Expert Analysis

Contact Lens Rule's Evolution Steers FTC Guidance Program

The history of the Federal Trade Commission's Contact Lens Rule illustrates the goals of the FTC's recently announ... (more story)

Abbott FCA Deal Shows Enforcement Adequacy Quandaries

Abbott Laboratories’ recent False Claims Act resolution illustrates several tricky questions that both prosecutors... (more story)

New DNA Screening Standard Has No Clear Playbook

Although the government has not yet released promised guidance intended to support its new standards for screening... (more story)

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Genesis Healthcare Gets OK For Amended $1B Asset Sale

A Texas bankruptcy judge Thursday approved the sale of Genesis Healthcare's 175 care facilities after being told that the debtor had reached an amended deal with the buyer that will add $15 million in cash to ... (more story)

Viatris To Buy Pacira BioSciences For $1.65B

Viatris has agreed to acquire non-opioid pain treatment maker Pacira BioSciences for $1.65 billion, with Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP advising Viatris and Ashurst Perkins Coie representing Pacira, the companies said Thursday.

3rd Circ. Upends Sandoz's $61.6M Award Against UTC

A Third Circuit panel on Wednesday erased Sandoz Inc.'s $61.6 million award in a breach of contract case against United Therapeutics Corp., in a decision that sidesteps the major pharmaceutical company's reque... (more story)

NC Hospital Accuses Blue Cross Of Refusing Covered Claims

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina is refusing to pay or underpaying for covered services on behalf of its members, a hospital in the Tar Heel State has alleged in a new complaint accusing the insure... (more story)

Immunomedics Founder Says Deal Triggered $365M Pay Claim

The founder of Immunomedics urged Delaware's highest court Wednesday to reinstate his roughly $365 million compensation claim against the biotechnology company, alleging Gilead Sciences Inc. became an "affilia... (more story)

Kirkland-Led Sheridan Secures $1.345B For 2 Latest Funds

Kirkland & Ellis LLP-advised Sheridan Capital Partners on Wednesday revealed that it raised $1.345 billion across two new funds, which will be used to invest across various healthcare sectors.

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Masimo's $634M Apple IP Win Boosted By $184M In Interest

A California federal judge on Monday ordered Apple Inc. to pay Masimo Corp. $184 million in prejudgment interest on top of a $634 million damages award for infringing a Masimo pulse oximetry patent through an ... (more story)

Medivis Gets Some AR Device Patent Claims Cut In Remand

After the Federal Circuit faulted the Patent Trial and Appeal Board for upholding a Novarad Corp. patent on augmented reality technology for surgeons, the board found on remand that Medivis Inc. had shown that... (more story)

Fed. Circ. Won't Rethink Vacating Contractor's $12.7M Award

The Federal Circuit said Thursday it won't disturb a unanimous three-judge panel's decision vacating a roughly $12.7 million award a software developer won against the federal government over unauthorized soft... (more story)

Google's Calif. Forum Win Sets Stage For MDL Coverage Fight

A Delaware decision means Google can argue for coverage for a social media MDL in its home state. It also puts the tech giant in the clear of a judge who ruled against Meta in a related case.

Social Media Cos., Teens Spar Over Evidence Ahead Of Trials

Social media companies and teens who allege the companies harmed their mental health sparred in California state court Tuesday over what evidence jurors will hear in an upcoming round of bellwether trials, inc... (more story)

Surgical Robot Co. Says 9th Circ. 'Expands' Antitrust Law

Intuitive Surgical asked the full Ninth Circuit to reconsider a decision reviving a surgical repair company's claims that it blocked third parties from refurbishing components for its popular da Vinci surgery ... (more story)

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New Fraud Division Flexes Might In Latest Enforcement Policy

The National Fraud Enforcement Division's new corporate enforcement policy emphasizes the quick pursuit of certain types of fraud through data analysis and staff resources, expands the target list beyond tradi... (more story)

Blue Cross Must Justify Carve-Up Unit By Unit In Calif.

Counsel for hospital plaintiffs touted a "landmark" win in California state court litigation that will require the Blue Cross Blue Shield network to justify unit by unit how it has carved up markets.

Eldercare Co.'s Wage Class Fight Bound For Wash. High Court

Washington's highest court agreed Tuesday to take up whether an appellate panel rightly revived two workers' proposed wage-and-hour class action against an eldercare provider despite the plaintiffs' membership... (more story)

PhRMA Sues To Block Medicare Foreign Drug Price Rule

The pharmaceutical industry's top lobbying group asked a D.C. federal judge Wednesday to block a new Medicare rule tying Part B drug payments to prices abroad, claiming that the U.S. Department of Health and H... (more story)

BCBS Unit Owes Awards Under No Surprises Act, Court Told

A Blue Cross Blue Shield unit failed to pay thousands of dollars in awards that an air ambulance company won through the No Surprises Act's arbitration process for out-of-network services rendered to the insur... (more story)

Mich. Judge Questions Push To Revive Abortion Restrictions

A Michigan judge Wednesday called a state law requiring medical providers to give parenting information and a picture of a fetus to patients seeking an abortion a "hindrance" that is out of step with a voter-a... (more story)