'Substantially Impaired' Main Topic Of Medicaid Rule Hearing

By Julie Manganis

A Massachusetts federal judge pressed the Trump administration Thursday on its argument that Congress intentionally left it with the task of defining who is considered too medically frail to comply with Medicaid work requirements set to take effect in January.

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Gilead Reaches $45M Settlement To End Kickback Claims

By Spencer Brewer

The Texas Office of the Attorney General on Thursday announced that pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences Inc. signed off on a $45 million settlement to end claims that the company ran an illegal kickback scheme in order to get prescribers to favor its medications.

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DOJ Tackles Largest-Ever Sham Drug Treatment, Other Frauds

By Lauren Berg

The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday announced criminal charges against 15 people in several alleged healthcare fraud schemes in the Los Angeles area, including what prosecutors called the largest substance abuse treatment fraud ever prosecuted by the federal government.

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NJ Panel Lets Nursing Home Arbitrate Resident Death Suit

By Gianna Ferrarin

A New Jersey state appeals court on Thursday declined to disturb an order forcing a widow to arbitrate medical negligence and wrongful death claims against a nursing home, agreeing it didn't waive its right to arbitration by participating in litigation for over a year.

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DEA Judge Will Not Reopen Marijuana Rescheduling Hearing

By Jonathan Capriel

The coalition fighting marijuana legalization won a partial victory after a Drug Enforcement Administration's administrative law judge on Thursday allowed into the record a U.S. Government Accountability Office report the group championed but denied new testimony on it, saying the report "speaks for itself."

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J&J Says Justices' Denial Backs Tossing Fee Suit At 3rd Circ.

By George Woolston

Johnson & Johnson told the Third Circuit Thursday that the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision not to take up a group of executives' federal benefits dispute backed its position in an appeal from J&J workers who alleged their health plans were saddled with excessive prescription drug fees.

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CMS Hit With Another Broker Suit Over ACA Registration Bar

By Gianna Ferrarin

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has been hit with another suit by health insurance brokers alleging the agency is unlawfully blocking them from registering to help individuals find Affordable Care Act marketplace coverage for plan year 2027.

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Mylan Settles Connecticut's EpiPen Price Claims For $8M

By Brian Steele

Mylan Pharmaceuticals has struck another deal to resolve claims that it illegally inflated prices for EpiPens, this time settling Connecticut state enforcers' allegations of antitrust and consumer protection law violations for $8 million.

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Hospital Tells DC Circ. Talks Tainted Nurses Union Election

By Braden Campbell

A hospital urged the D.C. Circuit to reverse a National Labor Relations Board decision affirming its obligation to bargain with the Oregon Nurses Association, saying the board misapplied precedent when it excused the union's campaigning immediately before a representation election.

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Judge Says BCBS' Evidence Ask In Ford Case Too Late

By Susan Smiley

A Michigan federal judge on Thursday denied Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan's motion to compel Ford Motor Company to produce emails from a senior director, ruling that the health insurer waited too long to make the request in the antitrust suit.

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Full 9th Circ. Won't Review Surgical Robot Antitrust Fight

By Gina Kim

The full Ninth Circuit declined to reconsider an appellate panel's recent decision reviving a surgical repair company's antitrust suit alleging Intuitive Surgical blocked third parties from supplying parts for its popular da Vinci surgery robot, according to an order issued Thursday.

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Zimmer Biomet Can't Slip Sales Rep Kickback Claims

By Carolyn Muyskens

A Massachusetts federal judge has ruled that Zimmer Biomet can't avoid a whistleblower's claims that commissions it paid to independent contractors to sell orthopedic products to surgeons were unlawful kickbacks.

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Being In The Peace Corps Made Me A Better Lawyer

When I served in the Peace Corps, the people of the West African village where I was stationed helped me acclimate to my new surroundings and enabled me to develop problem-solving, teamwork and empathy skills that have bolstered my legal practice far beyond the ability to offer technical advice, says Brian Bewley at McGuireWoods.

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Are You Happy With Your In-House Role? Take Our Survey

Is your company giving you everything you need to succeed? What are some misconceptions about working in-house? Help Law360 Pulse answer these questions and more in this year's In-House Satisfaction Survey.

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Weil Merger Talks With Willkie End, Another Partner To Leave

By Daniel Moritz-Rabson

Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP and Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP have ended merger discussions and another top Weil partner is set to depart the firm, sources with knowledge on the matters told Law360 Pulse on Friday.

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Holland & Knight Legal Profession Head On MSO Dealmaking

By Al Barbarino

Holland & Knight LLP partner Trisha Rich is at the forefront of the firm's work in a fast-growing corner of the legal industry, advising law firms setting up management services organizations, or MSOs, as well as the investors looking to buy into them.

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Trump Adviser Ducking Service In Exec Orders Suit, ABA Says

By Jack Karp

Trump attorney Boris Epshteyn has evaded service of subpoenas, so the American Bar Association should be allowed to pursue alternative means of serving him in its lawsuit over President Donald Trump's efforts to intimidate BigLaw firms, the organization is telling a Washington, D.C., federal judge.

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Mass. Judge Jailed Atty For 'Attitude,' Ethics Complaint Says

By Julie Manganis

A former Massachusetts state court judge placed a public defender into custody for hours over his "attitude" during a March 2025 hearing, the state's judicial conduct commission has said in a disciplinary complaint.

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SEC Fights LSU Claim That Case Citations Were 'Hallucinated'

By Alex Lawson

The Southeastern Conference is disputing claims that it submitted "hallucinated" case citations in its lawsuit challenging Louisiana State University's efforts to add former professional players to its sports teams, urging an Alabama federal judge to strike the allegations.

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Insurer Says NY Firm Staged Accidents For Suits

By Danielle Ferguson

A reinsurance company has filed another complaint accusing a New York personal injury law firm of recruiting workers to stage injuries in support of meritless claims, a few months after the Second Circuit dismissed similar claims because the insurer didn't have any direct injuries to bring a racketeering suit. 

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Ex-DOJ Officials And Judicial Nominees Vie For Office

By Courtney Bublé

Hundreds of candidates are on the ballot in the midterm elections, happening in less than two weeks, and among them are former U.S. Department of Justice officials and unsuccessful judicial nominees.

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9th Circ. Judge Hints Trump US Atty Firing OK Despite 'Chaos'

By Rachel Riley

A Ninth Circuit judge remarked on Friday that President Donald Trump's ouster of court-appointed Seattle U.S. Attorney Roger Rogoff has sown "chaos," but pushed back against Rogoff's contention that the move amounted to executive overreach, noting that the president already controls the office via the attorney general.

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NY Commercial Attys Must Justify Discovery Cost Bids Early

By Andrea Keckley

New York Courts Chief Administrative Judge Joseph A. Zayas said in an administrative order earlier this month that commercial litigators who want opposing counsel to fund some or all of the discovery process must state their basis for the request and provide a "good faith" estimate of the costs.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

McGinn Montoya Love Curry & Sievers PA and DiCello Levitt lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a New Mexico federal judge ordered Meta to pay $25 billion over the lies that the social media giant offered the public regarding its data privacy practices.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

Meta's legal chief says the company will appeal a $25 billion verdict involving data privacy practices including the Cambridge Analytica scandal. And a new study shows that while in-house starting salaries are staying stable, adding special skills like AI expertise can lift them higher.

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In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360

For those who missed out, here's a look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the most buzz on Law360 last week.

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