Carmody MacDonald PC and Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP to help it address $214 million in debt as it tries to sell its bus... (more story)

23andMe Says Ch. 11 Privacy Ombudsman Not Required

DNA testing company 23andMe Inc.'s customer data will be protected in Chapter 11, its attorneys told a Missouri bankruptcy judge Wednesday as it argued that the appointment of a consumer privacy ombudsman is not required.

Catching Up With New Bankruptcy Case Action

23andMe Holding Co. entered Chapter 11 to sell its business and address $214 million in debt; Danimer Scientific Inc., which makes plastics alternatives, entered Chapter 11 to wind down while it tends to its r... (more story)

Period App Users Get $3.5M In Privacy Deal With Analytics Co.

A defunct mobile analytics company caught up in a proposed class action alleging a menstruation tracking app impermissibly shared health information with Google and others has agreed to a $3.5 million settleme... (more story)

Children's Hospital Axes Suit Over Meta Info Sharing, For Now

A Minnesota federal judge tossed a proposed class action alleging a children's hospital used ad tracking software on its website that disclosed minor patients' sensitive information with Meta Platforms Inc., G... (more story)

Seattle Biotech Duped Investors On Drug Progress, Suit Says

Seattle's Sana Biotechnology Inc. is the target of a proposed class action filed on Monday by a shareholder who alleges the company misled investors about its ability to develop genetic therapy treatments for ... (more story)

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EMS Co. Owes Employees OT Pay, Class Suit Claims

A private ambulance company has been hit with a proposed class action in Georgia federal court over allegations that it failed to pay workers overtime wages as required by the Fair Labor Standards Act.

HHS To Cut 10,000 Jobs As RFK Jr. Reorganizes Agency

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Thursday that it would lay off 10,000 employees as part of a broader plan to restructure the agency and downsize its workforce by about 24%.

Healthcare Providers To Pay $63M Over False Spinal Diagnoses

California-based Seoul Medical Group, its healthcare management service unit and a radiology center will pay $62.85 million to settle allegations they submitted bogus spinal condition diagnoses to the Centers ... (more story)

Feds Seek 2 Years For Device-Maker's $2.4M Tax Evasion

A Floridian who made millions of dollars on medical devices and pled guilty to evading $2.4 million in taxes should be sentenced to between 24 and 30 months in prison for tax evasion based on the severity of h... (more story)

AGs Seek 1st OK For $39M Apotex Deal In Price-Fixing Case

A coalition of 50 state attorneys general on Wednesday asked a Connecticut federal judge to accept a $39.1 million deal settling claims that pharmaceutical company Apotex Corp. schemed with others to fix gener... (more story)

False COVID Cure Claims No Longer Feds' 'Current Priority'

The Trump administration has abandoned another case targeting allegedly false claims that an over-the-counter product could treat, or even cure, COVID-19 by dropping its case against a one-man herbal tea operation.