Trump Admin Must Release NIH Funds Amid Appeal

By Julie Manganis

A Massachusetts federal judge on Tuesday denied the Trump administration's request to stay a recent order that it resume processing National Institutes of Health grant applications and releasing funds, warning that even one more day of delay would lead to irreparable harm.

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4th Circ. Tosses Trans Man's Appeal Over Canceled Surgery

By Grace Elletson

The Fourth Circuit declined to revive a transgender man's constitutional claims against a religious hospital run by the University of Maryland Medical Center over a canceled hysterectomy for gender dysphoria, concluding Tuesday that it couldn't grant further relief, and refused to consider a "late-breaking" argument for emotional distress damages.

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Pa. Tax Ruling Boosts Nonprofits' Competitive Edge, Attys Say

By Matthew Santoni

A recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling clarifying that competitive executive compensation isn't a threat to the tax-exempt status for nonprofits has the added bonus of helping charities compete for and retain talent, attorneys tell Law360.

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A Midyear Review: Healthcare Dealmaking Trends Of 2025

By Yeji Jesse Lee

Law360 Healthcare Authority reviews key trends that helped shape dealmaking activity in the healthcare industry so far this year.

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Fla. Nonprofit Leaders Charged In $100M Fraud Scheme

By David Minsky

A Florida federal grand jury has charged the founder of a special needs nonprofit and its accountant with multiple counts of fraud stemming from a scheme to steal $100 million from the organization, alleging they diverted money through a slush fund used to pay for personal expenses.

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Calif. AG Asks 9th Circ. To Undo Limits On Pay-For-Delay Ban

By Lauren Berg

California enforcers on Monday asked the Ninth Circuit to overturn a district court's decision that a state law restricting "reverse payment" settlements between brand-name and generic-drug makers cannot be used to regulate deals that were struck outside the Golden State.

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10th Circ. Rejects Ex-GC's Sanctions Bid Against Loeb & Loeb

By Lynn LaRowe

The Tenth Circuit has sided with a district court's decision dismissing a bid by the former general counsel of a medical device company to have Loeb & Loeb LLP sanctioned for bringing what he said was a baseless lawsuit against him on behalf of his former employer.

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Ga. Justices Hold Off On Considering Wrongful Death Cap

By Chart Riggall

The Supreme Court of Georgia declined Tuesday to consider whether the state's statutory cap on noneconomic damages can be applied to wrongful death suits, staving off for now a push by business lobbies to put a hard ceiling on plaintiffs' recoveries in such cases.

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Minn. Water Co. Prevails In Retained Limit Coverage Row

By Ganesh Setty

A water purification company that's faced a bevy of product liability lawsuits over a disinfectant product needs to pay only one $5 million retained limit before a Chubb unit's coverage obligations under umbrella policies potentially kick in for one of the underlying cases, a Minnesota federal court ruled.

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Abbott Hit With Genetic Privacy Suit Over Hiring Practices

By Gianna Ferrarin

Abbott Laboratories was sued Tuesday in Illinois federal court by a former worker alleging the company's onboarding materials asked for his family's medical history in violation of a state law aimed at protecting residents' genetic information.

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Medical Pot Backers Urge Neb. High Court To Scrap Challenge

By Sam Reisman

The campaign behind a successful effort to decriminalize and regulate medical marijuana in Nebraska is urging the state's highest court not to revive a legal challenge backed by state officials seeking to void the voter-approved legalization policies.

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Arkansas Insurance Dept. Fights Teamsters Plan's ERISA Suit

By Emily Brill

The Arkansas Insurance Department is looking to sink a challenge to a state insurance regulation filed by a Teamsters healthcare plan, telling an Illinois federal judge that the regulation isn't preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and, besides, the plan can't sue the department.

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Medline Can't Get $2.4M Tax Incentive, Wash. Panel Affirms

By Maria Koklanaris

Medline did not qualify for a $2.4 million remittance of sales tax paid toward the construction of a state warehouse, a Washington state appeals panel affirmed Tuesday, saying the medical supplier failed to show that it merited a key tax incentive.

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Health Data Co. Must Face Revised Investor Fraud Suit

By Sydney Price

A Connecticut federal judge won't toss an amended class action claiming a healthcare technology company misled investors about a data platform it claimed to operate that didn't actually exist, ruling that statements about the platform's capabilities are not inactionable, forward-looking statements.

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AI Healthcare Startup Abridge Raises $300M Series E

By Yeji Jesse Lee

Generative artificial intelligence company Abridge has raised $300 million in a fresh round of capital, the company announced Tuesday.

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Cataract Surgery Tech Co. Secures $125M Series B Funding

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Ophthalmic robotic surgery company ForSight Robotics on Tuesday revealed that it completed fundraising for its Series B financing round after securing $125 million from investors.

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How Ore. Law Puts New Confines On Corp. Health Ownership

A newly enacted law in Oregon strengthens the state’s restrictions on corporate ownership of healthcare practices, with new limitations on overlapping control, permissible services, restrictive covenants and more making it necessary for practices to review decades-old physician practice arrangements, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.

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Move Beyond Surface-Level Edits To Master Legal Writing

Recent instances in which attorneys filed briefs containing artificial intelligence hallucinations offer a stark reminder that effective revision isn’t just about superficial details like grammar — it requires attorneys to critically engage with their writing and analyze their rhetorical choices, says Ivy Grey at WordRake.

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Kasowitz Rebrands Amid Shift To Streamlined Firm Names

By Andrea Keckley

Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP announced Tuesday that it is rebranding to Kasowitz LLP, becoming the latest firm to shorten its name.

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3rd Circ. Pick Told DOJ To Defy Courts, Whistleblower Says

By Courtney Bublé

A top career official at the U.S. Department of Justice who was fired has come forward with a whistleblower complaint alleging Third Circuit judicial nominee Emil Bove, who was acting deputy attorney general at the beginning of the year, sought to defy court orders.

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Judiciary Warns Congress Of Cyber Risks To PACER

By Courtney Bublé

PACER, the online public repository of federal court documents, is vulnerable to cyberthreats, a top judiciary official told members of Congress on Tuesday.

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Former DOJ Antitrust Official Joins Latham

By Bryan Koenig

Latham & Watkins LLP on Wednesday announced the addition of a new D.C.-based antitrust partner with the hiring of Andrew Forman, a former deputy assistant attorney general in the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division who is rejoining private practice after three years of helping lead civil competition enforcement.

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Winston & Strawn Sues Hunter Biden For 'Unpaid Legal Fees'

By Alison Knezevich

Winston & Strawn LLP is suing Hunter Biden in Washington, D.C., alleging he owes the BigLaw firm more than $50,000 for legal work related to his federal criminal case in Delaware and other matters.

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Another Musk Case, Another Judge Recusal

By Bryan Koenig

A California federal magistrate judge on Tuesday became the latest federal judge to recuse from a case involving Elon Musk, this time stepping down from handling his lawsuit challenging OpenAI's now-abandoned transition to a for-profit enterprise.

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ABA Announces New Research Into Attorney Mental Health

By Emma Cueto

The American Bar Association announced Tuesday it is launching a national research project on attorney mental health, which will provide an updated benchmark of the issue nearly a decade after its 2016 study.

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Trump Hones Immunity Argument In 2nd Circ. Carroll Appeal

By Pete Brush

Counsel for President Donald Trump told the Second Circuit on Tuesday that he did not "unequivocally and explicitly" waive presidential immunity before a jury awarded writer E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million in their defamation battle, refining the theory that he cannot be held liable.

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Anthropic Copyright Ruling May Spur More AI Licensing Deals

By Ivan Moreno

The first federal court decision on the fairness of taking copyrighted material to train generative artificial intelligence is a mixed outcome for tech companies and content creators that could prompt both parties to seek coexistence, according to attorneys, with the judge concluding that while the technology is "spectacularly" transformative, using pirated material is inexcusable.

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