Expert Analysis

A Shift In How Policymakers Are Approaching PBM Regulation

Recent federal and state legislative and regulatory activity involving pharmacy benefit managers represent a chang... (more story)

Workplace Menopause Laws Demand New HR Playbooks

A recent wave of state and local legislation that makes menopause an expressly protected condition in the workplac... (more story)

Calif. Wiretap Ruling May Reshape Pixel Tracking Litigation

The recent dismissal of a proposed class action accusing Blue Shield of California of violating the federal Wireta... (more story)

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4 Firms Steer Curium's $8B Lantheus Take-Private Deal

Private equity-backed radiopharmaceutical company Curium on Monday announced plans to acquire fellow radiopharmaceutical company Lantheus Holdings Inc. in an $8 billion take-private deal built by four law firms.

Sandoz Settles States' Generics Price-Fixing Cases For $450M

Sandoz reached a settlement with a coalition of state enforcers on Monday, agreeing to pay $450 million to end claims against it in several cases targeting alleged price-fixing in the generic drug industry.

KKR Buying Integer For $5.7B In Kirkland, Davis Polk-Led Deal

KKR said Monday that it will acquire medical device company Integer Holdings Corp. in an all-cash transaction with a roughly $5.7 billion enterprise value, with Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Davis Polk & Wardwell L... (more story)

Law360 Names 2026's Top Attorneys Under 40

Law360 is pleased to announce the Rising Stars of 2026, our list of more than 160 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.

Insulet Urges Full Fed. Circ. To Revive $59M Trade Secret Win

Insulin product developer Insulet Corp. has asked the full Federal Circuit to hear its arguments for reinstating a jury's $59.4 million trade secret theft verdict against EOFlow Co. Ltd., saying a split panel ... (more story)

NC Attorney General's Clash With HCA Cleared For Trial

The North Carolina Business Court has cleared a path to trial in the state attorney general's suit accusing HCA Healthcare of letting the quality of care at Mission Hospital in Asheville languish.

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Judge Denies Bid To Oust Kirkland From Trade Secret Feud

A California federal judge has denied a healthcare software company's attempt to disqualify Kirkland & Ellis LLP from representing Commure Inc. in a trade secret lawsuit, ruling that the plaintiff failed to pr... (more story)

Planned Parenthood Lab's $6.1M Breach Deal Gets Initial OK

A Washington federal judge has preliminarily approved a $6.1 million class action settlement in two challenges to a state-based diagnostics testing service for Planned Parenthood over a 2025 data breach that r... (more story)

Full Fed. Circ. Won't Review Apple's ITC Loss Against Masimo

The full slate of Federal Circuit judges will not reconsider a panel's determination that Apple has infringed Masimo Corp.'s blood oxygen monitor patents in a high-profile case that led to some Apple Watch imp... (more story)

Apple Can't Get Judge To Toss Masimo's $634M Patent Verdict

Apple has lost its bid to dodge a jury's finding that it owes $634 million for infringing a Masimo Corp. patent after a California federal judge rejected the tech giant's challenge to how the court construed a... (more story)

Pa. Hospital Must Face Bulk Of Website Pixel Tracking Row

A Pennsylvania federal judge has mostly refused to toss a putative class action accusing Warren General Hospital of illegally deploying tracking technology that divulged website visitors' private health inform... (more story)

Fed. Circ. Vacates $12.7M Copyright Award Against Gov't

The Federal Circuit on Thursday vacated a $12.7 million copyright award against the federal government over unauthorized copies of software for a project on military health records, holding that the trial judg... (more story)

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Albertsons Says Wash. Slow To Warn Of Bad Drug Prescribers

Washington regulators didn't notify pharmacies or patients about doctors' potentially improper opioid prescribing until months after receiving complaints, Albertsons' counsel told a Seattle judge Monday, as th... (more story)

Calif. Justices Back Gilead Over Nondefective Drug Liability

The California Supreme Court on Monday held that Gilead Sciences Inc. shouldn't face a negligence claim alleging it declined to market a safer HIV drug in order to maximize profits from an older drug with more... (more story)

21 States Again Fight ACA Changes That Could Increase Costs

A coalition of 21 states sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in California federal court Friday, challenging an Affordable Care Act rule that sh... (more story)

Boston Eye Biz To Pay $3.9M For Improper Medicaid Billing

A Boston ophthalmology office has agreed to pay $3.9 million to settle allegations it improperly billed Medicare and Medicaid for eye injections performed during office visits, according to a U.S. Department o... (more story)

How State SG Offices Became A Judicial Pipeline

The rapid growth of Missouri's solicitor general's office illustrates the import of top state appellate roles, which offer young lawyers a chance to gain courtroom experience they might never acquire in BigLaw... (more story)

Workers Say OPM Unlawfully Nixed Gender-Affirming Benefits

A group of federal employees on Monday accused the Trump administration of unlawfully eliminating coverage of gender-affirming care from their health insurance benefits, forcing thousands of transgender worker... (more story)