Expert Analysis

A Nuanced Reading Of DOL's Mental Health Parity Guidance

Though a recent U.S. Department of Labor bulletin may suggest that agency enforcement pressure on group health pla... (more story)

Where DOJ's Fraud Directive May Actually Affect Enforcement

The U.S. Department of Justice’s recent directive outlining corporate fraud enforcement priorities is mostly a man... (more story)

FTC Hospital Review Shows Hurdles To Failing-Firm Defense

The Federal Trade Commission's recent announcement about Fairfield Medical Center's abandoned sale to OhioHealth s... (more story)

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3 Firms Steer Obesity Drugmaker Corxel's $377M SPAC Deal

Obesity-focused biopharmaceutical company Corxel Pharmaceuticals Inc. on Monday unveiled plans to go public by merging with special-purpose acquisition company Amanat Acquisition Corp. in a deal expected to ge... (more story)

In 2/3 Generics Cases, Mylan Execs Allowed To Revoke 5th

A Connecticut federal judge carved a different path Friday for two later generic-drug price-fixing cases from state attorneys general, allowing Mylan executives to revoke their previous invocation of the Fifth... (more story)

Del. Forum Selection Clause Sinks IQVIA's NC Poaching Suit

IQVIA Holdings Inc. should have brought its poaching suit against four former employees accused of defecting to a competitor in Delaware court under a forum selection clause in their employment contracts, a No... (more story)

Taxation With Representation: Milbank, De Brauw, Wachtell

In this week's Taxation With Representation, EQT Private Equity announces a takeover offer for life sciences testing company Qiagen NV, Salesforce acquires customer engagement platform Braze and London Stock E... (more story)

FTC Wants More Info On Curium's $8B Deal For Lantheus

The Federal Trade Commission has requested additional information about Curium's planned $8 billion acquisition of fellow radiopharmaceutical company Lantheus Holdings Inc., extending a waiting period that pre... (more story)

Imperative Gets PTAB To Trim Inari Medical Device Claims

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has invalidated claims in an Inari Medical Inc. patent on valves used in surgery to prevent blood loss, handing another win to challenger Imperative Care as it fends off an in... (more story)

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Full 9th Circ. Won't Review Surgical Robot Antitrust Fight

The full Ninth Circuit declined to reconsider an appellate panel's recent decision reviving a surgical repair company's antitrust suit alleging Intuitive Surgical blocked third parties from supplying parts for... (more story)

Intuitive Surgical Strikes $450M Deal In Robot Antitrust Suit

Intuitive Surgical said in its quarterly earnings report Tuesday that it reached a $450 million settlement to resolve a hospital class action alleging it monopolized the market for servicing its da Vinci surgi... (more story)

Metabase, Pediatric Telehealth Biz Sued Over Patient Info Leak

Open-source AI analytics company Metabase Inc. and pediatric telehealth provider Blueberry Medical failed to protect patients' personal health information from being exposed during a cybersecurity attack, and ... (more story)

7th Circ. Rejects Removal Of Hospital Patient Privacy Suits

The Seventh Circuit on Tuesday joined a host of other appellate courts in determining healthcare providers were not "acting under" the federal government when they created patient web portals, finding actions ... (more story)

Meet The Attorneys Behind ACA Broker Registration Suit

A Kellogg Hansen Todd Figel & Frederick PLLC team represents the National Association of Benefits and Insurance Professionals in its bid to lift a broker moratorium for the Affordable Care Act marketplace. 

Freshfields Hires Gibson Dunn Life Sciences Lawyer In DC

Freshfields LLP has hired a former Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP lawyer who focuses his practice on identifying, assessing and mitigating risks associated with U.S. Food and Drug Administration oversight, the fir... (more story)

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Novo Can't Get 'Deceptive' Lilly GLP-1 Ads Blocked Amid Suit

A New Jersey federal judge on Monday refused to issue an injunction blocking Eli Lilly & Co. from running ads allegedly comparing its GLP-1 drug to Novo Nordisk Inc.'s using "outdated" clinical trials and "fal... (more story)

Feds Say States Lack Standing To Sue Over HHS Vax Overhaul

The Trump administration is again asking a California federal judge to toss a coalition of states' lawsuit challenging its decision to cut vaccine recommendations for children, arguing that the states cannot s... (more story)

Nomi Says HHS Shirked COVID Care Reimbursement Promise

Utah-based Nomi Health Inc. sued the U.S. government on Friday, claiming that it failed to provide more than $200 million in promised payments for testing and vaccination services provided to uninsured America... (more story)

Mich. Panel Backs $9.7M Negligence Verdict Against Hospital

A Michigan appeals court declined to upend a hospital's share of a $9.7 million jury verdict for administrative negligence in its care for a woman who died while receiving emergency treatment for complications... (more story)

Radiology Co. Strikes Deal In ESOP Fight Ahead Of Trial

Radiology company Envision and its trustee have settled a class action claiming they brokered an inflated $163.7 million stock sale to the business' employee stock ownership plan, staving off a bench trial tha... (more story)

Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk Antitrust Suit Remains Dismissed

A Texas federal judge has denied Strive Specialties Inc.'s bid to undo her judgment dismissing the compounding pharmacy's lawsuit that accuses Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk of blocking competition for GLP-1 medic... (more story)