Expert Analysis

Brace For Expanding Scrutiny Of Dark Patterns In Healthcare

Recent reporting and regulatory developments highlight growing concern surrounding so-called dark patterns in heal... (more story)

How Home Infusion Providers Can Adapt To Enrollment Pause

Recent Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services moratoria on new enrollments of home health agencies, medical equi... (more story)

AI Data Mining Is Changing FCA Enforcement

With False Claims Act investigations increasingly emerging from statistical anomalies identified by data miners, c... (more story)

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NC Biz Court Bulletin: Judges Retire, HCA Suit Heads To Trial

The North Carolina Business Court dropped a host of heavy-hitting opinions in July ahead of two judicial retirements and a new chief judge rising in the ranks.

This Week's Healthcare Earnings: Lilly, CVS And More

A slew of big names posted their financial results this past week, closing out the earnings season for the second quarter.

ModivCare Execs Must Face Suit Over Cash Flow Woes

A Colorado federal judge has declined to toss a shareholder class action against current and former executives of patient transportation company ModivCare Inc. over their alleged failure to disclose the negati... (more story)

H.I.G. Can't Block Calif. Suit Over $17.5M Health Deal

The Delaware Chancery Court on Monday refused to block two former behavioral health facility owners from pursuing a California securities fraud suit against private equity firm H.I.G. Capital LLC and its affil... (more story)

Alto Neuroscience Escapes Investor Drug Trial Suit, For Now

Alto Neuroscience has escaped a shareholder suit alleging the psychiatric biotech company and its top brass overstated the efficacy of their lead drug candidate for treating major depressive disorder, with a C... (more story)

Taxation With Representation: Slaughter And May, Covington

In this week's Taxation With Representation, U.K. real estate investment trust Segro's board agrees to a share offer from U.S. rival Prologis with a partial cash alternative, Curium acquires fellow radiopharma... (more story)

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TikTok Settles 3 Teen Addiction Suits Before Bellwether Trials

The company behind TikTok settled three lawsuits brought by young people alleging the social media platform caused them mental health harm, a lawyer for the plaintiffs said Tuesday, although three other social... (more story)

Bellwether Jury Awards $88M In Covidien Hernia Mesh Trial

A Massachusetts federal jury awarded $88 million Tuesday to a man who claimed he was injured by a Covidien LP-made hernia mesh, in the first case to reach a verdict of thousands pending against the Medtronic unit.

Judge Denies Bid To Oust Kirkland From Trade Secret Feud

A California federal judge has denied a healthcare software company's attempt to disqualify Kirkland & Ellis LLP from representing Commure Inc. in a trade secret lawsuit, ruling that the plaintiff failed to pr... (more story)

Law360 Names 2026's Top Attorneys Under 40

Law360 is pleased to announce the Rising Stars of 2026, our list of more than 160 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.

Calif. Wiretap Ruling May Reshape Pixel Tracking Litigation

The recent dismissal of a proposed class action accusing Blue Shield of California of violating the federal Wiretap Act highlights the gap between legacy wiretap laws and modern browser architecture, and the t... (more story)

Planned Parenthood Lab's $6.1M Breach Deal Gets Initial OK

A Washington federal judge has preliminarily approved a $6.1 million class action settlement in two challenges to a state-based diagnostics testing service for Planned Parenthood over a 2025 data breach that r... (more story)

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Employers Expecting Bump In Health Plan Costs, Survey Says

GLP-1 medications and catastrophic coverage claims are two leading factors employers anticipate will push health plan costs up 10% in 2027, according to new data released Thursday by the International Foundati... (more story)

Glenmark Will Pay $15.3M To End Humana's Price-Fixing Claims

The U.S. arm of Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd. has agreed to settle generic-drug price-fixing claims brought by Humana Inc. in three lawsuits centralized in Pennsylvania-based multidistrict litigation, accordin... (more story)

Full 5th Circ. Rejects Planned Parenthood's Immunity Appeal

The full Fifth Circuit Wednesday tossed an appeal over whether Planned Parenthood is entitled to attorney immunity in a whistleblower suit accusing the organization of improper Medicaid billing, reversing a pa... (more story)

Albertsons Judge Hears Testimony On Rx Opioid, Abuse Link

An "undeniable" causal link exists between excess prescription opioids and problem use of drugs such as heroin and fentanyl, an expert witness testified during a bench trial Wednesday in Washington's lawsuit a... (more story)

Feds Enter FCA Suit, Say 3 Health Cos. Overbilled Medicare

The federal government has intervened in a False Claims Act suit accusing a trio of Colorado healthcare companies of conspiring to file inflated claims for services they never rendered in order to get more mon... (more story)

Full 5th Circ. Invalidates Part Of No Surprises Act Rules

The full Fifth Circuit partially unraveled federal regulations that implemented an arbitration system between insurers and out-of-network providers that Congress established in a 2020 law called the No Surpris... (more story)