Trump Admin Fights Uphill To Beat Vaccine Overhaul Suit

By Bonnie Eslinger

A California federal judge indicated Thursday that he is likely to reject the federal government's bid to toss litigation from states challenging the Trump administration's decision to cut vaccine recommendations for American children, saying he thinks the states have standing based on the effect the change will have on their healthcare systems.

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Whistleblower Says She Wasn't Going Around Hospital Attys

By James Boyle

Attorneys representing a western Pennsylvania hospital misconstrued a conversation a whistleblower nurse had with another employee, the nurse told a Pennsylvania federal court on Wednesday in opposing the hospital's motion for a protective order preventing her from speaking with her co-workers about the lawsuit.

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HHS OIG Report Targets $380M In Medicare Organ Payments

By Gianna Ferrarin

A report released by the inspector general for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday estimated Medicare needlessly reimbursed roughly $380 million for organs that weren't used in Medicare-covered transplants, finding a "conflict" between federal statute and agency guidance on reimbursement practices.

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Ky. AG Sues NY Abortion Rights Org. Over Gas Station Ads

By Mark Payne

A New York-based abortion advocacy nonprofit is violating Kentucky's consumer protection laws by illegally advertising mail-order abortion pills at gas stations throughout the state and flying ads over the state fair, the state's attorney general claimed in a lawsuit Thursday. 

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Brief

Pa. Opens Home Care Wage Probes Covering 100K Workers

By Emily Brill

Pennsylvania is planning to step up enforcement of wage laws for home care employees, the state's labor secretary has announced, saying these workers are particularly vulnerable to wage theft.

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Feds Will Pay $11M To End Suit Over Newborn's Brain Damage

By Y. Peter Kang

The federal government has agreed to pay $11 million to settle a suit in Tennessee federal court accusing a U.S. Army hospital of negligently causing a newborn's catastrophic brain injury, according to counsel for the plaintiffs and documents filed Thursday.

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Penn State Health Gets Retirement Fund Suit Trimmed

By Kellie Mejdrich

A Pennsylvania federal judge agreed to pare claims from a proposed class action against Penn State Health from an employee who alleged mismanagement of two defined-contribution 401(k) and 403(b) plans, but opened discovery allegations that underperforming investment options breached fiduciary duties.

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Fox Rothschild Says Adult Day Care Suit Rehashes Claims

By Rose Krebs

Fox Rothschild LLP is urging a New Jersey state court to toss claims against the firm and one of its attorneys in a complaint related to the firm's prosecution of a fraudulent loan lawsuit that led to a $65,000 sanction against the firm.

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Medical Biz Cites $15M Nicaragua Win To Avoid Arbitration

By Caroline Simson

A Nicaraguan medical products distributor is urging a Florida federal court to reconsider its order compelling arbitration of its dispute with GE Precision Healthcare LLC, pointing to a recent $15 million Nicaraguan court judgment that also dismisses the U.S. company's arbitration-based jurisdictional objection.

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Doctor Supervision Regs Unconstitutional In NC, Nurse Says

By Gianna Ferrarin

North Carolina must do away with regulations requiring nurse practitioners to enter practice agreements with supervising physicians, an owner of several clinics providing menopause-related care argued in a state court complaint, alleging the regulations are arbitrary, costly and violate the state's constitution.

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Deals Rumor Mill

KKR Buying Garage Door Co. In $2B Deal, Plus More Rumors

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Private equity firm KKR agreed to acquire garage door repair company A1 Garage Door in a $2 billion deal, Advent International is seeking out more healthcare deals in Australia and New Zealand, and TPG filed confidential plans for an estimated $2.5 billion Malaysian initial public offering of hospital assets.

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1st Circ. Orders Redo In Puerto Rico Hospital Loan Fight

By Clara Geoghegan

The First Circuit revived hospital Instituto Medico Del Norte's Chapter 11 lawsuit against a lender, remanding the case after it "struggled to make sense" of a Puerto Rico bankruptcy judge's decision to dismiss the litigation.

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Sheppard Adds To Corporate Bench In Dallas, London

By Lynn LaRowe

Sheppard announced Thursday it has added a corporate partner in Dallas from McDermott Will & Schulte and a corporate partner in London from Simmons & Simmons LLP.

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Prepping Health Businesses For Sale In A Data-Driven Market

In a thinner market for healthcare transactions, with both regulators and buyers using artificial intelligence to inspect data in great detail, the margin for error in sellers' financials and legal diligence has narrowed, requiring more proactive compliance efforts, says Cody Dumas at FBFK Law.

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11th Circ. FCA Qui Tam Revival Queues Up Next Challenges

Though the Eleventh Circuit on Sept. 1 upheld the constitutionality of the False Claims Act's qui tam provision, it will probably face continued litigation since the appellate court declined to rule on other constitutional challenges and the decision will likely be petitioned to the U.S. Supreme Court, say attorneys at Sheppard.

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Series

Ballet Makes Me A Better Lawyer

A lifetime of learning and performing ballet taught me that success — whether in dance or practicing law — comes only through hours of thorough preparation, boundless energy and relentless effort, says Sharon Katz-Pearlman at Greenberg Traurig.

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Quinn Emanuel, McDermott Hit By Data Breaches

By Lauren Berg

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and McDermott Will & Schulte LLP both recently suffered data breaches, adding to the dozens of cybersecurity incidents law firms in the U.S. have suffered in 2026.

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Analysis

Boutique Firms Emerge As Trump Admin's 'Achilles' Heel'

By Phillip Bantz

Less fearful of retribution than some of their BigLaw counterparts, small law firms are taking on an outsize role handling cases seen as adversarial to the Trump administration.

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Interview

Federal Judge Warns Threats Imperil Judicial Independence

By Carolina Bolado

U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom of the Southern District of Florida told Law360 that judges and members of the bar need to educate the public on the judiciary's important role in American democracy to combat increasing threats, speaking following the release of two reports this week that warn of safety concerns for judges and that defiance of court orders is undermining the federal judiciary's independence.

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Husch Blackwell Gets Early Win In Ex-Partner's 401(k) Suit

By Andrea Keckley

A Missouri federal court granted Husch Blackwell LLP an early win over a former employee's proposed class action alleging the firm illegally withheld retirement contributions and mismanaged its employee 401(k) plan, finding the ex-partner couldn't prove violations of federal benefits law.

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Former Girardi Keese CFO Drops Appeal Of 5-Year Fraud Term

By Emily Sawicki

The Seventh Circuit has granted onetime Girardi Keese financial chief Christopher Kamon's request to drop the appeal he lodged fighting an Illinois federal judge's order adding five concurrent years onto the 10 he is already serving for his role helping Tom Girardi, the head of the firm, steal millions from plane crash clients who settled cases in Chicago.

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Pirro Urges House Ethics Panel To Refer Crime Claims To DOJ

By Courtney Bublé

U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro has told the House Ethics Committee that as cases involving criminal misconduct come before it, her office should be involved too.

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