Trump Says 100% Tariff On Generic Drugs Coming In 2028

By Jack McLoone

Generic drugs imported into the U.S. will be hit with a tariff of 100% in 2028 and 200% in later years in an attempt to drive manufacturing into the country, President Donald Trump said on social media.

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Trump Admin Can't Get Suit Over $600M Cuts Transferred

By Celeste Bott

An Illinois federal judge ruled Tuesday that he has jurisdiction over a suit filed by Illinois and three other Democratic-led states over the Trump administration's termination of more than $600 million in public health funding and denied the federal government's bid to transfer the case to the Court of Federal Claims.

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States Seek Win Over Trump Admin In DEI Contracts Dispute

By Madeline Lyskawa

Nineteen states and the District of Columbia are urging a Maryland federal judge to vacate federal agencies' implementation of President Donald Trump's executive order requiring government contractors to agree that they won't engage in "racially discriminatory" diversity, equity and inclusion activities.

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J&J Talc Plaintiffs Must Back Up Cancer Link Or Risk MDL

By Lauren Berg

Plaintiffs alleging Johnson & Johnson's talcum powder products caused ovarian cancer must show they can offer expert opinions on the link between the disease and talc use or risk having their lawsuits tossed, a New Jersey federal judge ruled Wednesday.

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DOL Proposes E-Delivery Rule For Employer Health Plans

By Kellie Mejdrich

The U.S. Department of Labor's employee benefits arm unveiled a proposal Wednesday that would provide more opportunities for electronic delivery of employer-provided health plans' mandatory disclosures.

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2 Charged In Alleged $52.7M COVID-19 Tax Scheme

By P.J. D'Annunzio

Two men have been indicted in Pennsylvania on allegations that they participated in a multistate conspiracy to bilk the government out of $52.7 million in a COVID-19-related false tax return scheme, according to federal prosecutors.

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Cambia Health Hit With FCA Suit Over Medicare Fraud Claims

By Ben Adlin

Cambia Health Solutions Inc. stole millions of dollars from the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services over more than a decade by submitting fraudulent diagnostic information to the government, according to a whistleblower's False Claims Act lawsuit unsealed by a Seattle federal judge this week.

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9th Circ. Won't Reopen Vax Bias Suit Against Wash. Officials

By Patrick Hoff

The Ninth Circuit upheld a Washington state agency's win in a suit alleging it unlawfully fired over a dozen employees rather than accommodate their religious objections to the COVID-19 vaccine, ruling they hadn't shown the agency was purposely hostile toward religion.

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Insurer Sanctioned For Destroying Opioid Coverage Evidence

By Hope Patti

An Illinois federal court Wednesday sanctioned an insurer in a drug wholesaler's suit seeking coverage for underlying opioid litigation, finding that the carrier intentionally destroyed key emails and underwriting records in order to deprive the wholesaler of that information.

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Safety-Net Clinics Defend Insulin Suit Revival To Justices

By Bryan Koenig

Safety-net healthcare providers urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to take on the revival of their proposed antitrust class action against Sanofi-Aventis, Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk and AstraZeneca, arguing Wednesday that the Second Circuit's decision was based on neither mere trade group lobbying nor any kind of overcharge.

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Ex-Players Seek $4M In Legal Fees In NFL Race-Norming Fight

By Alex Lawson

Ex-NFL players who settled a suit over racially discriminatory assessments made by the league's disability and retirement plans are asking a Maryland federal judge for over $4 million in legal fees.

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TransMedics Sheds Some Claims In Organ Transfer Biz Suit

By Katryna Perera

A Massachusetts federal judge on Tuesday significantly trimmed a proposed shareholder class action alleging that medical technology company TransMedics Inc. and its top brass made misleading statements about the success and cost-effectiveness of its organ donation products and services.

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Target Beats ERISA Suit Over Tobacco Health Surcharge

By Bonnie Eslinger

A Minnesota federal judge on Wednesday tossed a proposed class action alleging that a tobacco fee on Target workers' health plan violated nondiscrimination provisions in federal benefits law, agreeing with the retail giant that the suit failed to state a claim.

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Pause Coverage Fight In Boy's Death, Mich. Judge Told

By Susan Smiley

Counsel for a 5-year-old Michigan boy killed in a January 2025 hyperbaric chamber fire asked a Michigan federal judge on Wednesday to pause a lawsuit from Nationwide Insurance, which is seeking a declaration that it is not responsible for covering the fatal incident.

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Fla. Pastor Sues OpenAI Over ChatGPT Health Advice

By Emily Field

A Florida pastor has sued OpenAI in California state court alleging that ChatGPT gave him dangerous and inaccurate medical advice, often couched with spiritual guidance, causing him to delay care until he suffered a massive pulmonary embolism.

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Securities Class Action Deals On Target To Hit 6-Year High

By Katryna Perera

The value of class action settlements is on track to reach a six-year high of $4.4 billion, fueled in part by a handful of "mega settlements" and other high-dollar deals, a Cornerstone Research report released Wednesday said. 

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Organ Network, Hospital Sued Over Racial Kidney Criteria

By Rachel Riley

A kidney disease patient launched a proposed class action in Washington federal court Tuesday accusing the United Network for Organ Sharing and Seattle hospital operator Swedish Health Services of using a flawed race-based adjustment when scoring kidney functioning, hindering Black patients' chances of getting a transplant for years.

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Late Emails Undercut BCBS Pricing Suit, Walgreens Says

By Lauraann Wood

Walgreen Co. is urging an Illinois federal judge to again sanction a Blue Cross Blue Shield insurer and its subsidiary for allegedly failing to produce key email evidence the pharmacy retailer says "upends" the insurers' 6-year-old claim that it intentionally overcharged them for prescription drugs.

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Fannie Mae Drops $28M Suit Over Senior Living Loans Default

By Sydney Price

Fannie Mae has voluntarily dropped the remaining claims in its lawsuit accusing borrower Affinity Living Communities of defaulting on $28.3 million worth of loans from the government-backed lender, telling the court the appointed receivership had achieved its purpose.

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Goodwin, K&L Gates Steer $1.5B Repligen Gene Therapy Deal

By Al Barbarino

Repligen said Wednesday it will acquire BioLife Solutions in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at about $1.5 billion, expanding its presence in the fast-growing cell and gene therapy market, with Goodwin Procter LLP advising Repligen and K&L Gates LLP representing BioLife.

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Candid Health Wraps $120M Series D Funding Round

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Autonomous revenue cycle management platform Candid Health, advised by Lowenstein Sandler LLP, on Wednesday revealed that it raised $120 million in its latest funding round, marking a three-times increase in valuation over the San Francisco-based company's previous funding round in February 2025.

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Teen Drops Meta Mental Health Suit Ahead Of Bellwether Trial

By Hailey Konnath

A Florida teenager on Wednesday withdrew his suit claiming that Meta Platforms Inc.'s social media products harm young users' mental health, walking away from the litigation five days before his bellwether trial was set to kick off in Los Angeles.

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Mass. UHC Fraud Suit Signals States' Medicaid FCA Push

Massachusetts' recently filed False Claims Act suit alleging UnitedHealthcare misrepresented the health status of enrollees in a Medicaid senior care organization plan it managed pushes forward a new phase of state-level scrutiny of managed care data and Medicaid payment mechanisms, say Li Yu at Bernstein Litowitz, Ellen London at London & Naor and Gwendolyn Stamper at Vogel Slade.

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The Growing Antitrust Risks Of AI Pricing For Health Insurers

Attorneys at Patterson Belknap provide an overview of the increased risk of antitrust enforcement for health insurance companies using algorithmic price models, including in the form of multidistrict private litigation, new state and federal bills, and potential federal enforcement.

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FDA Draft Guidance Maps Payor Strategy For Psychedelics

Recently revised guidance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will operationalize a framework permitting drug developers to share product information with insurance companies, giving psychedelic therapeutics developers a road map for building a successful payor infrastructure before approval, says Kimberly Chew at Husch Blackwell.

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Holland & Knight Hit With $1.2B Malpractice Suit

By Madison Arnold

A real estate firm is accusing Holland & Knight LLP and three attorneys of malpractice in a new complaint filed in Florida state court and is seeking up to $1.2 billion in damages after more than 30 states opened investigations into the company's practices.

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Co. Turned Away Simpson Thacher's Deal Meeting, Jury Told

By Cara Salvatore

A retired Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP partner who handled the fundraising round alleged to have destroyed Patriot National Inc. testified in a Florida state malpractice trial Wednesday that the insurance services company waved off his attempt to present details to the board.

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Pillsbury Data Breach Suit Voluntarily Dismissed

By Matt Perez

A proposed class action against Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP over a data breach last year has been voluntarily dismissed by the named plaintiffs, following a granted motion to stay in April to discuss mediation.

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DLA Piper Says Deception, Not Bias, Cost Palestinian Atty Job

By Grace Elletson

DLA Piper urged an Illinois federal judge to toss a Palestinian attorney's suit claiming the firm revoked a job offer out of discrimination, arguing it rescinded the offer because she concealed allegations that she assaulted someone at a protest.

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DC Bar Leaders Say DOJ Ethics Suit Encourages Misconduct

By Emily Sawicki

Washington, D.C., attorney regulators continue to garner support in their effort to toss a Justice Department lawsuit over alleged "weaponizing" of executive branch lawyer discipline, with D.C. bar organizations, scores of legal scholars and more than 500 former DOJ attorneys backing the disciplinary authorities.

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Mich. Gets Judge With Blue Slips In 1st For Trump Admin

By Courtney Bublé

The U.S. Senate voted 62-36 on Wednesday to confirm Michael Martin, a longtime federal prosecutor, to the Eastern District of Michigan and Benjamin Flowers, former solicitor general of Ohio, to the Sixth Circuit.

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DOL IG Says Info-Sharing Pacts Lacked Safeguards

By Irene Spezzamonte

U.S. Department of Labor Inspector General Anthony P. D'Esposito testified Wednesday before a U.S. House subcommittee that during the Biden administration, the department shared confidential information with plaintiffs' attorneys without notifying the Wage and Hour Division or the Employee Benefits Security Administration.

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Gov't Attys May Face Broader Duty To Report Misconduct

By Alison Knezevich

Attorneys representing the government could face "more demanding" obligations to disclose misconduct by people within their client organizations than attorneys representing private entities, according to an ethics opinion issued Wednesday by the American Bar Association.

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Retired Judges Rip Bid To Ban Foreign-Born Federal Judges

By Courtney Bublé

A group of 58 retired federal judges, appointed by presidents of both parties, on Wednesday came out strongly against recent proposals from Republican lawmakers that would require federal judges to be natural-born U.S. citizens and relinquish any citizenship that is not of the United States.

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US Marshals Can't Make Immigration Arrests In DC Court

By Rae Ann Varona

A D.C. federal judge Wednesday refused to toss a lawsuit from a certified class of immigrants challenging immigration arrests by U.S. marshals in D.C. Superior Court, declaring that the marshals lack authority and necessary training for the arrests.

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