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  • March 11, 2026

    Eli Lilly Ordered To Arbitrate Alzheimer's Drug Feud

    An Illinois federal judge ordered Eli Lilly and Co. on Tuesday to arbitrate a dispute over millions of dollars in milestone payments allegedly owed under a collaboration agreement to develop an Alzheimer's disease drug, ruling that the drugmaker lacked standing to challenge an underlying security agreement.

  • March 11, 2026

    Pharma Co. Says Ex-Director Using Trade Secrets At New Job

    A specialty infusion therapy pharmacy has accused a former director of contracts of taking valuable trade secrets with her on her way out to work for a rival company.

  • March 11, 2026

    Pa. Justices Hint 3rd Jury Should Decide Misdiagnosis Case 

    The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared skeptical of an oncologist's argument that she should not have to face a third trial in a suit accusing her of treating a now-deceased woman for the wrong type of cancer, suggesting that disputed facts about the patient's care make the case suitable for a jury.

  • March 11, 2026

    SEC Avoids Sanctions As Court Ends Unregistered Dealer Suit

    A Minnesota federal judge denied financial firm Carebourn Capital's request for sanctions against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and dismissed the agency's suit, which claims that Carebourn, its founder and an affiliated company made millions by selling securities as unregistered dealers.

  • March 10, 2026

    Wash. Justices Seem Open To Palestinian's Racial Bias Claim

    The Washington State Supreme Court appeared somewhat receptive on Tuesday to a Palestinian patient's argument that an unfavorable jury verdict in her medical malpractice trial was tainted by racism, with several justices concerned that the defense had described the accused doctor as "from this part of the world" during openings.

  • March 09, 2026

    Alexander's Announces $235M Queens Shopping Center Sale

    Alexander's Inc. will sell a vacant 338,000-square-foot Queens, New York, shopping center to healthcare provider Northwell Health Inc. for $235 million, the real estate investment trust announced on March 9.

  • March 06, 2026

    Constantine Cannon Defends Handling Of Sutter $75M Fee

    Constantine Cannon LLP pushed back against Schneider Wallace Cottrell Kim LLP's allegations it unfairly reduced Schneider Wallace's share of a $75.4 million fee award in Sutter Health's $228.5 million antitrust deal, arguing in California federal court that the firm "sat on the sidelines" for most of the decadelong fight and isn't entitled to a bigger cut.

  • March 05, 2026

    Telehealth Co. Swaps In Gordon Rees In Novo's GLP-1 Fight

    A telehealth platform facing allegations from Novo Nordisk that it falsely advertised Ozempic alternatives has picked new counsel in the dispute, withdrawing attorneys from Foley & Lardner LLP and Miller Nash LLP and substituting in two lawyers from Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP.

  • March 05, 2026

    Ind. Justices Reverse Providers' Loss In COVID Immunity Row

    Indiana's highest court ruled that over 80 healthcare providers are immune from a medical malpractice suit by the estate of a man who died after developing a bedsore while he was hospitalized for COVID-19, vacating a decision by a lower court of appeals.

  • March 04, 2026

    Panel Backs NJ Corrections In Trans Woman's Transfer Bid

    A transgender woman convicted of a violent sex crime in New Jersey will not be allowed to transfer to a women's facility because a civil commitment law does not require state prison officials to create sex-segregated facilities, a state appeals court ruled in a published opinion Wednesday.

  • March 02, 2026

    6th Circ. Upholds 12-Year Stint For Mich. Doc In 'Pill Mill' Case

    The Sixth Circuit affirmed the convictions and 12-year prison sentence of a Michigan doctor accused of operating a cash-only "pill mill" that wrote thousands of opioid prescriptions, holding that the trial judge properly handled the jury instructions and key evidentiary rulings.

  • March 02, 2026

    Physical Therapy Practice Owners Get 6 Years For Fraud

    The owners of a defunct Erie, Pennsylvania, physical therapy practice were each sentenced to six years in prison for defrauding federal healthcare programs by overbilling, prosecutors announced Monday.

  • February 27, 2026

    Fed. Circ. Urged To Undo Attys' DQ In Patent Fight

    Two men listed as inventors on allergy test patents asked the Federal Circuit to vacate an order that disqualified attorneys who had represented the pair for almost four years in a case from a Maine physician who claimed he should be the sole inventor.

  • February 26, 2026

    Aurora Care Group Sues Over Block Of $8.5M Property Sale

    An Aurora-based care facility claimed in a Colorado state court lawsuit Wednesday that a nonprofit elder care group spiked the $8.5 million sale of a building by enforcing expired or unenforceable provisions from a decade-old construction declaration from a sale of the land where the building sits.

  • February 26, 2026

    Gambling Addiction Group Settles Ex-Official's Race Bias Suit

    The Council on Compulsive Gambling of New Jersey Inc. has settled a race discrimination lawsuit by its former executive director, according to a notice that the case will be administratively terminated in 60 days.

  • February 25, 2026

    NJ Judge Trims J&J And Neutrogena Benzene Suit

    A New Jersey federal judge has slashed state and common law claims in a multistate proposed class action alleging that acne cream produced by Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. and Kenvue Inc. contained a cancer-causing chemical without warning labels, saying the buyers' claims missed "a step" and were "circular."

  • February 25, 2026

    Fla. Court Ditches Med Mal Suit For 'Boilerplate' Expert Report

    A Florida appeals court on Wednesday tossed a suit blaming a hospital for a newborn's delayed development, saying a "vague, conclusory and boilerplate" medical expert opinion submitted by the parents did not satisfy the presuit notice required by state law.

  • February 25, 2026

    9th Circ. Nixes ID Theft Sentence In Medicare Fraud Case

    The Ninth Circuit ordered resentencing of a defendant in a case over a $24 million scheme to fraudulently bill Medicare for power wheelchairs and wheelchair repair, finding evidence presented at trial did not support her conviction by a jury on two aggravated identity theft charges.

  • February 25, 2026

    Estate Documents Firm Accuses Rivals Of Trade Secrets Theft

    Probate technology company Estate Documents Pro LLC filed a complaint in Arizona federal court alleging that former customers out of Texas misappropriated its software to launch a rival estate planning business.

  • February 23, 2026

    CBP Clears Redesigned Tourniquet Imports After IP Ban

    U.S. Customs and Border Protection has found that a modified version of a tourniquet made by a Chinese company isn't subject to an import ban issued by the U.S. International Trade Commission after finding that earlier imports infringed a patent.

  • February 20, 2026

    Class Attys Allege Lead Counsel Is Hoarding $75M Sutter Fees

    Schneider Wallace Cottrell Kim LLP has urged a California federal magistrate judge to enforce the $75.4 million fee award in Sutter Health's $228.5 million deal resolving a decade-long antitrust fight, arguing lead counsel Constantine Cannon LLP "unilaterally" and "arbitrarily" cut SWCK's fees by nearly $800,000 while boosting its own.

  • February 20, 2026

    Fed. Circ. Unwinds Ineligibility Ruling For Gene Therapy IP

    The Federal Circuit on Friday saved Regenxbio and the University of Pennsylvania's gene therapy patent, finding that splicing together genes from different organisms results in a molecule that is "markedly different from anything occurring in nature," rendering the therapy patent eligible. 

  • February 18, 2026

    Texas AG Says Hospital Violated Gender-Affirming Care Ban

    Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the Children's Health System of Texas on Wednesday, alleging it performed gender-affirming care on children through puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones despite a state law banning the treatments.

  • February 13, 2026

    Health Exec Says He Was Fired For Opposing 'Enron-Style' Plot

    Jefferson Health System terminated its former vice president of facilities management over "his refusal to participate in" what he described as "an Enron-style financial engineering scheme" related to a proposed energy-as-a-service transaction that he believed posed serious regulatory risks, according to a suit filed in Pennsylvania.

  • February 13, 2026

    Ga. Judge Rejects 'Conspiracy Theories' Behind DQ Bid

    A Georgia federal judge rejected Friday a Florida couple's bid to disqualify the judge overseeing their medical malpractice case after it was tossed for using falsified video footage, writing that the effort was based on "nothing but speculative and attenuated conspiracy theories."

Expert Analysis

  • Judges On AI: How Judicial Use Informs Guardrails

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    U.S. Magistrate Judge Maritza Dominguez Braswell at the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado discusses why having a sense of how generative AI tools behave, where they add value, where they introduce risk and how they are reshaping the practice of law is key for today's judges.

  • Key Sectors, Antitrust Risks In Pricing Algorithm Litigation

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    Algorithmic pricing lawsuits have proliferated in rental housing, hotels, health insurance and equipment rental industries, and companies should consider emerging risk factors when implementing business strategies this year, say attorneys at Hunton.

  • Law School's Missed Lessons: How To Start A Law Firm

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    Launching and sustaining a law firm requires skills most law schools don't teach, but every lawyer should understand a few core principles that can make the leap calculated rather than reckless, says Sam Katz at Athlaw.

  • How A 1947 Tugboat Ruling May Shape Work Product In AI Era

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    Rapid advances in generative artificial intelligence test work-product principles first articulated in the U.S. Supreme Court’s nearly 80-year-old Hickman v. Taylor decision, as courts and ethics bodies confront whether disclosure of attorneys’ AI prompts and outputs would reveal their thought processes, say Larry Silver and Sasha Burton at Langsam Stevens.

  • Navigating Privilege Law Patchwork In Dual-Purpose Comms

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    Three years after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to resolve a circuit split in In re: Grand Jury, federal courts remain split as to when attorney-client privilege applies to dual-purpose legal and business communications, and understanding the fragmented landscape is essential for managing risks, say attorneys at Covington.

  • 4 Ways GCs Can Manage Growing Service Of Process Volume

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    As automation and arbitration increase the volume of legal filings, in-house counsel must build scalable service of process systems that strengthen corporate governance and manage risk in real time, says Paul Mathews at Corporation Service Co.

  • The Law Firm Merger Diaries: Forming Measurable Ties

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    Relationship-building should begin as early as possible in a law firm merger, as intentional pathways to bringing people together drive collaboration, positive client response, engagements and growth, says Amie Colby at Troutman.

  • US Cybersecurity Strategy Must Include Immigration Reform

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    Cyberthreats are escalating while the cybersecurity workforce remains constrained due to a lack of clear standards for national-interest determinations, processing backlogs affecting professionals who protect critical public systems and visa allocations that do not reflect real-world demands, says Rusten Hurd at Colombo & Hurd.

  • Judges On AI: How Courts Can Boost Access To Justice

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    Arizona Court of Appeals Judge Samuel A. Thumma writes that generative artificial intelligence tools offer a profound opportunity to enhance access to justice and engender public confidence in courts’ use of technology, and judges can seize this opportunity in five key ways.

  • DHS' Parole Termination Violates APA And Due Process

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    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s abrupt termination of family reunification parole programs violates both the Administrative Procedure Act and the due process rights of vetted beneficiaries who relied on the government's explicit invitation to wait in the U.S. for an immigrant visa to become available, says Abdoul Konare at Konare Law.

  • 2025's Most Notable State AG Activity By The Numbers

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    State attorneys general were active in 2025, working across party lines to address federal regulatory gaps in artificial intelligence, take action on consumer protection issues, continue antitrust enforcement and announce large settlements on behalf of their citizens, say attorneys at Jenner & Block.

  • The Case For Emulating, Not Dividing, The Ninth Circuit

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    Champions for improved judicial administration should reject the unfounded criticisms driving recent Senate proposals to divide the Ninth Circuit and instead seek to replicate the court's unique strengths and successes, says Ninth Circuit Judge J. Clifford Wallace.

  • How 11th Circ.'s Zafirov Decision Could Upend Qui Tam Cases

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    Oral argument before the Eleventh Circuit last month in U.S. ex rel. Zafirov v. Florida Medical Associates suggests that the court may affirm a lower court's opinion that the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act are unconstitutional — which could wreak havoc on pending and future qui tam cases, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

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