Expert Analysis

8 Ways 2026's Market Divide Is Rewriting Real Estate Risk

As construction activity increasingly concentrates in data centers, healthcare and other resilient sectors, real e... (more story)

3rd Circ. Decision Sheds Light On BIPA Bank Exemption

The Third Circuit's recent decision in McGoveran v. Amazon illuminates how courts are extending the Illinois Biome... (more story)

Data Reveals Pivot In Feds' Financial Fraud Priorities

Recent Justice Department data shows fraud prosecutions fell to their lowest rate in a decade in 2025, illustratin... (more story)

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Insulin Makers Can't Nix 340B Antitrust Claims On Remand

A New York federal judge trimmed proposed class action claims by providers alleging Sanofi-Aventis and other drugmakers colluded to deny them discounts on insulin products under the 340B program, allowing most... (more story)

Asthma Drug Developer To Wind Down In Chancery Court

A subsidiary of Rock Creek Advisors LLC created to administer the liquidation of an asthma drug developer to pay creditors notified Delaware's chancery court that the company turned to a wind-down after clinic... (more story)

Wash. Healthcare Firm's Ex-CEO Admits To Embezzling $24M

A former chief executive officer of Washington-based Community Clinic Network has pled guilty to wire fraud in Washington federal court, admitting he drained almost $24.4 million from the healthcare company's ... (more story)

Taxation With Representation: Sidley, Paul Weiss, Kirkland

In this week's Taxation With Representation, Germany's Merck KGaA acquires life sciences tools supplier Bio-Techne Corp., drugmaker AbbVie buys clinical-stage biotechnology company Apogee Therapeutics, and bui... (more story)

4th Circ. Says Supply Co.'s Foreign Member Kills Diversity

The Fourth Circuit on Thursday declined to reinstate a medical supply company's contract dispute against a U.K. corporation over COVID-19 test kits, after finding that the lack of a U.S. citizen on the supply ... (more story)

11th Circ. Urged To Toss Convictions In $1.4B Hospital Fraud

Two brothers convicted in a $1.4 billion scheme to bill insurers inflated rates for drug tests told the Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday that there was insufficient evidence to support their convictions and that ... (more story)

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Meta Fails To Knock Out BIPA Voiceprint Privacy Claims

A California federal judge has refused to let Meta Platforms Inc. escape an Illinois woman's proposed class claims that Meta collects "voiceprints" in violation of Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act, ... (more story)

Steps For Employers After 7th Circ. BIPA Retroactivity Ruling

The Seventh Circuit's recent ruling in Clay v. Union Pacific sharply limits per-scan statutory damages theories in pending Biometric Information Privacy Act cases by retroactively applying a 2024 amendment, bu... (more story)

Planned Parenthood Sent Patient Data To Google, Suit Says

Planned Parenthood and regional affiliates were hit with a proposed class action alleging they use hidden tracking tools on their website and patient portals to transmit sensitive sexual and reproductive healt... (more story)

Stryker Says Data Breach Suit Built On Speculation

Michigan-based medical technology company Stryker Corp. has asked a federal judge to toss a proposed class action over a March cyberattack, arguing the former and current employees suing the company cannot sho... (more story)

Wellstar Reaches Deal In Patient Data-Sharing Suit

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 con... (more story)

Eli Lilly Weight Drug TM Deal Too Secretive, Ind. Judge Says

An Indiana federal judge on Thursday refused to sign off on a confidential settlement that would bar a telehealth company from selling knock-offs of Eli Lilly's weight-loss medications, saying the companies di... (more story)

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Thin Patience On Bench For Dragged-Out FCA Probes

Judicial frustration with drawn-out healthcare fraud litigation was on display in two recent rulings in which judges took issue with repeated requests from the U.S. Department of Justice for sealed records and... (more story)

Feds Sue Mich., Other States For Not Sharing SNAP Records

The U.S. Department of Justice is asking federal courts to force Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota and Pennsylvania to turn over their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program applicant data that the Trump admini... (more story)

26 States Sue To Nix Medicaid Work Rule For Medically Frail

More than two dozen states sued the Trump administration Monday in Massachusetts federal court in a bid to strike down new Medicaid work requirements for certain enrollees, saying the administration did not co... (more story)

AstraZeneca To Pay $34M In Texas Kickbacks Settlement

AstraZeneca has agreed to pay nearly $34 million to the state of Texas to put to rest allegations the pharmaceutical company gave kickbacks to providers for prescribing its drugs, many of which were covered by... (more story)

Hospital That Halted Gender Care Must Show Cause

A Colorado state court judge issued a citation on Friday to Children's Hospital Colorado ordering it to show cause for why the hospital refuses to provide gender-affirming care to patients in violation of a pr... (more story)

Insurers Seek NJ Mass Tort For No Surprises Act Suits

Five of the largest health insurers in the Garden State have asked the New Jersey Supreme Court to designate 160 pending cases seeking the enforcement of alleged independent dispute resolution payment determin... (more story)