Expert Analysis

Utah's AI Prescription Renewal Pilot Could Inform Policy

Utah recently became the first state to approve an artificial intelligence system for autonomously renewing certai... (more story)

Ramped Up Psychedelic Production Carries Opportunity, Risk

Kimberly Chew at Husch Blackwell discusses the key legal implications of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration'... (more story)

New Biotech Nat'l Security Controls May Have Blunted Impact

While the newly enacted federal prohibition against contracting with certain biotechnology providers associated wi... (more story)

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Novo Threatens Hims & Hers With Suit Over GLP-1 'Knockoff'

Novo Nordisk said in a Thursday announcement it plans to take legal action against Hims & Hers Health Inc. after the telehealth company revealed a "knockoff" version of Novo's popular weight loss drug Wegovy e... (more story)

Hartford HealthCare Must Provide Docs On $86M Takeovers

Hartford HealthCare Corp. must hand over internal documents detailing its $86.1 million acquisitions of two hospitals from bankrupt Prospect Medical to a group of plaintiffs who accuse the health system of try... (more story)

Ga. Justices Uphold $8.3M Verdict In MedMal Case

The Georgia Supreme Court said it won't disturb a $6.5 million verdict or an additional $1.8 million attorney fee award in a suit over a botched knee surgery, with one justice clarifying what courts can do reg... (more story)

2nd Circ. Backs Block On Hundreds Of Geico Collection Cases

The Second Circuit found no error in a preliminary injunction pausing over 600 collection actions filed against Geico by a doctor and medical practice accused by the insurer of a scheme to exploit New York's n... (more story)

This Week's Healthcare Earnings: Novo, Elevance And More

More than half a dozen healthcare companies posted earnings this week, including big names like Pfizer, Elevance and Roche. Here's what you need to know from earnings this week.

2nd Circ. Skeptical Anesthesia Group Suffered Antitrust Harm

A Second Circuit panel seemed poised Tuesday to find that an anesthesiology practice didn't suffer an antitrust injury in its claim that a United Healthcare unit used its market power in New York to cut reimbursement rates.

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Analytics Co. Says Patients Not Harmed By Data Breach

A private healthcare data analytics company on Wednesday urged a Michigan federal court to dismiss a consolidated proposed class action stemming from a cyberattack, arguing the patients' claims rest on specula... (more story)

TikTok Urges NC Justices To Toss State's Addictive App Suit

The North Carolina attorney general can't haul California-based TikTok Inc. and its now-minority Chinese owner ByteDance Inc. into state court to hash out addictive app and deceptive marketing claims solely be... (more story)

Fed. Circ. Leans Toward Vacating $12.7M Copyright Award

The Federal Circuit appeared likely to vacate a $12.7 million copyright infringement award against the federal government on Wednesday, pressing attorneys for a software developer and the government to answer ... (more story)

PTAB Sinks Samsung Challenge To Ouraring Patent

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has shot down Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.'s challenge to an Ouraring Inc. smart ring patent amid an ongoing legal dispute that has spanned the board, federal district court a... (more story)

State Of Insurance: Q4 Notes From Illinois

In 2025's last quarter, Illinois’ appellate courts weighed in on overlapping homeowners coverages for water-related damages, contractual suit limitation provisions in uninsured motorist policies, and protectio... (more story)

Privacy Ruling Shows How CIPA Conflicts With Modern Tech

A California federal court's recent holding in Doe v. Eating Recovery Center that Meta is not liable for reading, or attempting to read, the pixel-related transmission while in transit reflects a mismatch betw... (more story)

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Trump Admin Asks 4th Circ. To Unfreeze ACA Rule Changes

The Trump administration is urging the Fourth Circuit to let it plow ahead with two changes to Affordable Care Act regulations that a Maryland federal judge froze in August, arguing the rule changes are within... (more story)

Website Wiretapping Claims Trimmed From Cigna Suit

A Pennsylvania federal judge has trimmed most of a proposed class action over Cigna's alleged third-party sharing of customers' private health information on its website and patient portals, finding that while... (more story)

'Careless Or Disingenuous': Judge Rips CareFirst Rethink Bid

A Virginia federal judge Wednesday refused to reconsider an order reversing course and throwing out key claims in CareFirst's suit against Johnson & Johnson over the immunosuppressive drug Stelara, calling Car... (more story)

Teva Fights Class Cert. Bid In Effexor Antitrust Case

Teva Pharmaceuticals urged a New Jersey federal judge Wednesday to reject a class certification bid by a group of direct buyers of the antidepressant drug Effexor XR and its generic versions, arguing that the ... (more story)

Takeaways From The DOJ Fraud Section's 2025 Year In Review

Former acting Principal Deputy Chief Sean Tonolli of the U.S. Department of Justice's Fraud Section, now at Cahill Gordon, analyzes key findings from the section’s annual report — including the changes impleme... (more story)

Catholic Health System Escapes Tobacco Fee Suit In Missouri

Ascension Health Alliance escaped a former employee's proposed class action alleging a fee on tobacco-using workers' health plans violated federal benefits law, after a Missouri federal judge held the private ... (more story)