Expert Analysis

HHS Enforcement Restructuring Signals Compliance Risks

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' recent restructuring of its Office for Civil Rights suggests tha... (more story)

AG Watch: Oregon's Strategic Civil Enforcement Approach

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield’s recent antitrust litigation activity and proposed staffing increase are the... (more story)

A Decade Later, Escobar Is Still Shaping FCA Cases

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision 10 years ago in Universal Health Services v. U.S. ex rel. Escobar changed the wa... (more story)

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Eli Lilly Settles Mounjaro TM Suit Against Seattle Area Clinics

Eli Lilly has agreed to drop a lawsuit accusing two Washington clinics of ripping off its trademarks for the weight loss drugs Mounjaro and Zepbound, according to a voluntary dismissal motion filed in federal ... (more story)

Taxation With Representation: Gibson Dunn, Davis Polk, S&C

In this week's Taxation With Representation, SpaceX prices a $75 billion initial public offering at its designated price range, Apollo Global Management leads a capital commitment for a Broadcom initiative to ... (more story)

Cancer Diagnostics Firm Ignite Inks $150M SPAC Merger

Precision oncology startup Ignite Proteomics LLC will merge with special purpose acquisition company Copley Acquisition Corp. in a deal valuing Ignite at a pro forma enterprise value of $150 million, the compa... (more story)

Judge Won't Certify Class Of Health Workers In No-Poach Suit

An Illinois federal judge on Wednesday refused to certify a class of former healthcare employees claiming that their wages were suppressed by alleged no-poach agreements among DaVita, UnitedHealth Group's Surg... (more story)

Catalyst Investor Sues Over Proposed $4.1B Angelini Buyout

An investor of rare disease treatment company Catalyst Pharmaceuticals Inc. is attempting to stop a buyout by Italian rival Angelini Pharma SpA, saying Catalyst's deficient proxy statement omits relevant infor... (more story)

Molina Says Its Warnings Doom Suit Over Guidance Cuts

Health insurance provider Molina Healthcare and two of its executives urged a California federal court to dismiss a shareholder suit accusing them of misleading investors about medical costs and internal contr... (more story)

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ITC, Masimo Tell Full Fed. Circ. To Skip Apple Watch Review

Masimo Corp. and the U.S. International Trade Commission have pushed back on Apple's request for full Federal Circuit rehearing of a panel decision finding an older version of the Apple Watch infringes Masimo'... (more story)

6th Circ. OKs 30-Month Medical Fraudster Kickback Sentence

The Sixth Circuit has ruled in a published opinion that a 30-month prison sentence was correctly calculated for a Tennessee man who was convicted of violating federal anti-kickback laws with his fraudulent doo... (more story)

Remote Workers Tell 6th Circ. Boot-Up Time Compensable

Remote call center workers handling inbound patient calls from home have argued before a Sixth Circuit panel that their employer failed to pay them in accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act for pre-shift... (more story)

Cognizant, Infosys Can't Shield Execs From Depositions

Infosys Ltd. and Cognizant TriZetto Software Group Inc. will each have to produce executives to speak on certain topics for depositions in a Texas federal lawsuit over claims that Infosys stole Cognizant's tra... (more story)

Nano-X Investors Sue Over Korea Plant Restructuring Hit

Medical imaging company Nano-X Imaging Ltd. faces a proposed investor class action alleging it failed to tell investors that it had expanded its manufacturing operations beyond what customer demand justified, ... (more story)

Morrison Foerster Brings On Sidley Patent Litigation Duo

A pair of Sidley Austin LLP patent and trade secrets litigators, including the firm's co-leader of its global intellectual property practice, have departed for Morrison Foerster LLP, according to an announcement made Tuesday.

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Mental Health Co. To Face Wage Class Damages Trial

A North Carolina federal judge ruled Wednesday that the mental healthcare company JMJ Enterprises LLC must face a second-phase damages trial after a jury found in February in favor of a collective of employees... (more story)

DC Judge Halts Prison Bureau's 'Near Total' Trans Care Ban

A Washington, D.C., federal judge blocked the Bureau of Prisons from enforcing a "near total ban" on gender-affirming care for trans incarcerated people, ruling Wednesday the policy was "reverse engineered" to... (more story)

Sen. Committee Clears Drug Disclosure, Biosimilar Bills

The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on Wednesday cleared two bills for full Senate review, tackling the gap between health and patent oversight agencies, and the need for more in... (more story)

FTC Claims Trans Health Org. Lied About Medical Consensus

The Federal Trade Commission and several Republican-led states sued the World Professional Association for Transgender Health on Wednesday, telling a Texas federal court that the organization falsely touted a ... (more story)

NC Clinic, School District Must Face COVID Vax Challenge

A North Carolina state appeals panel issued its second opinion in a lawsuit from the mother of a teenager who alleged he was vaccinated for COVID against his will, finding Wednesday that she adequately put for... (more story)

DOJ Deal Bars OhioHealth From Blocking Patient Steering

OhioHealth swore off contract language inhibiting the ability of insurers to steer patients to cheaper healthcare providers, in a settlement resolving one of two U.S. Department of Justice antitrust lawsuits t... (more story)