'Dr. P.' Gets 2.5 Years For Selling Ketamine To Matthew Perry

By Craig Clough

A California federal judge sentenced a former physician who supplied Matthew Perry with ketamine before the "Friends" actor's overdose death to 2 years and 6 months in prison Wednesday, following the doctor's July guilty plea to four counts of illegally distributing the drug.

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AT&T Sues Generic Drug Manufacturers, Alleging Price-Fixing

By P.J. D'Annunzio

AT&T has joined the bevy of litigants suing a swath of pharmaceutical companies over alleged generic drug price-fixing, claiming it shelled out billions of dollars for medication reimbursements to the drugmakers as part of its employee health plans when it could have spent far less if the drugs weren't subject to anticompetitive pricing.

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Neb. Justices Consider Reviving Medical Cannabis Challenge

By Sam Reisman

The Nebraska Supreme Court gave little indication on Wednesday whether it would restore a legal challenge backed by state officials seeking to void medical marijuana legalization measures that were approved by supermajorities of state voters.

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Allstate Files RICO Suit Over Fla. Clinic's 'Exorbitant Charges'

By Gianna Ferrarin

Allstate hit a Florida medical practice and its owner with a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act complaint alleging the owner ran an insurance billing scheme for pain management care in violation of permanent restrictions on his medical license.

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Ga. Must Continue Care For Trans Prisoners, Judge Orders

By Chart Riggall

A Georgia federal judge ordered the state's corrections system Wednesday to continue providing hormone therapy to transgender prisoners, entering a permanent injunction that partially blocks a 2025 law stripping prisons of funding for gender-affirming healthcare.

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USPTO Gets Earful On Plan To Restrict Patent Reviews

By Ryan Davis and Theresa Schliep

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's proposed new rules to limit America Invents Act patent reviews have generated scores of forceful comments, with supporters saying the proposal will curb redundant challenges and opponents arguing it would bar legitimate reviews and exceed the office's power.

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Calif. Privacy Agency Hits Marketer For Broker Registry Lapse

By Allison Grande

A Nevada-based marketing firm that builds custom audience lists for fitness and wellness brands has become the latest target of the California Privacy Protection Agency's efforts to police data brokers, with state officials announcing Wednesday the company had agreed to pay a $56,600 penalty for failing to register as a data broker.

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Pharmacies Want Opioid Mistrial As Deliberations Stretch On

By Cara Salvatore

The nation's three major pharmacy chains asked a Florida state judge Wednesday to declare a mistrial following 11 days of deliberations in a $1.5 billion case by hospitals over opioid dispensing, claiming jurors seem unaware that they are allowed to report a deadlock.

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AGs Say Sun, Taro Settlement Mustn't Touch State Claims

By Bryan Koenig

State attorneys general have asked a Pennsylvania federal judge to again ensure their claims remain untouched by a settlement between private plaintiffs and generic-drug makers in sprawling price-fixing litigation, this time focusing on a $200 million deal between Sun Pharmaceutical, Taro Pharmaceuticals and employee benefit plans.

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Punitive Damages Denied In Nursing Home Death Suit

By Y. Peter Kang

A Florida state appeals court on Wednesday affirmed a trial court's rejection of a plaintiff's request to add a punitive damages claim to a suit over a nursing home resident's unusual spinal fracture death, saying the evidence didn't support a finding of gross negligence required for such a claim.

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NuVasive Urges Del. Justices To Revive Officer Conflict Suit

By Jeff Montgomery

A Delaware vice chancellor applied the wrong standards in tossing a suit alleging a former officer of spine surgery tech venture NuVasive Inc. ran an insider scheme to lure surgeons to a competitor while planning his own jump, an attorney for NuVasive told a Delaware Supreme Court panel on Wednesday.

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Baxter Defeats Suit Over Stable Value Fund In $4B 401(k) Plan

By Grace Elletson

An Illinois federal judge tossed a suit Wednesday from a worker who said medical products company Baxter International Inc. violated federal benefits law by retaining a lackluster stable value fund in its $4 billion retirement plan, ruling the data backing his case failed to capture long-term performance.

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Fed. Circ. Wary Of Toughening Override Of CICA Stays

By Madeline Lyskawa

The Federal Circuit expressed doubt on Wednesday at the federal government's argument that judges should use a heightened standard of review when considering an agency's decision to override an automatic pause on contract performance during a bid protest.

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Judge To OK $16.5M 23andMe Insurer Buyback Deal In Ch. 11

By Emily Lever

A Missouri bankruptcy judge Wednesday agreed to approve a $16.5 million settlement between genetic testing company 23andMe and its insurers, in which the carriers proposed to buy back the unused portion of their cyber coverage.

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A Look At Middlemen Fees In 340B Drug Discount Program

A U.S. Senate committee's recent hearing on the Section 340B drug discount program, along with statistical analysis of payment amounts, contribute to a growing consensus that middlemen fees are too high, say William Sarraille at the University of Maryland, and Shanyue Zeng and Rory Martin at IQVIA.

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Law School's Missed Lessons: Practicing Client-Led Litigation

New litigators can better help their corporate clients achieve their overall objectives when they move beyond simply fighting for legal victory to a client-led approach that resolves the legal dispute while balancing the company's competing out-of-court priorities, says Chelsea Ireland at Cohen Ziffer.

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High Billers At McKool Smith To Pocket Extra Bonus Money

By Tracey Read

McKool Smith is the latest BigLaw firm to announce extra cash for attorneys who went above and beyond with billable hours in 2025, according to an internal memo obtained by Law360 Pulse.

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Wilson Sonsini To Switch Leaders For 1st Time Since 2012

By Andrea Keckley

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC announced plans for its first top leadership transition in more than a decade on Wednesday, tapping a Palo Alto, California-based litigator and a New York-based corporate lawyer to begin co-leading the firm at the start of next August.

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Ex-Bernstein Litowitz Atty Starts Firm After Contentious Exit

By Adrian Cruz

A former Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP partner known for handling high-profile stockholder cases has led the launch of a boutique focused on corporate disputes and securities litigation after the firm says he was fired for misconduct.

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LA Atty Accused Of Using AI 'Hallucinations' Sanctioned

By Rae Ann Varona

A California state appeals court has ordered an attorney accused of including artificial intelligence "hallucinations" in a client's opening brief to pay $7,500 to the court, saying in a published opinion that the attorney is subject to sanctions for inaccuracies, regardless of whether they were the result of AI.

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FTC Backs Nixing ABA Role As 'Gatekeeper' For Texas Bar

By Lynn LaRowe

The Federal Trade Commission has endorsed a proposal from the Texas Supreme Court to abandon a rule requiring graduation from a law school approved by the American Bar Association for admittance to the state bar, saying the organization's "accreditation monopoly" hurts competition and consumers.

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Virginia Bar Declines To Investigate Interim US Atty Halligan

By Ryan Boysen

The Virginia State Bar has declined to investigate whether Lindsey Halligan should face discipline over her scandal-plagued tenure as the interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, just days after a federal judge ruled she was not properly appointed to that post.

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Trump Would Prefer Jack Smith Testify In Public

By Courtney Bublé

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, subpoenaed former counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday for a closed-door deposition, to which President Donald Trump said he would rather see a public testimony.

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1st Circ. Doubts Ex-BigLaw Atty's Campaign Finance Appeal

By Chris Villani

The First Circuit on Wednesday expressed misgivings about a former BigLaw attorney's argument that a jury that convicted him of a campaign finance scheme during a failed run for Congress should have been required to unanimously find that each specific transaction was illegal.

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Archegos Founder Says Davis Polk Job Offer Taints Restitution

By Lauren Berg

Archegos founder Bill Hwang, who is serving an 18-year sentence for defrauding banks out of billions of dollars in loans used to manipulate the market, asked to vacate his restitution order because the presiding judge's clerk accepted a job with Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, which represents victim-bank Morgan Stanley.

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Troutman Atty Is 3rd NC Federal Judge Confirmed This Week

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate voted 57-41 on Wednesday to confirm Matthew Orso, a partner at Troutman Pepper Locke LLP, to the Western District of North Carolina as a federal district judge.

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Fed. Circ. Pushes DC Circ. Not To Rethink Newman Decision

By Adam Lidgett

The Federal Circuit has urged the D.C. Circuit to ignore Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman's request to rehear a decision upholding the dismissal of her suit against the colleagues who suspended her, saying the judiciary has the right to police its own internal matters.

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