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Latest News in Life Sciences
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April 07, 2026
Calif. Dialysis Bill Violates 1st Amendment, 9th Circ. Says
The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday struck down provisions of a California law that aims to restrict dialysis providers' ability to profit from patients receiving health insurance premium assistance from nonprofit charities, ruling in a published opinion that the provisions violated nonprofit American Kidney Fund's and dialysis providers' First Amendment rights.
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April 07, 2026
Judge Says CPB Couldn't Void Harvard Researcher Visa
A Vermont federal judge said Tuesday that a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer at Logan Airport in Boston had no legal authority to cancel the visa of a Harvard researcher and Russian national after finding frog embryo samples in her luggage last year.
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April 07, 2026
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 filed in New York federal court.
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April 07, 2026
HHS Must Face States' Suit Over RFK's 'Dramatic Overhaul'
A Rhode Island federal judge rejected Tuesday the government's bid to toss a group of states' lawsuit challenging Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s "dramatic overhaul" of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, criticizing the government for rehashing jurisdictional arguments the court already rejected and finding the states' claims are plausible.
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April 07, 2026
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 chided them for not following rules and filing a procedurally deficient motion.
Areas of Coverage
- AGENCIES
- U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- U.S. International Trade Commission
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Affordable Care Act
- Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
- Antitrust and consumer protection controls
- Drug and medical device lobbying
- State and international life sciences legislation and regulation
- ENFORCEMENT
- Drug and medical device recalls
- Drug safety actions
- Pay-for-delay investigations
- Merger reviews
- LITIGATION
- Patent disputes, including
- Abbreviated New Drug Application litigation
- Section 301 cases
- Product safety suits over drugs and medical devices, including off-label marketing and failure-to-warn claims
- Consumer litigation and class actions
- Fraud and compliance suits
- Antitrust disputes
- Labor and employment suits
- Shareholder and corporate governance disputes
- Bankruptcy proceedings
- TRANSACTIONS
- Mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures
- Share buybacks and stock splits
- Private equity deals
- Patent-licensing agreements
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of life sciences practice groups
Readership
- Life sciences lawyers at top law firms
- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
- Executives and attorneys in the drug, biotechnology, and medical device industries
- Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
- Attorney and law firm marketing professionals