Expert Analysis

Brain Computer Interfaces Boot Up Multipronged Legal Issues

As neurotechnology companies begin to conduct human clinical trials for brain computer interfaces, attorneys shoul... (more story)

Turning To The Courts When PBM Reform Falls Short

The effectiveness of state laws intended to regulate pharmacy benefit managers remains uncertain, but litigation —... (more story)

Calif. Ruling Lowers Bar For Health Data Breach Claims

The California Supreme Court's ruling in J.M. v. Illuminate Education offers protection for non-healthcare compani... (more story)

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NC Biz Court Bulletin: Referee Tapped, CEO To Be Deposed

The North Carolina Business Court rounded out May by appointing a discovery referee in a healthcare antitrust class action and ordering the deposition of a top executive in a trade secrets battle, in addition ... (more story)

Taxation With Representation: Latham, White & Case, Vischer

In this week's Taxation With Representation, Fertitta Entertainment acquires Caesars Entertainment, Eli Lilly and Co. buys three companies involved in vaccine development, and nuclear energy company Newcleo Lt... (more story)

Hospital Operator, Execs Ink $32M FCA Settlement With Feds

Psychiatric hospital operator Oglethorpe Inc. has agreed to pay $32 million and be excluded from all federal healthcare programs for 10 years to resolve allegations it knowingly failed to return Medicare overp... (more story)

McDermott-Led Ampersand Clinches $1.5B Fund

Healthcare-focused private equity firm Ampersand Capital Partners, advised by McDermott Will & Schulte, on Thursday revealed that it closed its latest fund with $1.5 billion.

J&J Unit Cleared In Blood Pump Patent Suit In Mass.

A Massachusetts federal jury on Thursday cleared a Johnson & Johnson MedTech subsidiary of allegations that it infringed a blood pump patent owned by a unit of Swedish medical device company Getinge AB.

Split Fed. Circ. Says $452M Trade Secret Case Was Untimely

A split Federal Circuit panel on Thursday erased Insulet Corp.'s trade secret victory against EOFlow Co. Ltd., holding that the medical device maker filed its claims too late and reversing a $452 million jury ... (more story)

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IVF Patients Say Natera Profited Off Ineffective Embryo Tests

A proposed class of in vitro fertilization patients are suing Natera Inc. in California federal court, alleging that it falsely advertised the efficacy and importance of its preimplantation genetic testing to ... (more story)

Judge Surprised By Second Phone In Abortion Pill Spike Row

A Texas federal judge said Tuesday that a second phone belonging to a woman who accused her boyfriend of spiking her drink with abortion pills should be produced for discovery, but noted that limits on who may... (more story)

Costco Wants Sanctions Over Missing Devices In Pixel Suit

Costco has asked a federal judge in Seattle to sanction a group of customers leading a proposed class action that accuses it of disclosing their personal health information by installing Meta Pixel and other F... (more story)

23andMe Says California Data Breach Suit Evades Ch. 11 Plan

The bankruptcy plan administrator for the genetic testing company formerly known as 23andMe is urging a Missouri bankruptcy court to shut down a lawsuit recently lodged by California's attorney general that se... (more story)

Judge Trims Dental Patent Case, But Keeps Patent Alive

A Delaware federal judge has refused to invalidate a pair of dental patents that medical technology companies Align Technology and Medit Corp. were accused of infringing, but did agree to narrow the case.

TriZetto, Infosys Fight Each Side's CEO Deposition Bids

Cognizant TriZetto Software Group and Infosys Ltd. have filed dueling motions to block depositions of each other's top executives in a trade secret lawsuit over allegations that Infosys misused confidential ac... (more story)

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Treatment Providers Can't DQ Participants' Atty In Wage Suit

Several Texas-based addiction recovery program operators cannot remove a worker's attorney from a proposed wage class action over his prior involvement with the programs, a federal judge found, saying the oper... (more story)

Medical Equipment Co. Inks $14.3M Deal In Overbilling Suit

Pennsylvania-based AdaptHealth Corp. will pay $14.3 million to settle claims that it violated the North Carolina Debt Collection Act by overcharging and trying to collect debts from patients who had returned m... (more story)

Bankrupt Hospital Can't Exit $3B BCBS Antitrust Deal

A bankrupt Alabama hospital with "settler's remorse" can't bail on a multibillion-dollar antitrust settlement with Blue Cross Blue Shield, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

Ill. Court Blocks Fla. Suit Targeting Gender Care Policies

An Illinois federal judge blocked the Florida attorney general's lawsuit targeting medical groups' policies on youth gender-affirming care, saying there's sufficient jurisdiction over Sunshine State officials ... (more story)

Trans Youth Sue NYU Langone, DOJ To Bar Records Release

A group of transgender minors and young adults who received gender dysphoria care at NYU Langone urged a New York federal court to bar the U.S. Department of Justice from accessing their sensitive health recor... (more story)

HHS Says Bronx Facility $31M Payback Suit Filed Prematurely

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says a nursing center in New York City should have pursued administrative remedies before fighting the collection of $31 million in Medicare overpayments with a lawsuit.