Expert Analysis

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)

DOJ Activity Indicates Rising Antitrust Risk For Hospitals

Two civil actions filed by the U.S. Department of Justice against New York-Presbyterian Hospital and OhioHealth, b... (more story)

Engaging With FDA's New Complete Response Letter Policy

A citizen petition filed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last month puts renewed focus on the agency's ... (more story)

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Intellia Drops Counterclaims In Gene-Editing Patent Case

Intellia Therapeutics Inc. has agreed to drop a set of claims it asserted in a Delaware federal suit brought by BlueAllele, which accused it of infringing three gene-editing patents to bring in $100 million in... (more story)

Fed. Circ. Restores 2 Patent Suits On Same Standing Issue

The Federal Circuit on Tuesday reinstated a pair of patent infringement suits from patent owners that licensed their intellectual property to other parties, finding that the companies met the minimum constitut... (more story)

Takeda To Pay $13.6M Over Antidepressant Drug Kickbacks

Takeda Pharmaceuticals will pay $13.6 million to end allegations that it caused false Medicaid claims by providing kickbacks to healthcare providers to push prescriptions of its antidepressant drug Trintellix,... (more story)

Med Device Co.'s CEO Touted Growth, Netted $39M, Suit Says

Medical device maker Integer Holdings Corp.'s former CEO overstated growth prospects of a manufacturing program for the company's electrophysiology business, inflating the firm's stock price and allowing him t... (more story)

Takeda Cashed In From Delay Of Generic IBS Drug, Jury Told

Drug buyers urged a Massachusetts federal jury on Thursday to find that Takeda Pharmaceuticals conspired with another drugmaker to keep a generic version of anticonstipation drug Amitiza off the market in orde... (more story)

Beauty Tech Co. Execs Beat Investor Suit For Good

A California federal judge Monday tossed a proposed class action accusing beauty technology firm Cutera and its executives of misleading investors about its acne treatment launch and financial results, finding... (more story)

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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)

Tracking Tech Suit Is A Risk Management Reminder For Cos.

The Fifth Circuit recently heard oral argument in Rand v. Eyemart Express — an appeal that could reshape the legal landscape for businesses that deploy tracking tech on their websites — underscoring the import... (more story)

Apple's Fed. Circ. Review Bid Gets Support In Watch Ban Feud

Technology industry groups and an organization that often files patent challenges have thrown their support behind Apple's fight against a Federal Circuit panel's finding that the U.S. International Trade Comm... (more story)

Squires Ends Samsung-Requested IPR Over Related PGR

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board will no longer conduct an inter partes review into the validity of an Omni MedSci wearable device patent, now that there will be a separate post-grant review.

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Hospital Pulls $1M Medicare Suit Against UnitedHealthcare

A Connecticut hospital has dropped a lawsuit alleging UnitedHealthcare owed it more than $1 million after refusing to correct errors in Medicare Advantage cost calculations, state court records show.

9th Circ. Told To Reject J&J Unit's $442M Antitrust Appeal

Cardiac catheter refurbisher Innovative Health urged the Ninth Circuit to reject the appeal from Johnson & Johnson's Biosense Webster unit seeking to upend its $442 million antitrust judgment, saying the lower... (more story)

FTC's Gender Care Policy Might Not Sink Probe, Judge Says

A D.C. federal judge wondered Thursday whether it would set a bad precedent for future commissions to label the Federal Trade Commission's investigative demand to the American Academy of Pediatrics as "retalia... (more story)

Medical Practice Calls $49M Missed Cancer Verdict 'Unjust'

The Westchester Medical Group PC has asked a Connecticut state judge to find most of a $49 million jury verdict "excessive, unjust, and entirely disproportionate" to claims its staff repeatedly failed to diagn... (more story)

2nd Circ. Skeptical Of Bid To Boost Drug Royalty Award

A Second Circuit panel appeared unsympathetic during oral arguments on Wednesday to Acorda Therapeutics Inc.'s assertion that it should be awarded nearly $66 million beyond the $16.5 million it won in a multip... (more story)

Refusing Sandoz Parent Dismissal 'Clear Error,' Court Told

Sandoz's Swiss parent company wants a Pennsylvania federal judge to rethink her decision forcing it to face generic drug price-fixing claims from major employers like General Motors, arguing the court "conflat... (more story)