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Abbott FCA Deal Shows Enforcement Adequacy Quandaries

Abbott Laboratories’ recent False Claims Act resolution illustrates several tricky questions that both prosecutors... (more story)

New DNA Screening Standard Has No Clear Playbook

Although the government has not yet released promised guidance intended to support its new standards for screening... (more story)

Texas Medicaid Fraud Decision Leaves 2 Open Questions

The Texas Supreme Court's decision in Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings v. Texas and NPT Associates, holding th... (more story)

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Shionogi To Buy Texas Biotech IntraBio In $2B Deal

Japanese drugmaker Shionogi & Co. said Monday it has agreed to acquire Austin, Texas-based biotech IntraBio Inc. for $2 billion, with Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP advising Shionogi and Kirkland & Ellis... (more story)

Drug Discounter's $48M Arbitration Award Tossed For Fraud

A Florida federal judge vacated a $48 million arbitration award won by a drug discounter for unpaid commissions for pharmacy claims under an agreement with an Illinois-based pharmacy benefit company, finding t... (more story)

Justices Want SG's View On 3 Antitrust Cases

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday called for the solicitor general's view in antitrust cases involving hard drive component prices, allergy testing and treatment, and insulin products sold through a drug discount program.

States Seek OK Of $400M Sandoz Generic Price-Fixing Deal

A coalition of 43 states and territories is seeking court approval of a $400 million settlement that would resolve allegations Sandoz Inc. and its subsidiary Fougera Pharmaceuticals Inc. participated in a wide... (more story)

Patients' Texas Anesthesia Rollup Suit Trimmed

A Texas federal judge offered patients a mixed bag Wednesday in a proposed class action accusing U.S. Anesthesia Partners Inc. of anticompetitively buying up anesthesia practices in the state and fixing prices... (more story)

Judge 'Flummoxed' By Forum Claim In IQVIA's Poaching Suit

A North Carolina Business Court judge said Thursday that he was "flummoxed" by clinical research giant IQVIA Holdings Inc.'s argument for not enforcing its own forum selection clause against four top executive... (more story)

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Masimo's $634M Apple IP Win Boosted By $184M In Interest

A California federal judge on Monday ordered Apple Inc. to pay Masimo Corp. $184 million in prejudgment interest on top of a $634 million damages award for infringing a Masimo pulse oximetry patent through an ... (more story)

Medivis Gets Some AR Device Patent Claims Cut In Remand

After the Federal Circuit faulted the Patent Trial and Appeal Board for upholding a Novarad Corp. patent on augmented reality technology for surgeons, the board found on remand that Medivis Inc. had shown that... (more story)

Fed. Circ. Won't Rethink Vacating Contractor's $12.7M Award

The Federal Circuit said Thursday it won't disturb a unanimous three-judge panel's decision vacating a roughly $12.7 million award a software developer won against the federal government over unauthorized soft... (more story)

Google's Calif. Forum Win Sets Stage For MDL Coverage Fight

A Delaware decision means Google can argue for coverage for a social media MDL in its home state. It also puts the tech giant in the clear of a judge who ruled against Meta in a related case.

Social Media Cos., Teens Spar Over Evidence Ahead Of Trials

Social media companies and teens who allege the companies harmed their mental health sparred in California state court Tuesday over what evidence jurors will hear in an upcoming round of bellwether trials, inc... (more story)

Surgical Robot Co. Says 9th Circ. 'Expands' Antitrust Law

Intuitive Surgical asked the full Ninth Circuit to reconsider a decision reviving a surgical repair company's claims that it blocked third parties from refurbishing components for its popular da Vinci surgery ... (more story)

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La. Abortion Pill Suit A Stretch For Nuisance Laws

A lawsuit led by Louisiana officials targeting abortion medications sent across state lines is a novel — and potentially difficult — new approach to public nuisance law.

7th Circ. Judge Hints Precedent Dooms Worker's Vax Fight

A Seventh Circuit judge appeared disinclined Tuesday to restart a religious discrimination suit brought by a hospital pharmacy technician who was fired for refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine, emphasizing tha... (more story)

Air Ambulance Co. Says Pilot's 'Inattention' Wasn't Willful

A pilot's actions in the cockpit during a patient transport flight that crashed in the mountains of North Carolina don't rise to the level of gross negligence or warrant punitive damages, an operator of air am... (more story)

Boston Health Worker Says Firing Followed Fraud Concerns

A former program director in Boston's health department says he was fired after refusing to enroll new clients until his concerns about fraud in a home visiting program were addressed, according to a lawsuit f... (more story)

5th Circ. Hints CMS Medicare Advantage Rule May Violate APA

A Fifth Circuit panel seemed hesitant to buy an argument that a rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services dealing with Medicare Advantage plan overpayments went through proper rulemaking steps, as... (more story)

Securities Roundup: 7 Rulings You May Have Missed

Federal judges from California to New York and several states in between issued a slew of decisions last week that determined the fates of shareholder lawsuits against a major health insurer, a New York bank t... (more story)