Feds Say High Court Should Skip Religious Bias Vax Fight

By Grace Elletson

The U.S. solicitor general urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to wade into a religious bias case challenging New York's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers, arguing that a Second Circuit decision backing the case's dismissal did not undermine federal civil rights law.

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States Sue Over Student Loan Limits On Professional Degrees

By Abigail Harrison

A coalition of 24 attorneys general and two governors are challenging a rule recently promulgated by the U.S. Department of Education, alleging in a complaint in Maryland federal court Tuesday that it unlawfully limits access to federal student loans for those pursuing professional degree programs.

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TikTok Says 'Market Exploitation' Doesn't Give NC Jurisdiction

By Mike Curley

TikTok is pushing the North Carolina Supreme Court to throw out claims by the state's attorney general alleging it deceptively marketed its platform as safe for minors, saying the "market exploitation" theory would in effect allow any business that operates on the internet to be hauled into any state court.

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Payroll Vendor Not Care Workers' Employer, 3rd Circ. Says

By MJ Koo

A payroll services vendor for Pennsylvania's Medicaid-funded home care program cannot be held jointly liable for unpaid overtime because it did not exercise significant control over caregivers, the Third Circuit ruled Tuesday, affirming the company's bench trial win.

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CDC Imposes Entry Restrictions For Ebola Outbreak

By Tom Lotshaw

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention invoked an emergency public health law Monday to impose entry restrictions for non-U.S. passport holders who have been in Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, or South Sudan in the prior three weeks due to an Ebola outbreak.

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Non-Clients Say Katten Attys' 'Double-Cross' Bars Immunity

By Lynn LaRowe

Two onetime Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP attorneys accused of violating a joint defense agreement in a federal criminal healthcare fraud investigation should not be able to avail themselves of a Texas attorney immunity doctrine, according to two co-defendants who allege they were offered as "sacrificial lambs" in a "double-cross that would make good fiction."

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Quinn Emanuel Owes More Sanctions In Guardant Fight

By Lauren Berg

Quinn Emanuel and its team representing medical testing company Natera will shoulder further sanctions on top of the $3 million already imposed over the firm's misrepresentations concerning an expert witness in Guardant Health's false advertising case, a California federal judge ruled Tuesday.

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Mich. Hospitals Say CVS Diverted $66M In 340B Drug Savings

By Hope Patti

CVS Health Corp. and several affiliates implemented a pricing scheme to divert to themselves savings from the federal 340B Drug Pricing Program, two University of Michigan hospital operators told a federal court, saying the scheme has resulted in more than $66 million in lost revenue over six years.

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Cigna Can't Knock Out 401(k) Forfeiture, Fund Suit

By Kellie Mejdrich

Cigna can't escape a proposed class action alleging that underperforming investment offerings and misallocated forfeitures in its employee 401(k) plan cost workers millions, after a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled Tuesday that alleged violations of federal benefits law were sufficiently backed up to reach discovery.

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Calif. Urges 9th Circ. To Revive Pay-For-Delay Restrictions

By Dorothy Atkins

California urged a Ninth Circuit panel Tuesday to find a Golden State law that bans drugmakers from cutting deals out of state that pay to delay generics competition doesn't violate the U.S. Constitution, arguing that ruling otherwise could jeopardize many longstanding state laws that regulate out-of-state conduct.

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Anthem Inks $3.6M Settlement In Proton Beam Therapy Suit

By Kellie Mejdrich

Anthem and its affiliates have agreed to fork over approximately $3.6 million to end a proposed class action from employee health plan participants who challenged coverage denials for proton beam therapy to treat cancer, according to Tuesday filings in Tennessee federal court.

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Mich. Panel Says Gauze, Gloves Not Tax-Exempt Prosthetics

By Melanie Dorsey

A Michigan appellate court panel has affirmed a tax ruling against a medical equipment company, holding that prescription gauze, bandages, gloves, wound dressings and related supplies sold to disabled patients do not qualify as tax-exempt prosthetic devices under the state's General Sales Tax Act. 

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Fed. Circ. Rehearing Sought In $18M Penile Implant Dispute

By Elliot Weld

The Federal Circuit has been asked to have another look at a decision that largely reversed a California federal jury verdict that awarded $18.3 million to International Medical Devices Inc. in a trade secret case related to penile implants.

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Groq, Doctor Strike Deal To End 'Groq Health' TM Suit

By Elliot Weld

Silicon Valley chipmaker Groq has reached a settlement to end a trademark infringement case it brought in New York federal court against an endocrinologist with a similarly named company.

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Medtronic Whistleblower Suit Stayed Amid Settlement Talks

By Rachel Konieczny

A Colorado state judge granted a 30-day stay in a former Medtronic Inc. executive's wrongful termination lawsuit against the company amid the parties reaching a settlement in principle.

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Mentari, InMed Merge In Deal Backed By $290M Funding

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

InMed Pharmaceuticals Inc. on Tuesday announced plans to merge with migraine prevention drugmaker Mentari Therapeutics Inc. in an all-stock deal that is backed by a $290 million private placement and was guided by three law firms.

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McDermott-Led Albaron Wraps $185M Healthcare Fund

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Albaron Partners, advised by McDermott Will & Schulte, on Tuesday revealed it has closed its flagship fund after securing $185 million in commitments, which will be used to invest in healthcare companies.

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Barnes & Thornburg Adds 3 Healthcare Attys In DC, Chicago

By Kevin Penton

Barnes & Thornburg LLP has added three healthcare attorneys with experience at companies such as Walgreens and Advocate Health as counsel in its D.C. and Chicago offices, the firm said Monday.

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Trump's Psychedelics EO Creates A Regulatory Collision

Sponsors pursuing U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for psychedelic drug access must tackle how to generate regulatory-grade safety and efficacy data in controlled trials when President Donald Trump's recent executive order on psychedelics mandates uncontrolled access through Right to Try, say Kimberly Chew at Husch Blackwell and Odette Hauke at Odette Alina.

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AI Regulatory Gaps May Fuel FCA Enforcement Action

The intersection of artificial intelligence and False Claims Act enforcement presents legal risk for government contractors across several industries, particularly in the absence of a federal regulatory framework explicitly governing its development and use, say attorneys at O’Melveny.

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Becoming The Biz-Savvy GC That Portfolio Companies Need

Candidates for general counsel roles at private equity-backed portfolio companies should prioritize proving their sector-specific experience, commercial judgment and ease with uncertainty — and attorneys hoping to be candidates in five to 10 years should start working on those skills now, says Dimitri Mastrocola at Major Lindsey.

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The 2026 Summer Associates Survey

By Daniela Porat

Law students hoping to land summer associate roles at their dream firms have to start applying earlier and earlier, forcing students to strike a difficult balance between focusing on academics and completing applications. Find out how students navigated the ever-competitive process and which firms topped students’ wish lists in the latest survey from Law360 Pulse.

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2nd Circ. Nixes $900M Suit Against Boies Schiller, Dentons

By Caroline Simson

The Second Circuit Tuesday refused to revive a racketeering lawsuit seeking up to $900 million in damages from Dentons and Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, in which the BigLaw firms were accused of misleading a former client in relation to a deal, and later arbitration, involving Senegal's state-owned energy company.

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She Has A Point: Sheppard's Michelle Replogle

By Theresa Schliep

When Michelle Replogle of Sheppard and Nitika Gupta Fiorella of Fish & Richardson PC were opponents in a patent case, Fiorella said, Replogle stood out for her expertise and respect, which she showed to everyone regardless of their experience or whom they represented in the litigation.

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$1.8B IRS Deal Fund 'Not Slush Fund,' Blanche Tells Senators

By Courtney Bublé

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche argued before a Senate committee on Tuesday that the nearly $1.8 billion settlement fund announced on Monday as part of the president's settlement with the Internal Revenue Service over his leaked tax documents "is not a slush fund."

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Nelson Mullins Partner Confirmed To SC Federal Bench

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate voted 52-38 on Tuesday to confirm Sheria Clarke, a partner at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, as a judge for the District of South Carolina.

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Brother May Pay Ex-BigLaw Atty's Legal Fees In Insider Case

By Julie Manganis

A former BigLaw associate charged with orchestrating a sweeping insider trading scheme can have his legal expenses covered by his co-defendant brother if the two waive potential conflicts, a Massachusetts federal magistrate judge said Tuesday.

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Seeborg's Term As Calif. Northern District Chief Judge To End

By Bonnie Eslinger

Chief District Judge Richard Seeborg is expected to conclude his time as the top judge for the Northern District of California in July, according to a spokesperson for the judiciary, to be succeeded by U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers.

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Ex-Trader Says Crypto Co.'s Bid For Sanctions Is 'Unfounded'

By Hayley Fowler

A former trader said a cryptocurrency company is using an "unfounded" characterization of his deposition conduct to seek sanctions and lend credence to facts it hasn't otherwise been able to prove in its suit accusing him of usurping $8.1 million in digital assets.

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