Expert Analysis

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)

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 ...(read more)

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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)

Taxation With Representation: Wilson Sonsini, Fenwick

In this week's Taxation With Representation, Marvell Technology buys data center optics maker Lumentum, defense technology company Shield acquires radar company Echodyne, and CVS Health plans to split into two independent,...(read more)

In Moderna Row, Fed. Circ. Mulls What's 'For The Government'

The Federal Circuit on Thursday took a critical look at a lower court's decision concluding that Moderna had to face Arbutus' infringement claims over its COVID-19 vaccines, with one judge repeatedly asking why Moderna's v...(read more)

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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)

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 institutedĀ fourĀ inter partes reviews in what could be the final petitions for which he reviews the merits.

Meta Users Win Class Cert. In Pixel Healthcare Data Suit

A California federal judge certified four classes of Facebook users who allege Meta Platforms collected their personal health information through data tracking tools on healthcare providers' websites, rejecting the social ...(read more)

Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attorneys From 89 Firms

The lawyers chosen as Law360's 2026 MVPs stand out from their peers by notching significant achievements in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-setting transactions.

Judge 'Put Off' By Atty Fee Bid In $59.5M Menstrual App Deal

A California federal judge said Thursday that he'll give final approval to a $59.5 million settlement resolving class claims over a menstrual tracking app sharing sensitive health data with Google, but he cut the $19 milli...(read more)

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Medtronic Hit With Antitrust Suit Over Surgical Stapler

Medical device giant Medtronic Inc. is unlawfully monopolizing the market for a type of medical stapler by blocking competitive product trials and using exclusionary bundling tactics in its deals with hospital customers, a...(read more)

Anthem Seeks $160M For Alleged Autism Therapy Scheme

Elevance Health and its Anthem-affiliated entities are seeking at least $160 million in damages from in-network autism-therapy provider Perfect Child, alleging in New York state court that Perfect Child fraudulently steere...(read more)

Wash. To Pay $73K In Fees Under Pretrial-Exam-Delay Deal

Washington state must pay plaintiffs' counsel roughly $73,000 in attorney fees and costs in a long-running case over its treatment of pretrial detainees in criminal proceedings, a Washington federal judge has ruled.

$12.9M Deal Ends Anthem Mental Health Coverage Suit

A New York federal judge gave his blessing Thursday to a $12.9 million deal Anthem struck to resolve a suit claiming the insurance company violated federal benefits law by denying coverage for residential behavioral health...(read more)

Aetna Loses Arb. Bid In Hospitals' Inpatient Pay Policy Row

Aetna Health Inc. can't force two hospital operators to arbitrate their challenge to its inpatient reimbursement policy, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled, finding the suit seeks equitable relief and thus falls under an e...(read more)

Federal Workers Seek To Halt Gender-Affirming Benefits Ban

Two federal employees urged a D.C. federal court to block President Donald Trump's administration from eliminating coverage for gender-affirming care from their 2027 health benefits, arguing thousands of people will be har...(read more)