6th Circ. Revives Law Firm Worker's Anthem Coverage Fight

By Lauren Berg

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield's decision denying coverage for a law firm employee's son to continue receiving residential mental health treatment was arbitrary and capricious, the Sixth Circuit ruled Thursday, saying the insurer needs to carry out a "full and fair review of the requested coverage."

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Feds Given More Time To Revisit School Grant Cancellations

By Rachel Riley

A Washington federal judge agreed Thursday to extend a deadline for the Trump administration to make fresh determinations as to 138 public school mental health grants that the court has found were illegally canceled, but admonished the federal government for previously understating how long those reassessments would take.   

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Judge Expands Block On Trump's Grant Restrictions

By Isaac Monterose

A Washington federal judge agreed to broaden a preliminary injunction against the Trump administration over its political restrictions for using over $12 billion worth of federal grants, expanding the block to cover additional plaintiffs who were added to the suit.

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Docs Ask NJ Justices To Send Allstate RICO Case To Arbitration

By Carla Baranauckas

Medical providers facing a racketeering suit from Allstate units pressed the New Jersey Supreme Court on Thursday to compel the insurers to arbitrate even large-scale fraud and racketeering claims tied to personal injury protection benefits under the state's no-fault statute, as the justices questioned whether that was feasible.

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DC Circ. Presses Feds To Justify Military Trans Ban

By Madeline Lyskawa

A D.C. Circuit judge pressed the government on Thursday to justify a policy that effectively bars transgender people from serving in the military, questioning why Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth imposed a more stringent policy than the first Trump administration did. 

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As Lawmakers Scrutinize Costs, Insurers Point To Hospitals

By Yeji Jesse Lee

Facing a barrage of questions from lawmakers on Capitol Hill about rising costs, the heads of the biggest health insurance companies in the U.S. sought to blame providers and other parts of a complex industry.

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House Report Claims Evidence of CVS Antitrust Violations

By Bryan Koenig

House Judiciary Committee staffers said Wednesday that they'd uncovered "a pattern of anticompetitive activity" in CVS Health tactics aimed at coercing independent pharmacies into avoiding working with online services the company saw as a threat to its own pharmacy and pharmacy benefit manager businesses.

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ECJ Backs VAT Exemption For Spanish Cleaning Co-Ops

By Josh White

Spain can't automatically bar cleaning cooperatives from receiving a value-added tax exemption for services provided to educational and healthcare institutions, the European Union's top court ruled Thursday.

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10th Amtrak Worker Cops To Role In $11M Fraud Scheme

By P.J. D'Annunzio

A former Amtrak employee has admitted to participating in a scheme that prosecutors claim defrauded the rail carrier out of $11 million in health benefits, making him the 10th defendant in a year to plead guilty in the case, the U.S. attorney's office in New Jersey said on Thursday.

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3rd Circ. Says Medical Pot Contract May Violate Federal Law

By P.J. D'Annunzio

The Third Circuit on Thursday vacated a medical cannabis company's win in a lawsuit filed by a consultant claiming that it had stolen his trade secrets for growing marijuana samples, finding it couldn't decide the appeal because the parties' contract might have violated federal drug law.

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Supplement Cos. Challenge FDA Health Claim Denials

By Gianna Ferrarin

A group of health supplement companies hit the U.S. Food and Drug Administration with a suit in D.C. federal court Wednesday alleging regulators wrongly denied them approval to make over 100 distinct claims concerning the health benefits of their products.

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Colo. Hospital Faces Suit Over Halt To Gender-Affirming Care

By Rachel Konieczny

Patients of Children's Hospital Colorado filed a proposed class action in Colorado state court alleging the healthcare provider is discriminating against them through its suspension of gender-affirming medical care for patients under the age of 18 amid recent federal government mandates.

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Care Co. Says 3rd Circ. Ignored Loper Bright In Backing DOL

By Benjamin Morse

A home health company urged the Third Circuit to rethink its decision upholding a $1 million judgment against it after finding that the U.S. Department of Labor could strip third-party employers of an overtime exemption, saying the decision flouted the U.S. Supreme Court's Loper Bright ruling.

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Ex-Surgeon Prevails Over Insurers In Lifetime Disability Fight

By Kellie Mejdrich

A Michigan federal judge handed a disabled surgeon a win against two insurance companies Thursday in his suit seeking total disability benefits for life, siding with the ex-worker's argument that the insurers erred in determining that his condition was caused by sickness instead of injury and cutting off benefits.

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Geico Says Cos. Owe $26M For Fraudulent No-Fault Claims

By Hope Patti

A group of Geico auto insurers told a Florida federal court Thursday that they are entitled to recoup $26 million from healthcare companies that they allege submitted thousands of fraudulent no-fault insurance claims for various services that were "medically unnecessary, illusory, unlawful, and otherwise nonreimbursable."

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Medical Cannabis Co. Says Data Breach Didn't Lead To Injury

By Mike Curley

An Ohio medical cannabis company has said a consolidated class action in federal court should be dismissed as it doesn't allege any of the plaintiffs' data was accessed in a data breach or that the breach could be linked to any real damage.

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Hologic Faces Del. Class Suit Over $18.3B Sale Disclosures

By Jeff Montgomery

Citing alleged failures to make news about litigation settlements public ahead of a proposed $18.3 billion company sale, a pension fund stockholder of women's health-focused tech company Hologic Inc. has sued for a Delaware Court of Chancery hold on the deal pending disclosures or damages awards.

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Drugmakers May Dodge Disgorgement In States' Antitrust Suit

By Brian Steele

A Connecticut federal judge probed the limits of his equitable powers Thursday in a sprawling generic drug antitrust enforcement action, expressing doubt that he could order the drugmaker defendants to hand over their profits while also awarding multiplied damages and imposing civil penalties.

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FDA Action Shouldn't Halt Amazon Labeling Suit, Plaintiffs Say

By Ben Adlin

Shoppers accusing Amazon of failing to make required disclosures on dietary supplement product pages told a Washington federal judge there's no need to pause their proposed class action amid possible rulemaking by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, arguing that the supposed rule change wouldn't negate the suit's claims under California law.

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Yale Hospital Wants Infant Death Verdict Reduced By $30M

By Aaron Keller

Yale University and Yale New Haven Hospital on Thursday asked a Connecticut judge to reduce a $32 million infant death verdict to just $2 million, saying damages for the loss of enjoyment of life cannot be awarded in addition to damages for the infant's death itself.

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Regulatory Uncertainty Ahead For Organ Transplant System

Pending court cases against a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services final rule that introduced a competition-centric model for assessing organ procurement organizations' performance will significantly influence the path forward for such organizations and transplant hospitals, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.

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Key False Claims Act Trends From The Last Year

The False Claims Act remains a powerful enforcement tool after some record verdicts and settlements in 2025, and while traditional fraud areas remain a priority, new initiatives are raising questions about its expanding application, says Veronica Nannis at Joseph Greenwald.

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What To Know About DOL's New FLSA, FMLA Opinion Letters

The U.S. Department of Labor kicked off 2026 by releasing several opinion letters addressing employee classification, incentive bonuses and intermittent leave, reminding employers that common practices can create significant risk if they are handled inconsistently or without careful documentation, say attorneys at Woods Rogers.

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Opinion

It's Too Soon To Remove Suicide Warnings From GLP-1 Drugs

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's decision this month to order removal of warnings about the risk of suicidal thoughts from GLP-1 weight-loss drugs is premature — and from a safety and legal standpoint, the downside of acting too soon could be profound, says Sean Domnick at Rafferty Domnick.

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Series

Hosting Exchange Students Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Opening my home to foreign exchange students makes me a better lawyer not just because prioritizing visiting high schoolers forces me to hone my organization and time management skills but also because sharing the study-abroad experience with newcomers and locals reconnects me to my community, says Alison Lippa at Nicolaides Fink.

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Roundup

UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Max Austin

This past week in London saw Travelers Insurance hit with a claim from a property buyer over a payout tied to collapsed law firm Axiom Ince, Swedish music group Pophouse Entertainment clash with the production company that helped it create the ABBA Voyage experience, and biotech company Vertex Pharmaceuticals sue rival entity ToolGen for patent infringement.

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Analysis

More Push In The 'Push-Pull' As DOJ Targets 'Gamesmanship'

By Bryan Koenig

The U.S. Department of Justice continues to build its task force targeting "gamesmanship" that it says BigLaw attorneys for major companies, especially technology platforms, are using to obstruct antitrust investigations — an effort that has been welcomed by some practitioners and questioned by others.

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5 Arrests Made In Shooting Of Indiana Judge, Wife

By Lynn LaRowe

Five people have been charged in connection with the shooting of an Indiana Superior Court Judge and his wife at their home Sunday following an investigation involving state law enforcement in Indiana and Kentucky and federal agencies.

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Shook Hardy Adds 2 E-Discovery-Focused Partners

By Matt Perez

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP has hired two e-discovery experts as partners for its complex litigation strategic counseling practice in Washington, D.C., and New York City.

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Dems Push For Another Round Of Jack Smith Testimony

By Courtney Bublé

Following former special counsel Jack Smith's congressional appearance, Democrats are looking for him to return once he is able to speak about the second volume of his report on President Donald Trump's retention of classified documents after he left office.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Williams & Connolly LLP leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court held in a unanimous opinion that restitution is a criminal punishment subject to the Constitution's ban on increasing punishment retroactively.

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DOJ Alumni Back Maurene Comey In Effort To Keep Suit Alive

By Rose Krebs

U.S. Department of Justice alumni and a group that includes attorneys, law professors and former judges have filed briefs supporting former Manhattan federal prosecutor Maurene Comey's call for a New York federal court to reject the DOJ's bid to dismiss a suit over her firing.

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How Attorneys Can Balance Careers With Caring For Parents

By Kevin Penton

As baby boomers get older and develop more intense healthcare needs, attorneys in the prime of their careers are increasingly pressed to also provide care to their elderly parents.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

The EEOC voted to retract major harassment and discrimination protections as civil rights advocates protested. And Goldman Sachs denied rumors it was easing out its prominent chief legal officer despite the lingering stigma over her association with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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Embezzler's Legal Malpractice Claims Too Late, Court Says

By Julie Manganis

A convicted embezzler who accused her attorneys of botching her defenses in criminal and civil cases cannot rely on a longer six-year statute of repose for breach of contract claims to overcome her delay in filing a legal malpractice case, an intermediate Massachusetts appellate court said Friday.

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