Expert Analysis

Trump Order Signals Tougher Benefits Fraud Probes

A recent order from President Donald Trump establishing a federal taskforce for addressing fraud in federally fund... (more story)

The Evolution Of States' Workplace Violence Prevention Laws

Utah's new law requiring hospitals to implement comprehensive workplace violence reporting systems continues a bro... (more story)

FDA Guidance May Move Goalposts For Form 483 Responses

New draft guidance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration provides formal insight on how drug manufacturers ar... (more story)

Deals & Corporate Governance More

Taxation With Representation: Goodwin, CMS, Wilson Sonsini

In this week's Taxation With Representation, Gilead Sciences Inc. acquires clinical-stage biotechnology company Tubulis GmbH, private equity firm Court Square Capital Partners closes a multibillion-dollar fund... (more story)

Abiomed Can't Escape Blood Pump Patent Case

A Massachusetts federal judge has refused to let a Johnson & Johnson MedTech subsidiary dodge claims that it infringed a blood pump patent, the latest event in a wider legal battle launched against it by a uni... (more story)

March's Billion-Dollar Healthcare Deals Signal More To Come

A smattering of billion-dollar M&A transactions could be the kickoff of an exciting period for dealmaking.

The Uncertain Impact Of Medicare Advantage Scrutiny

The federal government's scrutiny of long-recognized concerns about the Medicare Advantage industry is heating up. Experts are watching to see what long-term changes come of it.

ImmunityBio Filmmaker Traded On Insider Tip, SEC Says

A documentary filmmaker who worked for ImmunityBio Inc. will pay the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over $332,000 to end claims she scrambled to sell off her stake in the biotechnology company as it p... (more story)

Senior Housing Demands A Distinct Dealmaking Playbook

An aging population and evolving state regulations underscore a critical reality that senior housing assets can undergo operational or compliance shifts during dealmaking, highlighting the need for unique cont... (more story)

Digital Health & Technology More

Va. Hospital Patient Seeks Final Nod For $3.1M Privacy Deal

An Inova Health Care Services patient is urging a Virginia federal judge to grant final approval to a $3.1 million deal to resolve claims the healthcare system unlawfully shared private health information with... (more story)

NY Fertility Clinic Agrees To Settle Suit Over Destroyed Eggs

Less than a month ahead of trial, a New York fertility clinic has agreed to resolve a suit accusing it of negligently allowing a woman's eggs to be destroyed due to alleged mishandling, according to documents ... (more story)

Data Breach Counsel Chided For Flouting NC Court Rules

Two attorneys looking to temporarily helm a series of putative data breach class actions targeting a radiology firm have failed to become interim co-lead class counsel, as a North Carolina Business Court judge... (more story)

Mich. AG Says PBMs Can't Stall Discovery In Drug-Pricing Suit

Michigan's attorney general is urging a federal court to reject a renewed bid by pharmacy benefit managers to pause discovery in an antitrust case accusing them of price-fixing reimbursement rates, claiming th... (more story)

BakerHostetler Adds Davis Wright Privacy Pro In LA

BakerHostetler announced Tuesday it has welcomed data privacy litigator Spencer Persson from Davis Wright Tremaine to its digital assets and data management practice group as partner, bringing in years of expe... (more story)

Ore. Clinic Stuck With Privacy Suit Over LinkedIn Data Sharing

An Oregon federal judge has refused to throw out a putative class action accusing a fertility clinic of deploying tracking technology that illegally transmitted its website visitors' protected health informati... (more story)

Policy & Compliance More

Philip Morris Urges 11th Circ. To Affirm FDA Rule Toss

Philip Morris urged the Eleventh Circuit to affirm a decision that struck down a U.S. Food and Drug Administration rule calling for graphic warnings on cigarette packaging, arguing a district court rightly fou... (more story)

Drugmakers Can Intervene In Texas, Fla. Abortion Drug Suit

A federal judge Friday allowed abortion medication manufacturers GenBioPro Inc. and Danco Laboratories to intervene in litigation brought by the states of Texas and Florida seeking to undo a slew of federal re... (more story)

Elevance Can't Nix Suit Over GLP-1 Coverage For Sleep Apnea

An Indiana federal judge declined to toss a proposed class action claiming Elevance Health Inc. illegally denied coverage for a GLP-1 weight loss medication that was prescribed to treat sleep apnea, ruling tha... (more story)

Ill. Jury Adds $17M Punitive Award To Baby Formula Verdict

Illinois jurors on Friday slapped another $17 million in punitive damages atop the $53 million they awarded the previous afternoon to four mothers who accused Abbott Laboratories of selling preterm infant form... (more story)

Yale Medical School Can't Nix Fraudulent Insemination Suit

Yale can't escape a negligence suit by onetime patients alleging its former fertility doctor secretly inseminated them with his own sperm, after a Connecticut judge said that a letter from an anonymous doctor,... (more story)

Irish Mallinckrodt Unit Stuck In Drug Price-Fixing Suit

An Irish entity of drugmaker Mallinckrodt waited too long to seek dismissal of a price-fixing lawsuit brought by states based on a lack of personal jurisdiction or proper service, a Connecticut federal judge h... (more story)