Expert Analysis

High Court's Abortion Pill Stay Reinforces Appellate Principles

The U.S. Supreme Court's recent order in Danco Laboratories v. Louisiana, staying a Fifth Circuit ruling that rein... (more story)

AI Due Diligence Is Key For Healthcare M&A

As usage of artificial intelligence in healthcare continues to rise, the due diligence landscape for healthcare me... (more story)

Bracing For Enforcers' Growing Focus On Behavioral Health

While recent law enforcement scrutiny of the behavioral health industry has resulted in several settlements, indic... (more story)

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Hospital Operator, Execs Ink $32M FCA Settlement With Feds

Psychiatric hospital operator Oglethorpe Inc. has agreed to pay $32 million and be excluded from all federal healthcare programs for 10 years to resolve allegations it knowingly failed to return Medicare overp... (more story)

McDermott-Led Ampersand Clinches $1.5B Fund

Healthcare-focused private equity firm Ampersand Capital Partners, advised by McDermott Will & Schulte, on Thursday revealed that it closed its latest fund with $1.5 billion.

J&J Unit Cleared In Blood Pump Patent Suit In Mass.

A Massachusetts federal jury on Thursday cleared a Johnson & Johnson MedTech subsidiary of allegations that it infringed a blood pump patent owned by a unit of Swedish medical device company Getinge AB.

Split Fed. Circ. Says $452M Trade Secret Case Was Untimely

A split Federal Circuit panel on Thursday erased Insulet Corp.'s trade secret victory against EOFlow Co. Ltd., holding that the medical device maker filed its claims too late and reversing a $452 million jury ... (more story)

Ex-Doximity Exec Gets 2 Years For Insider Trading Scheme

The former chief revenue officer of medical professional networking platform Doximity Inc. has been sentenced by a New York federal judge to just over two years in prison for securities fraud related to his tr... (more story)

Humana Investor Sues Over Alleged Kickback Scheme

Humana Inc. is in hot water with an investor following its inability to shake off a False Claims Act suit brought by the U.S. Department of Justice, with a stockholder suit filed in Kentucky on Wednesday sayin... (more story)

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Calif. AG Sues 23andMe Over Lapses In Genetic Data Security

California moved Thursday to sue the genetic testing company formerly known as 23andMe over a 2023 data breach that exposed the personal information of nearly 7 million customers, arguing that the company fail... (more story)

Abbott Labs Settles Ill. Genetic Privacy Suit

Abbott Laboratories has inked a settlement with a proposed class of workers alleging the company's onboarding materials asked for employees' medical history in violation of an Illinois law aimed at protecting ... (more story)

Law360 Reveals Titans Of The Plaintiffs Bar

This past year, 10 lawyers across the country at plaintiffs' firms big and small helped secure millions of dollars in settlements and verdicts for their clients, going up against powerful defendants like Googl... (more story)

Md. Docs Seek $50M After DOJ's Failed Russia Case

Two Maryland physicians sued the U.S. Department of Justice and federal health agencies alleging an outdated news release still portrays them as threats to national security despite the dismissal of criminal c... (more story)

Trump's Melding Of Politics, Antitrust Hard To Roll Back

Environmental initiatives, diversity programs, anti-misinformation efforts and gender-affirming care have become central targets for President Donald Trump's antitrust enforcers in what observers say is an inc... (more story)

1st Circ. Allows Transfer Of RI Youth Care Info To Texas Court

The First Circuit declined to halt a Texas federal court's order requiring a Rhode Island hospital to hand over records detailing its provision of gender-affirming care to minors, finding a Rhode Island agency... (more story)

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Wash. Justices Float AI Hypotheticals In Hospital Pixel Case

As the Washington Supreme Court considered a group of parents' bid to revive their proposed privacy class action over a Seattle hospital's use of the Meta Pixel browser tracking tool on its website, the justic... (more story)

Trans Patients Say Stanford Can't Give DOJ Medical Records

A group of transgender adolescents who received gender-related care at a Stanford Medicine hospital urged a California federal court to order the hospital not to turn over any of their medical records in respo... (more story)

UnitedHealthcare Unit Settles PrEP Coverage Fight

A UnitedHealthcare subsidiary and two customers who alleged its failure to approve full coverage for PrEP violated the Affordable Care Act have agreed to settle their dispute, parties told a Minnesota federal court.

DOJ To Speed Up Review Of Qui Tam Benefits Fraud Claims

The U.S. Department of Justice announced that it's speeding up the agency's review of whistleblower complaints accusing contractors of defrauding state-administered benefits programs that are funded by the fed... (more story)

9th Circ. Won't Revisit FCA Ruling Over Drug Price Program

The Ninth Circuit has said it will not disturb its March ruling allowing a hospital chain to pursue a False Claims Act lawsuit against various pharmaceutical companies for allegedly causing the government to o... (more story)

Pharmacies Beat Fla. Hospitals' Opioids Suit

A Florida state judge has handed Walmart, Walgreens and CVS a win in a fight with hospitals over treatment of opioid-addicted patients, finding the hospitals cannot recover damages under state racketeering law... (more story)