Expert Analysis

Feds' Mixed Cues On Medicaid Fraud Signal States To Step Up

While the federal government has recently delivered four distinct and mutually inconsistent messages regarding Me... (more story)

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)

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Kirkland, Jones Day Guide P&G's $3.8B Buy Of Thorne

Procter & Gamble is acquiring supplements company Thorne from L Catterton for $3.8 billion in cash, with Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Jones Day serving as legal advisers in the transaction, the companies announced Tuesday.

Catalyst, Nuveen Form $400M Healthcare Real Estate Venture

Catalyst Healthcare Real Estate and investment management firm Nuveen have linked up for a joint venture that will inject $400 million worth of equity into the medical property developer's pipeline of upcoming... (more story)

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.

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TikTok Settles 3 Teen Addiction Suits Before Bellwether Trials

The company behind TikTok settled three lawsuits brought by young people alleging the social media platform caused them mental health harm, a lawyer for the plaintiffs said Tuesday, although three other social... (more story)

Bellwether Jury Awards $88M In Covidien Hernia Mesh Trial

A Massachusetts federal jury awarded $88 million Tuesday to a man who claimed he was injured by a Covidien LP-made hernia mesh, in the first case to reach a verdict of thousands pending against the Medtronic unit.

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)

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 Wiretap Act highlights the gap between legacy wiretap laws and modern browser architecture, and the t... (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)

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Colo. Panel Mulls Med Mal Retrial Bid Over Pretrial Meeting

A Colorado man urged a state appellate court Tuesday to order a new trial in his medical malpractice lawsuit in which jurors sided with his physicians, arguing to a skeptical panel that the defense's ex parte ... (more story)

Health Provider To Pay $14.1M To Settle False Diagnoses Suit

A healthcare provider with headquarters in Florida has agreed to pay the federal government $14.1 million to resolve allegations it entered false diagnosis codes to increase the payments it received from the M... (more story)

Fla. High Court Won't Touch Reversal Of $213M 'Maya' Award

The Florida Supreme Court said Tuesday it would not hear the appeal of a decision that reversed a $213 million judgment against a Florida hospital in favor of Maya Kowalski, the subject of the Netflix document... (more story)

HHS Disclosures, Trans Care Bar Targeted In New Suits

Law360 Healthcare Authority looks at new suits filed over the past week, including challenges to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' authorization of disclosures to other agencies and an Office o... (more story)

NYC Retirees Ink $53M In Healthcare Copay Class Action

New York City and EmblemHealth will pay $53 million to resolve a class action complaint covering more than 250,000 Medicare-eligible retirees who alleged the defendants illegally charged $15 copays onto their ... (more story)

Rehab Program Participants Seek Collective In Wage Suit

Former participants in a Texas faith-based addiction recovery program have asked a federal court to certify a collective of workers who allege they were required to perform substantial labor on farms, in retai... (more story)