Ch. 11 Plan Faces Blowback From 23andMe Breach Claimants

By Allison Grande

More than 30,000 individuals who elected to pursue arbitration rather than sign on to a proposed class settlement over a data breach at 23andMe are urging a Missouri bankruptcy judge to reject the DNA testing company's notice of its reorganization plan, arguing that the disclosure provides misleading and inflated information about the company's agreement with these claimants.

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Stewart Says New Policies Seek Fairness For Patent Owners

By Ryan Davis

Acting U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Coke Morgan Stewart said Monday the numerous changes to patent reviews she has implemented are intended to provide "more balance and fairness" for patent owners, and bring the reviews "back to how they were originally intended."

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Corcept Can't Escape Teva's Mifepristone Antitrust Suit

By Lauren Berg

Corcept Therapeutics must face most of Teva Pharmaceuticals' lawsuit alleging it suppressed generic competition for its brand-name medication used to treat a rare cortisol disorder, a California federal judge ruled, saying the claims are not time-barred and Teva has adequately alleged unlawful monopolization.

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Eli Lilly Fights $278M Drug Royalties Ruling At 9th Circ.

By Dorothy Atkins

Eli Lilly urged the Ninth Circuit at a hearing on Monday to reverse a finding that it owes an Arizona company $278 million from insulin-brands sales under their royalty agreement, arguing it is off the hook because Eli Lilly only used that company's technology in manufacturing, not in the final product.

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Mich. Ordered To Clarify Stance On Clinic's Trans Care Policy

By Carolyn Muyskens

A federal magistrate judge on Monday ordered Michigan civil rights enforcers to clarify in discovery responses whether a Christian medical clinic's opposition to gender-affirming care violates the state's antidiscrimination law.

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Mich. Says HHS Can't Justify $195M Medicaid Clawback

By Danielle Ferguson

The state of Michigan urged a federal judge to find that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services cannot catch a payday for its yearslong delay in affirming a decision to disallow $195 million in Medicaid payments to two state-operated psychiatric hospitals, arguing that the delay runs afoul of federal law and the department's own policies.

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Surgical Center, Surgeon Clash Over $75K Settlement At Trial

By Zach Dupont

Attorneys representing a surgeon and the surgical center where he used to practice each claimed on the first day of trial in Colorado federal court Monday that the other party was the first to breach the terms of a settlement agreement, which nullified their own commitments to the agreement. 

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Hill-Rom Escapes Pennsylvania Hospital's Monopoly Claims

By Matthew Santoni

Tower Health's Reading Hospital failed to specifically outline how hospital equipment supplier Hill-Rom Holdings Inc. allegedly monopolized the hospital bed market, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled Friday in dismissing Reading's proposed class action with prejudice.

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W.Va., Idaho Tell Justices Trans Sports Bans Based On Science

By Elaine Briseño

West Virginia and Idaho urged the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that courts should not use subjective preferences when analyzing whether laws that ban transgender athletes from competing on sports teams different from their sex assigned at birth violate the Constitution.

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Investor Says $16M Ouraring Fight Shouldn't Go To Finland

By Joyce Hanson

An early investor in the Oura health and fitness tracker is fighting Ouraring Inc.'s attempt to send his $16 million dispute to arbitration in Finland, saying there is no underlying agreement to arbitrate and his lawsuit should stay in California federal court.

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Social Media Apps Can't Toss Mental Health Suit In Mass Tort

By Craig Clough

A California state judge denied a bid from Meta Platforms, Snap and TikTok on Monday to toss a suit from consolidated litigation alleging the companies harm users' mental health, saying a jury can decide if the plaintiff should have been put on notice about her alleged injuries from news articles.

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Med Transport Co. Founder Sues In Del. Over Share Cash-Out

By Jeff Montgomery

The founder and former CEO of emergency transport company AmeriPro Health LLC has sued the company and others in Delaware's Court of Chancery, alleging that he was unjustifiably fired, replaced on the company's board and had his LLC units cashed out for at least $20 million below value.

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Novartis, Monte Rosa Ink Up To $5.7B 'Molecular Glue' Deal

By Al Barbarino

Novartis is placing a potential $5.7 billion bet on Monte Rosa Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotech company, to develop new treatments for immune-related diseases, Monte Rosa said on Monday. 

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GOP Spending Bill Seeks $58M For Supreme Court, Marshals

By Courtney Bublé

The House Republicans unveiled their short-term spending bill Tuesday, and it includes an extra $28 million for security for the U.S. Supreme Court justices.

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Ga. Justices Won't Reinstate DA Willis To Trump Election Case

By Kelcey Caulder

The Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to review a lower court's ruling disqualifying Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the 2020 Georgia election interference case against President Donald Trump and his co-defendants.

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Sotomayor Warns Civics Under-Education Leads To Bad Laws

By Kevin Penton

Those looking to change the nation's laws first need to understand how they work and why they are in place, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor told a packed auditorium at New York Law School on Tuesday.

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Trump Taps US Atty Nominees For NC, NH And Louisiana

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump has named U.S. attorney nominees for Louisiana, New Hampshire and North Carolina.

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Willkie Taps PE Head To Co-Lead The Firm In 2027

By Andrea Keckley

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP announced Tuesday that the nearly decade-long head of its private equity practice will step up to co-lead the firm as its joint chairman at the start of 2027.

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Former Miami City Atty Exits Political Retaliation Suit

By Jake Maher

A former city attorney for Miami on Monday knocked down claims against her from a pair of business owners accusing her of taking part in a political retaliation scheme when a Florida federal judge ruled that she was immune from the allegations.

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Acting US Atty Denies Prosecution Of Lawmaker Is 'Selective'

By Parker Quinlan

The U.S. Department of Justice has requested that assault charges not be dismissed against U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver, pushing back on claims the government is selectively prosecuting her following a confrontation with federal agents in May at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Newark.

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Disbarment Of No-Show Lawyer Among Ga. Discipline Rulings

By Chart Riggall

A Georgia criminal defense attorney was disbarred Tuesday by the state's high court on charges that he pocketed $5,000 from a client's mother, no-showed for a series of hearings and delayed a trial for more than a year after not so much as speaking to the defendant he was representing.

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Husch Blackwell Used 401(k) Cash To Pay Bills, Ex-Atty Says

By Grace Elletson

A former Husch Blackwell LLP attorney sued the firm in Missouri federal court Tuesday, claiming it violated federal benefits law by delaying sending employees' 401(k) contributions to their retirement plan so that the cash could be used to pay for the firm's operating expenses.

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Analysis

The Patent Workforce Is Attracting Fewer Attys, More Agents

By Theresa Schliep

The pool of patent practitioners registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has undergone a dramatic shift over the past few decades, with the number of attorneys taking the bar exam decreasing at the same time more patent agents are entering the field.

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