Expert Analysis

What The 11th Circ.'s Qui Tam Ruling Left Unanswered

Although the Eleventh Circuit’s recent ruling in Zafirov v. Florida Medical Associates upheld the False Claims Act’s qui tam pr...(read more)

FTC Letters Expand Hospitals' Pricing Transparency Risks

A wave of warning letters recently sent by the Federal Trade Commission to healthcare service providers makes it clear that, in...(read more)

How Cos. Can Reassess Ad Tech After Wash. Pixel Use Ruling

The Washington Supreme Court's decision in Baker v. Seattle Children's Hospital, holding that the hospital website's use of Met...(read more)

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

This was the week of health payors, with major names like CVS, Cigna, and Humana posting their results for this past quarter. Here, Law360 Healthcare Authority breaks down what to know from earnings this week.

Meet The Attorneys Guiding FuturHealth Through Ch. 11

A group of attorneys from Ice Miller LLP is guiding FuturHealth, a telehealth company focused on weight loss, through its Chapter 11 case as the company pursues a dual-track plan for an asset sale or reorganization.

FDIC Sued By Rural NY Hospital Over Failed Bank Loan

New York-based Community Memorial Hospital Inc. has hit the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation with a suit accusing it of wrongly refusing to insure or offset approximately $1.9 million in loan funds held at a failed Ge...(read more)

Meet The Attorneys Guiding Karyopharm's Ch. 11

A team of six attorneys from Sidley Austin LLP is steering the Chapter 11 case of cancer drug developer Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. as the company looks to merge with biotechnology firm Ayrmid and trim debt through a prep...(read more)

Glenmark's $30M Drug Price-Fixing Deal Gets Final OK

A Connecticut federal judge has granted final approval to a $29.6 million settlement between dozens of states and Glenmark Pharmaceuticals that resolves claims accusing the company of conspiring with competitors to drive u...(read more)

MVP: Williams & Connolly's Enu A. Mainigi

Enu Mainigi of Williams & Connolly LLP represented SuperValu and Albertsons before an Illinois federal jury that cleared them of liability on claims they overcharged the government for prescription drugs, earning her a spo...(read more)

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Stryker Shorted Wash. Workers On Breaks, Wages, Suit Says

A medical device company failed to provide Washington hourly workers with required meal and rest breaks, underpaid their wages and restricted their ability to discuss their pay, according to a proposed class action removed...(read more)

Judge Will Reduce 'Shocking' $88M Mesh Bellwether Verdict

A Massachusetts federal judge said Tuesday she will reduce an $88 million verdict awarded to an Alabama couple in the first bellwether hernia mesh trial against Medtronic subsidiary Covidien LP, saying the award appeared t...(read more)

HHS Seeks To End Suit Over Aid Recipient Data Sharing

The Department of Health and Human Services is asking a New York federal judge to either rule in its favor or otherwise throw out a suit focused on whether HHS is allowed to share personal information with the Department o...(read more)

What To Expect From Calif.'s Incoming Health AI Laws

California's new statewide ground rules for artificial intelligence in clinical care, set to take effect on Jan. 1, reveal the Legislature's choice to regulate healthcare AI primarily though institutions, rather than direc...(read more)

MVP: Holland & Knight's Jennifer Weaver

Dubbed the "Queen of the False Claims Act" by an opposing counsel, Jennifer Weaver of Holland & Knight LLP convinced the government to drop its investigation into California's Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and successfully d...(read more)

Squires Grants 4 IPRs, Denies 6 Before Handing Over Power

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires on Tuesday instituted four inter partes reviews in what could be the final petitions for which he reviews the merits.

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Idaho Judge Stays Abortion Relief, Citing 9th Circ. Ruling

An Idaho federal judge on Tuesday stayed his finding that the state would violate the 14th Amendment by criminalizing certain abortions performed by a doctor challenging the state's abortion laws, saying he is bound by a N...(read more)

Telecom Co. Slapped With Tobacco Fee Suit

A former telecommunications company worker told an Arkansas federal court the business failed to properly reimburse workers who paid an extra benefit plan fee for using tobacco, arguing the company created inequities throu...(read more)

Abortion Rights Advocates Eye Federal Coverage, Access

Buoyed by the midterm election results, advocates for abortion rights said their priorities for the next Congress include legislation codifying the right to end a pregnancy and lifting restrictions on insurance coverage fo...(read more)

Rule Gives Power To Oust Medicare Providers: What To Know

A final rule published Monday makes it easier for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to revoke providers' billing privileges to Medicare and then ultimately remove them from the program. Here, Law360 looks at fou...(read more)

Health Ministry Awaits High Court Scrutiny Call

The U.S. Supreme Court's apparent readiness to back the Catholic Church in a clash over a Colorado school program doesn't bode well for New Mexico insurance officials defending claims the state violated the religious right...(read more)

Ark. Judge Allows State Abortion Ban Challenge To Proceed

An Arkansas physician and six women can proceed with claims that the state's near-total abortion ban violates the Arkansas Constitution by effectively chilling pregnancy-related care, a state judge ruled, denying the major...(read more)