Expert Analysis

Previewing FDA National Priority Vouchers In Psychedelics EO

President Donald Trump's recent executive order on psychedelic drug access represents a watershed moment in federa... (more story)

AG Watch: Texas Charts A Course On Investigative Authority

The Texas Supreme Court's recent decision in Texas v. PFLAG affirmed, and arguably expanded, the Texas attorney ge... (more story)

Initial Virginia AG Actions Signal Focus On Multistate Efforts

Now that Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones has reached the 100-day mark in office, his first set of actions reve... (more story)

Deals & Corporate Governance More

Acadia Investors Get Final OK For $179M Deal, Atty Fees

A Tennessee federal judge has given final approval to a $179 million settlement between investors and Acadia Healthcare Co. Inc., ending a class action that alleged the company misled investors about the stren... (more story)

How CMS Fraud Priorities Complicate Provider Acquisitions

As the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services steps up usage of its affiliates authority and post-transaction audits, parties contemplating the acquisition or sale of home health and hospice providers should... (more story)

IQVIA Accuses Ex-Execs, Syneos Of Poaching $180M Client

IQVIA Holdings Inc. is accusing former executives of defecting to a competitor in the clinical research organization industry and initiating a corporate raid that resulted in the loss of one customer worth at ... (more story)

4 Firms Build Astorg's $1.1B Microbiology Biz Buy

Life sciences company Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. on Monday announced plans to sell its microbiology business to European private equity firm Astorg in an over $1.1 billion deal steered by four law firms.

US, Indian Firms Guide $11.75B Sun Pharma-Organon Deal

Indian pharmaceutical giant Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. has agreed to acquire New Jersey-based Organon & Co. in an all-cash deal valued at $11.75 billion, with each side of the transaction having repres... (more story)

Natera Tells Justices CareDx Made Up Circ. Split In Petition

Natera asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a petition from rival CareDx asking it to review a Third Circuit decision that erased a $45 million jury verdict stemming from CareDx's false advertising claims, s... (more story)

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Deloitte Can't Duck Bulk Of Vax Software Theft Suit

Deloitte must face an inventor's trade secrets misappropriation claims accusing the consulting giant of ripping off her firm's proprietary vaccination management system and securing a multimillion-dollar gover... (more story)

Squires Snubs 10 IPRs While 4 Pass Muster In Latest Order

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires rejected 10 petitions for America Invents Act patent reviews and granted four challenges in an order marking the roughly half-year mark since he took over... (more story)

Colo. Fertility Clinic Must Face Trimmed Data Breach Suit

A Colorado federal judge on Tuesday narrowed a proposed class accusing a fertility clinic of failing to adequately protect patients' health and other personal information swept up in a 2024 data breach, preser... (more story)

DOJ Delay Of ADA Web Rule Undermines Equal Access

The U.S. Department of Justice's recent decision to delay compliance dates for regulations ensuring accessible government services online benefits no one, as it is long overdue for disabled Americans and doesn... (more story)

Health System Says AI Co. Botched $32M Software Project

A San Francisco-based healthcare technology company failed to deliver on promises it would consolidate a Catholic health system's data under a unified platform, breaching a projected $32 million service agreem... (more story)

Oura Hit With New Patent Suit Over Fitness Wearables

Zepp Health has hit Oura Health with a lawsuit in the Eastern District of Texas accusing the Finnish company of infringing a series of patents on wearable fitness devices, the latest salvo in a wider patent fi... (more story)

Policy & Compliance More

Gov't Pauses Medicaid Data Use For ICE Amid Injunction Fight

The Trump administration agreed at a hearing Thursday to temporarily halt the use of 22 states' Medicaid data for immigration enforcement purposes until a San Francisco federal judge clarifies the boundaries o... (more story)

Debt Collectors Owe Charity Care Notice, Wash. Justices Say

Just as hospitals must inform low-income patients they might qualify for financial assistance, so too must agencies collecting on medical debt, the Washington Supreme Court clarified Thursday.

Jury Begins Mulling If Doctors Are Liable For Fatal Overdose

A Philadelphia jury on Thursday began deliberations in a lawsuit accusing two doctors of enabling a 26-year-old-man with chronic back pain to become hooked on opioid painkillers and fatally overdose.

Trump Taps 3rd Surgeon General Pick, Drops Casey Means

President Donald Trump nominated his third pick to be surgeon general on Thursday, withdrawing consideration for Casey Means after her confirmation stalled in the Senate. 

Supplement Industry Says FDA Wrongly Muzzled Label Claims

A coalition of dietary supplement companies and an alternative medicine advocacy group filed suit Wednesday against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, claiming that the agency violated First Amendment comm... (more story)

Mental Health Co. Can't Undo Jury Verdict In NC Wage Suit

A mental healthcare company's bid to throw out a jury verdict finding it willfully violated federal and state wage laws fell short because its post-trial arguments lacked supporting evidence, a North Carolina ... (more story)