The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ended a patent suit over Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc.'s generic version of a heart drug that uses a so-called skinny label, saying Amarin Pharma Inc. had not plausibly alleged that Hikma encouraged healthcare providers to infringe its patents.
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Supreme Court Shuts Down 'Skinny Label' Drug Patent Suit

By Ryan Davis

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ended a patent suit over Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc.'s generic version of a heart drug that uses a so-called skinny label, saying Amarin Pharma Inc. had not plausibly alleged that Hikma encouraged healthcare providers to infringe its patents.

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Analysis

Generics Cos. Get More Freedom In High Court Patent Ruling

By Ryan Davis

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision Thursday shutting down a patent case involving a generic heart drug that uses a so-called skinny label establishes a road map for generics companies to avoid such suits and creates hurdles for branded companies pursuing infringement litigation, attorneys say.

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Meta Says Section 230 Foils Social Media Addiction Verdict

By Rae Ann Varona

Meta urged a Los Angeles judge on Thursday to toss a landmark verdict against the social media giant and Google for harming a young woman's mental health, saying it deserves a total victory under Section 230 because the plaintiff was addicted to third-party content, not the platforms themselves.

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Eli Lilly's 'Overbroad' Weight Drug TM Deal Rejected

By Elliot Weld

A Washington federal judge has refused to sign off on a deal to settle trademark claims brought by Eli Lilly against two Seattle-area medical clinics, saying the associated consent decree was "overbroad" and contained an even more sweeping injunction.

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Cities, Doctors' Group Seek Bar On ACA Marketplace Reforms

By Gianna Ferrarin

Several cities and groups representing doctors and small businesses urged a Maryland federal court to strike down recently finalized Affordable Care Act marketplace reforms, arguing they will strain community resources by increasing the population of underinsured and uninsured Americans.

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POLICY & REGULATION

Legislative Update: Cannabis And Psychedelics Bill Roundup

By Sam Reisman

New York lawmakers gave final approval to legislation designed to curb the flow of illicit product into the state's cannabis market; Iowa's governor signed into law a bill to double the number of licensed medical cannabis dispensaries; and Louisiana legislation allowing terminally ill patients to access medical marijuana became law. Here are the major moves in cannabis and psychedelics legislation from the past week.

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GAO Finds Incomplete Data Over DOD's Civilian Medical Ties

By Ganesh Setty

The U.S. Government Accountability Office said Thursday that the U.S. Department of Defense's health agency hasn't sufficiently kept track of DOD partnerships with civilian medical facilities, thus impairing its ability to evaluate those partnerships and further reduce costs.

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ENFORCEMENT & COMPLIANCE

Feds Tout Medicaid Fraud Crackdown In Ohio, Slam Hawaii

By Dan McKay

The Trump administration on Thursday praised Ohio's fight against Medicaid fraud and said Hawaii was doing too little, as federal officials pushed states to ramp up anti-fraud prosecutions or risk the loss of federal funding.

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NC Doctor Seeks Probation In $11M Medicare Fraud Case

By Parker Quinlan

A North Carolina doctor convicted of making false statements as part of an $11 million Medicaid fraud scheme has asked a federal judge in the state to not send her to federal prison and instead give her probation after a jury found her guilty.

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LITIGATION

Medical System Loses Bid To Send Data Breach Cases To Mo.

By Melanie Dorsey

Munson Healthcare cannot transfer two patient data breach proposed class actions to Missouri because it did not establish that Missouri courts could exercise personal jurisdiction over the healthcare system, a Michigan federal judge ruled, while ordering the provider to produce information that could determine if the cases should return to state court.

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Insurers Say NY Law Firm, Providers Exaggerated Injury Suits

By Danielle Ferguson

Insurance companies have alleged in a new federal complaint that a New York law firm coordinated a racketeering and fraud scheme with medical providers to manufacture and inflate personal injury litigation and exploit medical treatments for profit.

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ERMI Failed To Protect Patient Health Data, Class Action Says

By Kelcey Caulder

A medical services provider is facing a proposed class action in Georgia federal court over a 2025 data breach that allegedly exposed the protected health information of its patients, including diagnostic treatment information and provider names.

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CBD Oil Co., Hemp Farm Spar Over $1.7M Contract Suit

By Mike Curley

A Washington hemp farm is suing CBD oil processor AgroRefiner LLC, alleging it breached a contract to buy 2.5 million pounds of biomass and owes $14.7 million, while AgroRefiner has filed counterclaims alleging that the biomass didn't meet the standards of the agreement.

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USW Drops Saint-Gobain Retiree Healthcare Change Suit

By Matthew Santoni

The United Steelworkers union has dropped its lawsuit over materials manufacturer Saint-Gobain's changes to union retirees' healthcare plans, less than a week after losing a bid for a preliminary injunction and temporary restraining order.

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DEALS

US Middle Market PE Surge Expected After Strong 2025

By Al Barbarino

U.S. middle market private equity dealmakers are signaling renewed optimism, with the vast majority expecting a meaningful jump in buyout activity over the next two years after a robust 2025, according to survey results published on Thursday. 

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PEOPLE

Hogan Lovells Adds McDermott Partner In 'Pivotal Moment'

By Tracey Read

A former McDermott Will & Schulte attorney has moved to Hogan Lovells as a partner in the antitrust, competition and economic regulation practice, the firm announced Thursday.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Series

Competing At Poker Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Playing poker in male-dominated rooms taught me to treat skepticism as background noise when my opponents seem to underestimate me, to apply pressure when it matters and to adapt without losing strategic discipline — skills that are all indispensable in restructuring and insolvency matters, says Alexis Gambale at Pashman Stein.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Quinn Emanuel, Texas Boutique Match Milbank Associate Pay

By Kevin Penton

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and a Texas-based litigation boutique are the latest firms to match Milbank LLP's pay hikes for associates, with annual increases of $10,000 to $20,000 that top off at $455,000.

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Blanche's AG Bid Could Face Rocky Path In Senate

By Courtney Bublé

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche will be tapped for the permanent role, but he might not have a smooth path to confirmation.

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Goldstein Seeks Sentencing Delay, Citing New Tax Claims

By Jared Foretek

SCOTUSblog founder Thomas Goldstein renewed his push Wednesday in Maryland federal court for a delayed sentencing, saying prosecutors blindsided his defense by including additional uncharged years of alleged tax avoidance in the government's sentencing memorandum.

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Georgia Fed. Judge Facing Impeachment Threat, New DQ Bid

By Emily Johnson

A Georgia federal judge reportedly disciplined for having sexual intercourse in her chambers and attending a political event is facing renewed pressure, as a former UPS employee seeks her disqualification from his dismissed racial discrimination lawsuit and a Georgia congressman drafts articles of impeachment to remove her from the bench.

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Deepfake Mocks Judge Spearheading Judiciary Deepfake Rule

By Jeff Overley

The New York federal judge developing policies for phony audiovisual materials revealed Thursday firsthand experience with the subject: an artificial intelligence video on social media that depicts him as a maniacal Nazi who recently sentenced a private equity executive to prison "for being a Republican."

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Analysis

'Parallel' DOJ, SEC Investigations Not So Parallel Anymore

By Phillip Bantz

The level of coordination between the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has decreased under the Trump administration, resulting in disjointed investigatory efforts and misaligned timing in parallel investigations, experts say.

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'Kentucky Hammer' Tries To Control Attys, PI Market, Suit Says

By James Boyle

The principal attorney of personal injury firm Isaacs & Isaacs PCS, who advertises as the "Kentucky Hammer," has been accused by a former attorney at the firm of bullying his employees into signing unfavorable contracts and attempting to monopolize the local personal injury market.

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Baker Donelson Seeks 'No Recovery' Ruling In Ponzi Fallout

By Emily Sawicki

Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC on Thursday asked a Mississippi federal court to issue a single check-box form ruling that states the firm does not owe a monetary judgment stemming from a jury's verdict finding it committed negligent supervision amid a timber company's nine-figure Ponzi scheme, which was perpetrated in part by two of the firm's then-partners.

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Calif. Bar Accuses More Attys In Unlicensed Practice Scheme

By Lauren Berg

Three more attorneys at the Los Angeles personal injury firm facing investigation for its involvement in a record $4 billion sex abuse settlement against Los Angeles County are facing disciplinary charges by the State Bar of California, alleging the firm illegally practiced law outside the state.

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NY AG Must Preserve Cohen Docs In Trump's Civil Fraud Case

By Frank G. Runyeon

The New York state trial court judge overseeing President Donald Trump's civil fraud case granted his request to preserve notes from private meetings between state litigators and Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen after the key witness said he felt "pressured" to testify.

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SEC Disgorgement Powers Stay Intact After High Court Fight

By Jessica Corso

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday said that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission could collect ill-gotten gains from alleged fraudsters without having to identify victims who were financially harmed by the fraud, declining to place further limits on the agency's disgorgement powers six years after it last did so.

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Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Robbins Geller's David Knotts

By Sydney Price

Right after graduating from Cornell University Law School, David Knotts, a native of Kansas City, Missouri, landed at one of the world's largest corporate defense firms.

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Affordable Care LLC

AmTrust Financial Services Inc.

American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Organizations

Anthropic PBC

Association for Accessible Medicines

Burke Inc.

Cable News Network Inc.

Cerner Corp.

Cornell University

Cox Communications Inc.

Democracy Forward Foundation

Deutsche Bank AG

Eli Lilly & Co.

Financial Times Group Ltd.

Google LLC

Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC

Instagram Inc.

Ladder Capital Corp.

Los Angeles Times

Munson Healthcare Inc.

Nikola Corp.

Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America

Rite Aid Corp.

Saint-Gobain SA

State Bar of California

The UPS Store

Twitter Inc.

Uber Technologies Inc.

United Steelworkers

Yale University

YouTube Inc.

Zurich Insurance Group AG

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Alex R. White PLLC

Alonso & Wirth

Axinn Veltrop

Baker & Hostetler

Baker Donelson

Beasley Allen

Brown White & Osborn

Brunini Grantham

Butler Snow LLP

Cahill Gordon

Carlton Fields

Clay Daniel

Cooley LLP

Covington & Burling

DLA Piper

Dapeer Law

Downtown LA Law Group

Federman & Sherwood

Finnegan

Fishman Haygood

Galfand Berger

Haynes Boone

Hogan Lovells

Holland & Knight

Honigman LLP

Hueston Hennigan

Isaacs & Isaacs

James McElroy & Diehl

Jenner & Block

Karns & Karns

Kirkland & Ellis

Knobbe Martens

Lanier Law Firm

Liakas Law

Matthew G. Miller PC

McDermott Will & Schulte

McDonnell Boehnen

Meyer Fluegge

Milbank LLP

Miller Nash LLP

Morgan & Morgan PA

Morian Law

Munger Tolles

Newman LLP

Ogletree Deakins

Pashman Stein

Perkins Coie

Polsinelli PC

Quinn Emanuel

Robbins Geller

Robert & Robert PLLC

Schubert Jonckheer

Scully Scott

Sheppard Mullin

Strickland Debrow

Sullivan & Cromwell

Thompson Hine

Vartabedian Hester

Watkins & Eager

Williams & Connolly

Willis Law Group

Wilson Sonsini

Winston Taylor

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Defense Health Agency

Federal Judicial Center

Federal Trade Commission

Food and Drug Administration

Internal Revenue Service

Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office

Louisiana Department of Health

New York Attorney General's Office

New York County District Attorney's Office

New York Supreme Court, New York County

Ohio Attorney General's Office

Pima County, Arizona

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of North Carolina

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

U.S. Government Accountability Office

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Supreme Court