Expert Analysis

FTC Hospital Review Shows Hurdles To Failing-Firm Defense

The Federal Trade Commission's recent announcement about Fairfield Medical Center's abandoned sale to OhioHealth s... (more story)

Importer Risk Rises As AI Enters Trade Fraud Enforcement

The Trump administration's new data-driven and artificial intelligence-enabled push against tariff evasion raises ... (more story)

What CMS Audit Rule Means For Medicare Advantage Plans

Despite ongoing legal challenges, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is moving forward with implementati... (more story)

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States Win 1st OK Of $400M Sandoz Generic Price-Fixing Deal

A Connecticut federal judge granted preliminary approval Friday to a $400 million settlement between a coalition of states, Sandoz Inc. and its subsidiary Fougera Pharmaceuticals Inc. over allegations of gener... (more story)

Taxation With Representation: Freshfields, Morgan Lewis

In this week's Taxation With Representation, Penske Automotive Group Inc. agrees to be taken private by Motown Acquisition Corp., a GTCR-led group of private investment firms acquires software firm CCC Intelli... (more story)

10th Circ. Backs Asset Freeze In SEC Case Against Biotech

The Tenth Circuit on Wednesday backed a lower court's order freezing a biotech firm's assets in a suit brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission accusing the company and its founders of misappropr... (more story)

NC Health Plan Can't Block Atrium's Cost-Sharing Program

Atrium Health can move forward with a program to offer lower healthcare costs to members of North Carolina's state health plan, a state court judge ruled, handing a loss to the state treasurer in his lawsuit c... (more story)

Sanofi Agrees Not To Disparage Rival's Flu Vaccine

European enforcers have accepted commitments from Sanofi over concerns that it blocked competition from a rival flu vaccine for vulnerable patients by making disparaging statements to healthcare professionals ... (more story)

Liquidia Settles United Therapeutics Suits With $380.7M Deal

Liquidia will pay out $380.7 million as part of a settlement agreement with United Therapeutics Corp. that resolves six lawsuits between the pharmaceutical companies, Liquidia announced Tuesday, saying patient... (more story)

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Optum Sued Over 'Junk Fees' For Online COBRA Payments

Optum Financial on Wednesday was hit with a proposed class action in California federal court alleging it tacks on sham, unavoidable $20 "junk fees" when customers pay online for healthcare benefits administer... (more story)

Anthropic Seeks To Dodge AI Patent Suit From U. of Tenn.

Anthropic says it shouldn't have to face a lawsuit accusing it of infringing a pair of patents related to neural networks owned by a research arm of the University of Tennessee because its Claude artificial in... (more story)

Groups Ask Justices To Hear Apple's ITC Industry Rule Fight

The Federal Circuit wrongly continued the degradation of the U.S. International Trade Commission's domestic industry requirement in patent disputes by sustaining a decision that Apple Watches infringe Masimo C... (more story)

Squires Grants 4 PTAB Petitions, Rejects 3 In New Drop

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires has instituted four new America Invents Act reviews at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and turned down three in his newest mass order.

Wash. Justices Say Privacy Act Doesn't Bar Hospital Pixel Use

The Washington State Supreme Court said Thursday the state's privacy act does not prohibit Seattle Children's Hospital from using web analytics tool Meta Pixel on its public-facing website, rejecting a group o... (more story)

Masimo's $634M Apple IP Win Boosted By $184M In Interest

A California federal judge on Monday ordered Apple Inc. to pay Masimo Corp. $184 million in prejudgment interest on top of a $634 million damages award for infringing a Masimo pulse oximetry patent through an ... (more story)

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Aetna Drops Medical Billing Row Against Acupuncture Clinic

Aetna, a Washington acupuncture clinic and a retired doctor have agreed to end the insurer's suit claiming it paid more than $800,000 because of fraudulent billing for medical services, according to a federal court filing.

Brokers Sue CMS Over Moratorium On ACA Registration

A trade group for brokers and other health insurance professionals urged a Maryland federal court to halt the U.S. Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services' moratorium on new registrations of agents and broke... (more story)

Expect These Post-Midterm Probes If The Hill Changes Hands

The top investigative priorities of a potentially Democratic-controlled Congress are coming into sharper focus with the midterms weeks away and could impact an array of companies and individuals in technology,... (more story)

Audiologists Sue RFK Jr. Over Medicare Opt-Out Exclusion

Audiologists have sued U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in Texas federal court over a Medicare rule categorically barring them from accepting out-of-pocket payment f... (more story)

OptumHealth Can't Get Out Of PBM Cases In Opioid MDL

The healthcare delivery arm of UnitedHealth Group's Optum division can't escape bellwether cases alleging pharmacy benefit managers contributed to the opioid epidemic, an Ohio federal judge ruled Thursday, fin... (more story)

Trump Admin Urges High Court To Curb APA Rule Vacatur

The Trump administration is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether the Administrative Procedure Act allows federal judges to universally vacate agency rules in what could be a major test of the judici... (more story)