Yale Health Escapes Trade Law Claim In Insemination Suit

By Aaron Keller

Yale New Haven Health Services Corp. has defeated Connecticut trade law, emotional distress and informed consent claims in a lawsuit accusing a doctor of fraudulently using his own sperm to inseminate a fertility patient, but the hospital network holding entity must face a fraud allegation, a state judge has ruled.

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Justices To Hear Fight Over Reach Of Bivens Prison Suits

By Elizabeth Daley

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a case over whether a federal inmate can use a 1971 high court precedent to pursue damages from prison officials for allegedly failing to provide adequate medical care after a 2021 prison fight.

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FTC Requires Fix For Aurobindo's $250M Lannett Deal

By Matthew Perlman

The Federal Trade Commission is allowing Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. to move ahead with its planned $250 million acquisition of Lannett Co. Inc., after the pharmaceutical company agreed to unload four generic drug products to prevent potential overlaps.

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NORML Fights Exclusion From DEA Pot Rescheduling Hearing

By Sam Reisman

The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, a leading cannabis consumer advocate, has asked the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to reconsider its move freezing out all pro-reform voices from upcoming hearings on a proposal to reschedule marijuana.

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7th Circ. Won't Unblock Fla. Gender Care Suit Amid Appeal

By Lauren Berg

A split Seventh Circuit on Monday refused to pause an Illinois federal judge's preliminary injunction blocking the lawsuit from Florida's attorney general targeting medical groups' policies on youth gender-affirming care while the Sunshine State official appeals.

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USTR Launches Probe Into German Pharma Costs

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. Trade Representative has opened an investigation into whether Germany has been underpaying for certain pharmaceutical products in a way that burdens U.S. consumers with added costs, which could lead to added tariffs.

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Gov't Says It Should Face Vax IP Claims, Not Moderna

By Tom Lotshaw

The U.S. Department of Justice has told the Federal Circuit that multibillion-dollar patent infringement litigation should be directed at the government, instead of Moderna, for the drugmaker's development and supply of COVID vaccines during the pandemic.

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No Trial For Splenda Maker, Scientist In Defamation Suit

By Abigail Harrison

Splenda maker TC Heartland LLC and the scientist whom it accused of defamation were sent packing from North Carolina federal court Monday, after a judge found neither had offered evidence to overcome the other's First Amendment right to talk about scientific research.

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NJ Medical Center Sued Over Alleged Patient Data Tracking

By Carla Baranauckas

A New Jersey medical center deployed third-party tracking tools on its website to collect sensitive information about users' searches for doctors and medical conditions, appointment requests and patient portal activity without users' knowledge or consent, two patients claimed in a proposed federal class action.

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Cassava Investors Ink $31M Drug Suit Deal Alongside Appeal

By Bonnie Eslinger

Cassava Sciences investors have asked a Texas federal judge to preliminarily approve a $31 million settlement that ends their claims the pharmaceutical company inflated its stock prices with misleading information about its Alzheimer's drug research, a deal that could be upended if the court's class certification order is reversed on appeal.

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Wellstar Reaches Deal In Patient Data-Sharing Suit

By Danielle Ferguson

Georgia's largest healthcare system has reached a settlement with a group of anonymous patients who alleged that the confidential health information of "millions" was shared with Meta Platform Inc. without consent using tracking and collection tools, according to a joint notice Monday.

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Sodexo Can't Wipe Out Worker's Nicotine Fee Suit

By Kellie Mejdrich

A California federal judge refused to toss a Sodexo worker's proposed class action alleging the global food services company wrongly charged nicotine-using employees $1,200 more a year for health insurance, opening discovery on allegations that a wellness program implementing the surcharge didn't meet all federal requirements.

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Paul Weiss, Kirkland Steer $10.9B AbbVie, Apogee Deal

By Al Barbarino

AbbVie said Monday it has agreed to buy Apogee Therapeutics, a company developing therapies for inflammatory and immunological diseases, at a total equity value of approximately $10.9 billion, with Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP and Kirkland & Ellis LLP advising. 

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BakerHostetler Corporate Team Gains Chicago Healthcare Pro

By Lauraann Wood

BakerHostetler announced Monday that it has added a healthcare-focused transactional partner to its business practice group to bolster its Chicago roster.

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Holland & Knight Adds Jones Day Atty To Atlanta, DC Teams

By Emily Johnson

Holland & Knight LLP has bolstered its ranks in Atlanta and Washington, D.C., by adding an attorney from Jones Day with experience helping clients navigate investigations brought by enforcers including the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. 

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Risk Reduction Lessons For PE Firms From PowerSchool Suit

A California federal court's recent orders allowing claims against Bain Capital to proceed based on a data breach at its subsidiary PowerSchool indicate that private equity firms need to strategically approach acquisition activities to avoid cybersecurity risks, say attorneys at Womble Bond.

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The 2026 Lawyer Satisfaction Survey

Lawyers are generally happy being lawyers, but nonequity partners and associates told Law360 Pulse that several aspects of their job leave them feeling dissatisfied. Explore our analysis of these and other findings in the 2026 Law360 Lawyer Satisfaction survey.

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Axinn Giving $25K Bonuses As Glenn Agre Matches Milbank

By Tracey Read

Glenn Agre Bergman & Fuentes LLP will match the Milbank LLP base pay scale for associates, while Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider LLP — which was already paying above-market salaries — will hand out special summer bonuses of up to $25,000, the boutiques told Law360 Pulse Tuesday.

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LA Superior Court Gains Prominence With 'Nuclear' Verdicts

By Daniel Moritz-Rabson

Los Angeles County Superior Court was among the country's top sites for awarding big civil damages in recent years, according to a Lex Machina report.

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NC Becomes First State To Ban Outside Funding Of Civil Suits

By Hayley Fowler

North Carolina has become the first state in the country to ban outside investors from funding civil litigation, after Democratic Gov. Josh Stein signed into law a bill that outlaws third parties from footing the bill for civil suits in exchange for a cut of the payout at the finish line.

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Calif. Judge Restores Immigration Courthouse Arrest Limits

By Hailey Konnath

A California federal judge Tuesday vacated the Trump administration's policies on civil arrests at immigration courthouses, restoring limits on those arrests and finding that the government didn't adequately explain its policy shift.

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NY Rule Rewrite Drops 30-Day Pause For Atty Soliciting

By Emily Sawicki

New York's Appellate Division has adopted new rules of professional conduct on attorney advertising and solicitation, deleting a ban on soliciting clients less than 30 days after an incident.

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Judicial Noms Still Say Biden Won In 2020 — Technically

By Courtney Bublé

A group of judicial nominees, who earlier this month were the first of the Trump administration's nominees to say President Joe Biden won the 2020 election, reiterated in follow-up statements that Biden won the election "as a matter of law" — doubling down on what critics say is an equivocation on the election's outcome.

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Judge Who Denied Goldstein Retrial Says It Wasn't Close Case

By Rachel Rippetoe

A Maryland federal judge has elaborated on her decision to deny SCOTUSblog founder Tom Goldstein's bid for an acquittal or new trial, saying that the evidence presented at trial either supersedes or invalidates his claims of issues with jury instructions and insufficient or excluded evidence.

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Texas Judge Tosses Buzbee Firm's Jay-Z Conspiracy Suits

By Spencer Brewer

A Texas state court has handed a win to Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and a Mississippi law firm, which sought dismissal of claims that they conspired with Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter to retaliate against Houston personal injury firm The Buzbee Law Firm and two of its former clients.

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Ex-AT&T Counsel Charged Over Disclosing Privileged Info

By Sue Reisinger

A former in-house attorney for AT&T, accused of leaking privileged information to opposing counsel while seeking a share of financial gains from a lawsuit filed 18 years ago against the company, has been charged with violating attorney professional conduct rules.

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Judge Allows Brazil To Join Trump Suit Against Justice

By Carolina Bolado

A Florida federal judge on Tuesday allowed Brazil to intervene in a suit by President Donald Trump's media company and online video-sharing platform Rumble Inc. against a Brazilian Supreme Federal Court justice's gag orders but deferred ruling on Brazil's motion to dismiss the suit.

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