DC Circ. Spends Hours Debating 'Same' Generic Label Reqs

By Nadia Dreid

The D.C. Circuit spent more than three hours Thursday going round with Vanda Pharmaceuticals and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration about whether the label for a generic sleep-wake disorder medication is "the same" as the branded one because it doesn't include Braille.

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Top Texas Court Upholds Death Sentence For ICU Nurse

By Rae Ann Varona

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Thursday affirmed the death sentence of a former cardiovascular nurse convicted of intentionally murdering patients recovering from operations, finding that Texas prosecutors' accusation that defense counsel engaged in "misdirection and deception" was "mild."

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Doc's Hands Aren't Property, Texas Panel Rules In Death Suit

By Mark Payne

A state-employed doctor's hands are not "tangible personal property," a Texas appeals court ruled Thursday, dismissing a wrongful death suit from the family of a patient who contracted a fatal infection during her hospital stay. 

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Colo. Panel Clarifies Workers Comp Law On Maintenance Care

By Rachel Konieczny

In interpreting the Colorado Workers' Compensation Act, the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled for the first time Thursday that employers and their insurers cannot limit maintenance medical benefits to any specific treatment in a final admission of liability.

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US Chamber Report Warns Of Risks To IP Protection

By Adam Lidgett

While the U.S. has ranked at the top of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's list measuring how countries worldwide are enforcing intellectual property laws, the group said problems with free trade agreements and efforts to reduce pharmaceutical prices could cause problems on the horizon domestically.

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Ariz. Docs Ink $4.75M FCA Deal Over Unnecessary Treatment

By Gina Kim

An Arizona-based physician group that offers cardiology and vascular services has inked a $4.75 million settlement to resolve False Claims Act allegations they performed unnecessary vein ablations and submitted claims for payment to government healthcare programs for reimbursement, the U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday.

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Meta To Face Sanctions Bid Over Addiction MDL Privilege Log

By Dorothy Atkins

School district plaintiffs and attorneys general have told a California federal judge they plan to seek sanctions against Meta Platforms Inc. in the social media addiction multidistrict litigation for the tech giant's "extremely belated production" of over 73,841 documents downgraded off privilege logs, months after fact discovery closed.

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Embryo Loss Suits Need 'Serious' Edits, Judge Told

By Brian Steele

Two complaints against fertility products maker CooperSurgical Inc. require "serious" amendments to clarify the nature of the claims that a defective culture medium caused embryo losses for in vitro fertilization patients, the company told a Connecticut federal judge Thursday.

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NFL Alumni Argues Biotech's Suit Lacks Contractual Basis

By Elaine Briseño

The National Football League's largest alumni group is angling to quash a biotech company's breach of contract lawsuit, explaining that details in the suit on the termination of their partnership for a vaccine education program are thin.

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Wash. Justices OK Jury Instruction In TB Malpractice Case

By Rachel Riley

The Washington State Supreme Court declined Thursday to flip a family's loss in a case blaming an Evergreen State doctor for failing to address signs of an intestinal tuberculosis infection that led to a patient's death, rejecting a challenge to a jury instruction on the physician's exercise of judgment.

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Idaho Says Director Immune In THC Child Abuse Registry Suit

By Mike Curley

The director of Idaho Health and Welfare is asking a federal court to throw out claims from two women alleging the state violated their constitutional rights by putting them on the state's child abuse registry for their use of cannabis while pregnant, saying the director is immune and the state's rules satisfy due process.

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Insurer Asks NC Justices To Free It From Captive Carrier Row

By Hope Patti

A Georgia insurance company told North Carolina's highest court that the state's Business Court doesn't have jurisdiction over it in a shareholder dispute over the demise of a defunct captive insurer, arguing it had nothing to do with the supposed bad acts of its individual members.

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Tort Report: Uber Won't OK Bigger Jury At 2nd Bellwether

By Y. Peter Kang

Trial strategy by Uber ahead of a second bellwether trial in sexual assault multidistrict litigation and a $4 million injury verdict against Publix in Florida lead Law360's Tort Report, which compiles recent personal injury and medical malpractice news that may have flown under the radar.

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How To Engage With Gov't's Direct-To-Consumer Drug Policy

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' recent request for industry input on manufacturers' direct-to-consumer drug sales reflects the government's caution in this arena, and allows stakeholders a rare opportunity to help shape policy, says Mary Kohler at Kohler Health Law.

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It's Time To Clarify California's Elder Abuse Act

As California's elderly population soars, the Golden State's high court and Legislature must provide needed clarification about the scope of the Elder Abuse Act, to resolve the inconsistencies and ambiguities that have impeded the law's ability to remedy elder abuse, neglect and abandonment, say attorneys at Horvitz & Levy.

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Podcasting Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Podcasting has changed how I ask questions and connect with people, sharpening my ability to listen without interrupting or prejudging, and bringing me closer to what law is meant to be: a human profession grounded in understanding, judgment and trust, says Donna DiMaggio Berger at Becker.

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4th Circ. Scolds Atty Suspected Of Using AI In Race Bias Suit

By Patrick Hoff

The Fourth Circuit has reprimanded an attorney suspected of using generative artificial intelligence to draft briefs in a race discrimination lawsuit against Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., warning that courts need to grapple with the technology as it "may soon become the norm."

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Democrats Seek Review Of Bondi's Role In Brother's Cases

By Alison Knezevich

Two Democratic lawmakers have asked the U.S. Department of Justice's inspector general to review whether Attorney General Pam Bondi "adequately recused herself" from cases involving clients represented by her brother Brad Bondi, who is a partner at Paul Hastings LLP.

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Sinema Says Tryst With Ex-Guard Not In NC Court's Reach

By Abigail Harrison

Former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, now a Hogan Lovells attorney, told a North Carolina federal court Thursday that a lawsuit alleging her cross-country affair with a former member of her security detail ended a 14-year marriage must be dismissed because the trysts occurred outside state borders.

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Ex-Judge Testifies About Alleged Forgeries In Amazon Case

By Kelcey Caulder

The former chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia testified Thursday about the alleged forging of court documents, signatures and court stamps in a criminal case against a woman accused of defrauding Amazon out of $9.4 million through fraudulent invoices. 

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Judge Newman Takes Suspension Battle To Supreme Court

By Ryan Davis

Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman brought her fight against a suspension imposed on her by her colleagues to the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, arguing that a lower court wrongly held that her challenges to the order are not subject to judicial review.

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Calif. Bar Says Internal Docs Bolster Claims Against Exam Co.

By Emily Sawicki

The State Bar of California has bulked up its breach of contract and fraud suit against the administrator of its "disastrous" February 2025 bar exam, filing an amended complaint in light of information it says it learned from internal communications unearthed amid discovery.

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Holyoak's US Attorney Nomination Advances

By Courtney Bublé

The nomination of Melissa Holyoak, former commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission, to be U.S. attorney for the District of Utah was sent to the full Senate on Thursday.

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CFTC Takes 1st Steps Toward Prediction Market Regulations

By Jessica Corso

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission opened the door Thursday to promised prediction market regulation, calling for public feedback on what such rules might look like while laying out the staff's view on the current rules that the platforms should follow in order to offer betting on sports and other events.

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