A Wyoming judge has struck down three state laws restricting abortion care, finding that the state failed to demonstrate it had a compelling interest in effectuating a 48-hour waiting period for abortions and requiring certain abortion facilities to be licensed as ambulatory surgical centers, among other restrictions.
A Wyoming judge has struck down three state laws restricting abortion care, finding that the state failed to demonstrate it had a compelling interest in effectuating a 48-hour waiting period for abortions and requiring certain abortion facilities to be licensed as ambulatory surgical centers, among other restrictions.
The U.S. Department of Justice urged a New York federal court Monday to deny a request for an order barring the government from seeking transgender minor patients' medical records through a criminal subpoena issued by a Texas grand jury, arguing the court lacks jurisdiction.
The Federal Trade Commission's third and final settlement resolving an in-house case accusing pharmacy benefit managers of inflating insulin prices through rebate schemes is in sight after the agency on Friday pulled from adjudication its allegations against UnitedHealth Group Inc.'s OptumRx to review a deal struck with staffers.
A Florida federal judge indicated in a brief order Friday that an indictment has been dismissed against an attorney in a judge shopping case, but said the motion related to the dismissal will be kept under seal for a year.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and emergency services provider Global Medical Response told a Colorado federal court they've reached an agreement to resolve the agency's lawsuit alleging that the company's strict no-beard policy violated federal laws.
Medical groups who won an order halting the Trump administration's modified childhood vaccination schedule on Monday urged the First Circuit to ignore the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' "red herring" arguments for an expedited appeal, saying the agency has for months stalled the process.
The U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari Monday and a request to waive fees for an appeal asking whether a Florida chiropractor convicted by a six-member jury of felonies for practicing with a suspended license should have had a 12-person jury under the Sixth and 14th amendments.
The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to take up Pennsylvania's petition to overturn a ruling finding it could possibly be held liable under the Americans with Disabilities Act in an incarcerated man's lawsuit alleging he was illegally denied access to proper medical care.
Jurors have cleared the University of Washington's medical school of liability in an anesthesiology professor's lawsuit alleging that she was unfairly ousted from a director role after complaining of discrimination and harassment, finding that the professor failed to sufficiently prove any of her three claims against the school.
Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP must cover the fees and costs of a special master who alleged the firm committed misconduct in product liability litigation over the morning sickness drug thalidomide, a Pennsylvania federal judge has said.
Infosys Ltd. and Cognizant TriZetto Software Group Inc. will each have to produce executives to speak on certain topics for depositions in a Texas federal lawsuit over claims that Infosys stole Cognizant's trade secrets to build a competing healthcare software, a special master ruled Monday.
Johnson & Johnson urged a New Jersey federal court to toss all the pending cases in the sprawling multidistrict litigation alleging that its talc products caused ovarian cancer after the plaintiffs withdrew their two "marquee" experts on the link between the disease and talc use.
A woman who underwent a cesarean section to deliver her second baby at Forbes Regional Hospital outside Pittsburgh says the anesthesia was improperly administered, leaving her "screaming in agony" during the procedure while doctors did nothing, according to a lawsuit in Pennsylvania state court made public Monday.
Private prison operator The GEO Group Inc. has told a New Jersey federal court it was wrongly sued over state health inspectors allegedly being blocked from fully accessing an immigration detention facility, arguing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement exclusively controls access.
The former CEO of Healthcare Systems of America is facing a new lawsuit filed by several company entities in Florida state court that claims he used HSA as a personal piggy bank, transferring $14 million from corporate accounts to fund a lavish lifestyle.
Allowing homebound patients to consume psilocybin at their residences would not fundamentally change an Oregon voter-approved program, licensed facilitators said Friday, urging a federal court to reject the state health authority's bid to end their disability bias lawsuit.
Attorneys for employee benefit plan participants who sued to change how United Behavioral Health processed claims for mental health and substance use disorder treatment asked a California federal court for up to $33 million in fees and expenses for their work on the "groundbreaking" case.
Kirkland & Ellis LLP-advised private equity shop Abry Partners on Monday announced that it wrapped fundraising on a $780 million continuation vehicle, which will be used to further its partnership with healthcare technology company Centauri Health Solutions.
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision 10 years ago in Universal Health Services v. U.S. ex rel. Escobar changed the way in which lower courts evaluate False Claims Act cases — and the ruling remains vital in nearly every FCA case filed today, say attorneys at Bradley Arant.
President Donald Trump has announced that he plans to appoint Sullivan & Cromwell LLP partner James M. McDonald to lead the Southern District of New York. Here are three things to know about him.
The Senate voted 48-43 on Monday evening to confirm Justin Smith, who represented the president in the defamation and sexual abuse cases brought by writer E. Jean Carroll, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
The U.S. Supreme Court's rejection on Monday of Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman's appeal in the long-running dispute over her suspension made clear that the available routes to challenge such orders are narrow, and spurred critics to contemplate ways to revise the system.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman's effort to revive her lawsuit against her colleagues for suspending her, leaving intact a D.C. Circuit decision that her challenges to the order are not subject to judicial review.
A former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission attorney has received a public reprimand for misleading a judge in a cryptocurrency fraud case that led to sanctions against the agency.
A company that oversaw recordkeeping duties of Barnes & Thornburg LLP's profit-sharing plan says in a complaint in Pennsylvania state court it is owed legal fees over a previous suit filed by a former firm partner.
An attorney for Nadine Menendez on Monday told a Manhattan federal judge that the FBI is still unable to locate pieces of her jewelry seized as part of the investigation that led to Menendez and her husband, former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey, being convicted of participating in a bribery scheme.
The Delaware Chancery Court this past week handled disputes involving shareholder voting rights, take-private transactions, merger disclosures, board control battles and investor litigation, while the Delaware Supreme Court heard arguments over the wind-down of an oil-and-gas investment fund.
