Expert Analysis

The Challenge Of Stabilizing Rural Hospitals On The Brink

The outlook for rural hospitals has grown more concerning, as recent policy and regulatory developments are decrea... (more story)

Insurer Lessons From 1st Wave Of GenAI Coverage Rulings

Several pending cases target the issue of whether generative AI may appropriately replace human professional decis... (more story)

Bid Protest Spotlight: Evidence, Tailored Talks, Materiality

In this month's bid protest roundup, Brian Doll at MoFo delves into three recent decisions from the Government Acc... (more story)

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Providence Health's Sour Investment Cost $70M, Retirees Say

Retirement plan participants have hit hospital system Providence Health & Services with a proposed class action accusing the Washington-based nonprofit of losing nearly $70 million in assets by sticking with a... (more story)

3 Key Questions On Trump's Pharma Tariffs

President Donald Trump recently announced 100% tariffs on certain imported pharmaceutical products, with opportunities for drug companies to lower their tariff rates to zero, but questions remain about the req... (more story)

Eli Lilly To Purchase Cooley-Led CrossBridge In $300M Deal

Venture-backed pre-clinical biotechnology firm CrossBridge Bio Inc., advised by Cooley LLP, on Tuesday announced that it has agreed to be bought by pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly & Co. in a deal worth up to $300 million.

Avanos Medical Going Private In $1.3B Deal Led By 3 Firms

American Industrial Partners has agreed to acquire Avanos Medical Inc. in an all-cash transaction valued at nearly $1.3 billion, a take-private deal steered by three law firms, Avanos announced Tuesday. 

Chamber, Other Biz Groups Back Insulin Cos. At High Court

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business groups urged the U.S. Supreme Court to take up an appeal from Sanofi-Aventis, Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk and AstraZeneca, arguing the Second Circuit's revival of an... (more story)

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)

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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)

7th Circ. Says Fed. Laws Don't Preempt Wis. Vape Sale Ban

The Seventh Circuit declined Tuesday to revive vaping interest groups' bid to halt enforcement of a Wisconsin law banning sales of e-cigarettes that aren't approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, fi... (more story)

PBMs Fail To Freeze Discovery In Mich.'s Drug-Pricing Case

A pending motion to dismiss the Michigan attorney general's drug-pricing case against multiple pharmacy benefit managers does not preclude the PBMs from handing over agreements between PBMs and pharmacies to t... (more story)

Healthcare AI Co. Seeks to Drop 3 From Wage Suit

A data science platform said Friday that a former executive, who claims he was not paid after investing $750,000 into the business, cannot drag three out-of-state people loosely connected to the company into a... (more story)

Mich. AG Says PBMs Can't Duck Drug-Pricing Suit

Two pharmacy benefit managers can't dodge an antitrust lawsuit accusing them of price-fixing reimbursement rates because Michigan has properly claimed an antitrust violation, state Attorney General Dana Nessel... (more story)

Medtronic Can't Ax $382M Trial Loss, Applied Medical Says

Applied Medical Resources Corp. has urged a California federal court to reject Medtronic Inc.'s attempt to ditch its roughly $382 million antitrust trial loss, arguing that Medtronic is simply repeating "erron... (more story)

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Courts Rule On J&J Investor Class, Abortion Rights And More

Law360 Healthcare Authority looks at the U.S. Supreme Court's rejection of a petition by Johnson & Johnson challenging the certification of an investor class, a Pennsylvania state court's recognition of a cons... (more story)

Congress Rallies More For Bills On Copyrights Than Patents

There have been more intellectual property bills floated in Congress that are supportive of copyright rights than patent rights, according to a new report looking at how lawmakers treat the IP system.

Amgen Faces ERISA Suit Over Health Plan Tobacco Surcharge

A former Amgen Inc. employee filed a proposed class action in California federal court Tuesday alleging the biotech company discriminatorily imposes an "egregiously high" $150-a-month surcharge on employees wh... (more story)

Woman Pleads Guilty In $51M Medicare Fraud Scheme

A San Diego woman has pled guilty in California federal court to billing Medicare for nearly $51 million in fake prescriptions and trying to hide the scheme through money laundering and kickbacks to doctors.

Medical Ethics Researchers Talk Doc Misconduct Trends

Law360 Healthcare Authority talks to Western Michigan University researchers about misconduct trends in healthcare professions and what state data doesn't hold.

White House Insider Says New CDC Pick Aligned With MAHA

White House senior adviser Calley Means said Tuesday that the new nominee for CDC director, Dr. Erica Schwartz, was in "lockstep" with the Make America Healthy Again movement and U.S. Department of Health and ... (more story)