Expert Analysis

Teva MDL Loss Shows DPAs Can Return To Haunt Civil Suits

Teva’s recent partial summary judgment loss in antitrust multidistrict litigation reinforces the importance of car... (more story)

11th Circ. FCA Qui Tam Revival Queues Up Next Challenges

Though the Eleventh Circuit on Sept. 1 upheld the constitutionality of the False Claims Act's qui tam provision, i... (more story)

Prepping Health Businesses For Sale In A Data-Driven Market

In a thinner market for healthcare transactions, with both regulators and buyers using artificial intelligence to ... (more story)

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American Healthcare Buys $572M Senior Housing Portfolio

American Healthcare REIT Inc. has paid $572 million to Kensington Senior Living for six luxury senior housing communities that have 464 units in total, the clinical healthcare-focused real estate investment trust announced.

Rejection Of NLRB Successor Bar Renews An Employer Tool

Although the D.C. Circuit's recent ruling in Hospital Menonita v. National Labor Relations Board does not allow purchasers to disregard incumbent unions, employers acquiring a unionized business have regained ... (more story)

REIT Pays $200M For 4-Site Minn. Senior Housing Portfolio

Senior housing and healthcare-focused real estate investment trust LTC Properties said Wednesday that it has acquired four senior housing properties in Minnesota for $200 million.

DOJ Fraud Declination Highlights Self-Disclosure Tradeoffs

As exemplified by the U.S. Department of Justice's declination of charges against Campus Eye Management under its new corporate enforcement policy, self-disclosure can be an attractive option for healthcare co... (more story)

9 More Drug Cos. Make Pricing Agreements With US

Nine more branded drug manufacturers reached deals cutting prices on their medications, President Donald Trump announced Monday, with nearly 90% of such products now being covered by "most-favored nation" deal... (more story)

Doctor Shorted Practice Co-Owner On Distributions, Suit Says

A Colorado ophthalmologist failed to pay the co-owner of his practice the full distribution amounts owed to that physician while overpaying himself, according to a lawsuit filed in state court.

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NY Judge Won't Block HHS Sharing Of Aid Recipients' Info

A New York federal judge refused to block a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services plan to share aid recipients' information with other agencies, including the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, rulin... (more story)

Ky. AG Sues NY Abortion Rights Org. Over Gas Station Ads

A New York-based abortion advocacy nonprofit is violating Kentucky's consumer protection laws by illegally advertising mail-order abortion pills at gas stations throughout the state and flying ads over the sta... (more story)

Contractor Seeks Redo After Fed. Circ. Vacates $12.7M Award

A software developer has urged the en banc Federal Circuit to rethink a panel's decision vacating a $12.7 million award against the federal government over unauthorized copies of the company's software, saying... (more story)

DC Circ. Backs Fair Use Repairs On Med Device Software

The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday ruled that using copyrighted data and computer programs for the purpose of repairing medical devices falls under the fair use exemption, rejecting a challenge from two industry grou... (more story)

Zimmer Wins Hip Implant Suit After Expert Testimony Tossed

A New York federal judge handed Zimmer Inc. an early win in a multidistrict litigation case alleging its hip prosthetics are faulty, after finding that the plaintiff's only expert witness could not testify bec... (more story)

AbbVie 'Concocted' Cancer Drug IP Claims, Biotech Firm Says

Biotech firms ProfoundBio and Genmab urged a Seattle federal judge Thursday to throw out rival AbbVie's lawsuit accusing two of its former employees of taking trade secrets on cancer therapies to ProfoundBio, ... (more story)

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ERISA Recap: 5 Appellate Rulings To Know From August

The Seventh Circuit kept an Arkansas pharmacy benefit manager rule in place as not preempted by federal benefits law, the Fourth Circuit revived an Altria ex-worker's dispute over benefit plan documents, and t... (more story)

Hospital Group Wants To Weigh In On $32M Yale Death Verdict

The Connecticut Hospital Association urged a state appeals court to let it weigh in on a challenge to a nearly $32 million judgment entered against a Yale University-affiliated hospital over a premature baby's... (more story)

Trump Admin Fights Uphill To Beat Vaccine Overhaul Suit

A California federal judge indicated Thursday that he is likely to reject the federal government's bid to toss litigation from states challenging the Trump administration's decision to cut vaccine recommendati... (more story)

Penn State Health Gets Retirement Fund Suit Trimmed

A Pennsylvania federal judge agreed to pare claims from a proposed class action against Penn State Health from an employee who alleged mismanagement of two defined-contribution 401(k) and 403(b) plans, but ope... (more story)

HHS OIG Report Targets $380M In Medicare Organ Payments

A report released by the inspector general for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday estimated Medicare needlessly reimbursed roughly $380 million for organs that weren't used in Medicar... (more story)

Pa. Opens Home Care Wage Probes Covering 100K Workers

Pennsylvania is planning to step up enforcement of wage laws for home care employees, the state's labor secretary has announced, saying these workers are particularly vulnerable to wage theft.