JPMorgan Trims But Can't Escape ERISA Drug Costs Suit

By Kellie Mejdrich

A New York federal judge pared claims Monday against JPMorgan Chase & Co. in a suit from workers who alleged they paid too much for prescription drugs, but opened discovery on allegations that the bank's contract with its pharmacy benefit manager caused transactions prohibited by federal benefits law.

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Novo, Hims & Hers Make Up, Agree To Sell GLP-1s Together

By Theresa Schliep

Novo Nordisk A/S will start selling its GLP-1 medications on Hims & Hers Health Inc.'s platform as part of a deal that resolves the pharmaceutical company's patent infringement lawsuit against the telehealth provider, the companies announced Monday.

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Abbott Formula Linked To 'Horrible' Gut Disease, Ill. Jury Told

By Celeste Bott

Abbott Laboratories' preterm baby formula was a contributing factor that caused four premature infants born in Illinois to develop a "devastating and painful intestinal disease," and the company has failed to warn parents and physicians that the cow's milk-based formula is a risk factor for the condition, a Cook County jury heard Monday.

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DC Circ. Skeptical That Review Of $100K H-1B Fee Is Foreclosed

By Britain Eakin

Two members of a D.C. Circuit panel appeared uneasy Monday with the Trump administration's argument that the president's proclamation imposing a $100,000 payment for new H-1B petitions and accompanying agency actions implementing it are beyond judicial review.

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Abortion Rights Group, SD Agree to End Gas Station Ads Row

By Mark Payne

An abortion rights group can no longer post advertisements at gas stations in South Dakota that promote abortion care, the South Dakota attorney general's office announced on Monday, saying that the group and the state have reached an agreement in a pair of lawsuits over the advertising campaign. 

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3 Convicted Of Using Dental Practice To Defraud Medicare

By P.J. D'Annunzio

A Pennsylvania jury on Monday convicted two of three brothers and an associate accused of using their dental practice to defraud Medicare by submitting bogus reimbursement claims, installing unapproved dental implants and doctoring visa paperwork to recruit workers from abroad.

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NC Providers Sue UnitedHealth Over 'Devastating' Cyberattack

By Hayley Fowler

UnitedHealth Group Inc. and several of its subsidiaries are facing a proposed class action in North Carolina state court over a 2024 data breach that took its claims processing platform offline and allegedly delayed billions of dollars in reimbursements to providers.

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Texas AG Gets Temporary Ban On Chest Binder Sales

By Emily Field

A Texas state judge has issued a temporary restraining order against a New York-based online retailer of undergarments and chest binders for young women and teens from selling its clothing in the Lone Star State.

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McGuireWoods Beats Sun Pharma's DQ Bid In NJ Suit

By George Woolston

A New Jersey federal court has denied Sun Pharmaceutical's bid to disqualify McGuireWoods LLP from representing pharmaceutical company Biofrontera in litigation over the alleged breach of a settlement agreement, ruling the firm's continued representation won't harm Sun Pharmaceutical and will avoid significant harm to Biofrontera.

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Trans Patients Score Block On Aetna Facial Surgery Exclusion

By Grace Elletson

Aetna must reconsider whether two transgender women can receive coverage for their gender-affirming facial reconstruction surgeries, a Connecticut federal judge ruled, finding that a policy categorically excluding coverage for the procedure was likely discriminatory.

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Mammogram Provider To Pay $2.5M Over Data Breach

By Julie Manganis

A mobile mammogram provider has agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle a proposed class action on behalf of more than 357,000 patients whose personal information was leaked in a 2024 data breach, according to a filing in Massachusetts federal court.

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Biopharma Brass Hid Drug Trial Risks, Derivative Suit Says

By Emilie Ruscoe

Brass of Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. are facing shareholder derivative claims they caused the company to overstate prospects for a drug to treat a bone disease, hurting investors and opening the company up to liability when its share prices fell following disappointing clinical trial news.

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Verano Receipts Out Medical Pot Users, Suit Claims

By Mike Curley

An Illinois man is suing cannabis giant Verano Holdings LLC in state court, alleging that it is in violation of state and federal privacy laws because it includes the buyer's name and date of birth on receipts for purchases at its dispensaries.

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Vehicle Manufacturer Strikes Deal In Tobacco Surcharge Suit

By Patrick Hoff

Commercial vehicle manufacturer International Motors LLC has agreed to end a proposed class action claiming it unlawfully charges employees who use tobacco products an additional $600 per year for health insurance without providing an alternative to the fee, according to a filing in Illinois federal court.

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Fla. Judge Finds Leapfrog's Hospital Ratings Deceptive, Unfair

By Gianna Ferrarin

A Florida federal judge ordered hospital ratings nonprofit Leapfrog to revoke poor safety grades it issued to five hospitals owned by Tenet Healthcare Corp., finding the group's approach to evaluating the hospitals and publicizing its findings was unfair and deceptive.

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Sullivan & Cromwell Advises Agilent On $950M Biocare Buy

By Al Barbarino

Agilent Technologies Inc. agreed to acquire Biocare Medical, a specialist in clinical and research pathology solutions, in an all-cash transaction valued at $950 million, the company said Monday.

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3 Firms Advise On Talkspace's $835M Planned Sale To UHS

By Al Barbarino

Universal Health Services has agreed to acquire virtual mental health company Talkspace at an enterprise value of about $835 million, the hospital operator said on Monday, as it looks to expand its outpatient and telehealth behavioral health services.

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Alexander's Announces $235M Queens Shopping Center Sale

By Isaac Monterose

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 Monday.

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Key Takeaways As HRSA Aims To Revive 340B Rebate Pilot

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' recent request for feedback on the 340B Rebate Model Pilot Program demonstrates that it intends to correct the model's procedural defects, which is positive news for participating manufacturers, but a setback for covered entities, say attorneys at Manatt.

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DOJ Official Faces Ethics Case Over Georgetown DEI Letters

By Alison Knezevich

U.S. Pardon Attorney Ed Martin has been hit with disciplinary charges in the nation's capital over threatening letters he sent to Georgetown University Law Center last year while he was interim U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C.

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Dems Confront Roberts At Wide-Ranging Judiciary Gathering

By Jeff Overley

The federal judiciary's top administrator voiced "serious and urgent concerns" Tuesday regarding threats of retribution against judges, a warning that coincided with a judicial gathering where Democrats discussed security fears and controversial U.S. Supreme Court rulings.

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Prosecutor Resigns, Judge Shows Slide Deck On AI Errors

By Abigail Harrison

A federal prosecutor told a North Carolina federal court Tuesday that he was separating from the office after admitting in open court to using artificial intelligence to help draft a response brief, what he called "the worst decision I've ever made in my 30-year career."

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Calif. Atty Gets Over 11 Years For Solar $1B Ponzi Scheme

By Dorothy Atkins

A California federal judge has sentenced a corporate attorney to 11 years and five months behind bars after he pled guilty to nearly two dozen charges for his role in DC Solar's $912 million Ponzi scheme, which duped major investors including Berkshire Hathaway, Progressive and SunTrust Equipment Finance & Leasing.

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Ex-Moses & Singer Partner Admits Tax Crimes, Will Pay $2.8M

By Aaron Keller

A former Moses & Singer LLP partner admitted to practice in New York and North Carolina courts has pled guilty to three counts of failing to file personal income tax returns and will pay $2.8 million in restitution, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut announced Monday.

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Judiciary Approves Supreme Court Public Defender Office

By Katie Buehler

The federal judiciary approved a new office Tuesday aimed at improving the quality of representation for indigent defendants with cases in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. 

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Judge Fumes As Live Nation Antitrust Trial Remains In Limbo

By Stewart Bishop

The status of Live Nation Entertainment's antitrust trial and proposed settlement over federal and state government claims of anticompetitive conduct remained up in the air Tuesday amid pushback by several states, while the Manhattan federal judge overseeing the case upbraided the parties for keeping him out of the loop about negotiations.

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DOJ Unveils Superseding Policy For Corporate Criminal Cases

By Sarah Jarvis

The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday released its first-ever, department-wide, corporate enforcement policy for criminal matters, outlining how it will decline to prosecute companies that voluntarily disclose misconduct, cooperate with investigators and remediate wrongdoing.

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DLA Piper Can't Rep Itself At Bias Trial, Fired Atty Says

By Pete Brush

DLA Piper should not be permitted to represent itself at trial in a pregnancy discrimination case brought by a senior associate who was fired in 2022, lawyers for the plaintiff told a Manhattan federal judge.

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Judge Nixed Over MAGA Op-Ed Seeks Reinstatement

By Emily Sawicki

A retired Illinois state trial court judge pursuing First Amendment claims against the state Supreme Court after his right-wing opinion column resulted in his removal from a temporary judgeship has moved for immediate reinstatement to the Cook County Circuit Court.

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Wisconsin Judges Decline To Extend Interim US Atty's Term

By Courtney Bublé

A majority of judges on the Eastern District of Wisconsin have declined to extend the tenure of interim U.S. Attorney Brad Schimel, according to an announcement on Tuesday.

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J&J Opposes Beasley Allen Reinstatement Bid In NJ Talc Fight

By Emily Sawicki

Johnson & Johnson is urging the New Jersey Supreme Court to not take the "extraordinary step" of intervening in an appellate panel ruling that disqualified Beasley Allen from representing hundreds of women in product liability litigation against the pharmaceutical giant after the Georgia-based firm "knowingly collaborated" with a former Johnson & Johnson outside counsel.

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