Expert Analysis

Record FCA Recoveries Signal Intensified Healthcare Focus

In its recently released False Claims Act statistics, the U.S. government's emphasis on record healthcare recoveri... (more story)

Methods For Challenging State Civil Investigative Demands

Ongoing challenges to enforcement actions underscore the uphill battle businesses face in arguing that a state inv... (more story)

A Potential Shift In FDA's Approach To Drug Trial Design

Recent guidance released by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration clarifying how Bayesian approaches — which combi... (more story)

Deals & Corporate Governance More

Taxation With Representation: Freshfields, Simpson Thacher

In this week's Taxation With Representation, science and technology company Danaher Corp. acquires medical technology company Masimo Corp., Covetrus merges with a unit of fellow animal health technology compan... (more story)

Justices Urged To Bar Passive Infringement For Skinny Labels

The Federal Circuit cleared the path for branded-drug makers to claim a rival induced infringement of a patent without taking any active steps to do so, Hikma told the U.S. Supreme Court in a case over so-call... (more story)

NY Judge Trims Umbilical Cord Blood Co. Investor Suit

A New York federal judge has trimmed a securities class action accusing Global Cord Blood Corp. and others of orchestrating and trying to cover up a scheme in which hundreds of millions of dollars were transfe... (more story)

Olympus Slips Whistleblower Suit Over Testing Practices

A Pennsylvania federal judge has dismissed a whistleblower lawsuit brought by the former head of product development for Olympus Corp. of the Americas, ruling that the ex-executive failed to show he was fired ... (more story)

CareDx Seeks High Court Review Of $45M False Ad Case

Transplant diagnostics company CareDx has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Third Circuit decision that erased a nearly $45 million jury award against rival Natera in a false advertising case, arguing t... (more story)

Ventas, Welltower See Growth Amid Senior Housing Push

Real estate investment trusts Welltower Inc. and Ventas Inc. recorded strong financial results from the last quarter and the full year of 2025, as both companies intensified their focus on senior housing, a se... (more story)

Digital Health & Technology More

Meta Pixel Tracking Suit Tossed Over Lack Of Standing

A North Carolina federal judge has ruled that a prospective class of Nurse.com users lacked standing to sue the website's operator for Video Privacy Protection Act violations for allegedly sharing customers' i... (more story)

What FDA Guidance Means For The Future Of Health Software

Two significant final guidance documents released by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last month reflect a targeted effort to ease innovation friction around specific areas, including singular clinical de... (more story)

Neutrogena Enters $4.7M Deal In BIPA Suit Over Skin360 App

A former Johnson & Johnson subsidiary has agreed to pay $4.7 million to settle a potential class action claiming it unlawfully stored and collected facial scans of people who used its Neutrogena Skin360 tool, ... (more story)

Federal Preemption In AI And Robotics Is Essential

Federal preemption offers a unified front at a decisive moment that is essential for safeguarding America's economic edge in artificial intelligence and robotics against global rivals, harnessing trillions of ... (more story)

Pa. Providers Say They Lost Billions In Change Health Breach

The health payment platform Change Health Inc., which was at the center of the nation's largest healthcare data breach two years ago, is facing a fresh lawsuit from a proposed class of Pennsylvania healthcare ... (more story)

California's New Privacy Laws Demand Preparation From Cos.

An increase in breach disclosures is coinciding with California's most comprehensive privacy and artificial intelligence legislation taking effect, illustrating the range of vulnerabilities organizations in th... (more story)

Policy & Compliance More

DOJ Says Ohio Health System's Contracts Are Anticompetitive

The U.S. Department of Justice and Ohio's attorney general's office sued OhioHealth Corp. Friday in federal court, accusing the healthcare system of using contractual restrictions to block insurers from offeri... (more story)

Court OKs $376K Arb. Victory For Accountant In PWFA Suit

A Texas federal court approved a $376,000 arbitration award for a former community center accounting employee who alleged she was belittled by a supervisor and denied telework as a temporary accommodation foll... (more story)

Kaiser Sues Insurers To Tap $95M D&O Policy For Fraud Deal

Kaiser Foundation Health Plan sued Chubb and other insurers in California federal court Friday seeking to tap $95 million in directors and officers liability coverage for a recently settled whistleblower actio... (more story)

Judge Says Texas Can't Enforce Optometry Anti-Steering Law

A Texas federal judge on Friday blocked the state from enforcing an anti-steering law that banned managed care plans from telling insureds about optometrists who offer cheaper options, saying that the law viol... (more story)

Lack Of Standing Dooms GardaWorld Health Fees Suit

A North Carolina federal judge on Friday threw out a suit alleging that GardaWorld Cash Service violated federal employment law with surcharges on its employee health plan for those who use tobacco or refused ... (more story)

Judge Denies Mylan And Aurobindo's Bid To Escape Trial

A Connecticut federal judge has once again rejected generic-drug makers' bid to escape a multistate lawsuit accusing them of engaging in an overarching antitrust conspiracy, saying the evidence supports the ne... (more story)