Expert Analysis

AI Rise In Healthcare Demands New Cybersecurity Strategies

As artificial intelligence-related capabilities are increasingly integrated into medical devices and healthcare op... (more story)

Hims & Hers Suit Spotlights Health Data-Sharing Privacy Risks

Regulators' complaint against telehealth company Hims & Hers alleging deceptive practices serves as a reminder tha... (more story)

New CMS Medical Device Pathway May Have Limited Effect

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' new pathway for giving Medicare beneficiaries earlier access to cert... (more story)

Deals & Corporate Governance More

Novo Bets $1.3B On Nanexa Drug Tech Amid Obesity Push

Novo Nordisk has agreed to pay up to about €1.165 billion ($1.3 billion) under an exclusive license and collaboration agreement for Swedish drug-delivery company Nanexa's PharmaShell technology.

Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Latham, McDermott

In this week's Taxation With Representation, Royal Caribbean invests billions in a joint venture with Sandals, Telix Pharmaceuticals buys ITM Isotope Technologies Munich, and Priority Technology makes a go-pri... (more story)

Novartis Beats Patent Listing Suit Over Entresto

A New York federal judge gave Novartis permanent relief from a proposed class action alleging it monopolistically delayed generic competition for its blockbuster heart failure drug Entresto, concluding that th... (more story)

Calif. Appeals Court Revives Antitrust Suit Against Claritev

A California state appeals court held in a published opinion that health insurer reimbursements for services are prices that, if fixed or tampered with, are subject to antitrust scrutiny, reviving a lawsuit th... (more story)

Curium Resets FTC Clock On $8B Lantheus Take-Private Deal

Private equity-backed radiopharmaceutical company Curium reset the clock for the Federal Trade Commission's 30-day review of its plan to acquire fellow radiopharmaceutical company Lantheus Holdings Inc. in an ... (more story)

Inspired Healthcare Seeks OK For $713M Asset Sale

Inspired Healthcare on Tuesday asked a Texas bankruptcy judge to approve the sale of 30 of its senior living communities but to leave for later the question of how the $713 million in proceeds will be split am... (more story)

Digital Health & Technology More

Astrana Health Reveals Spoofing Attack Targeting Private Data

An Astrana Health unit was the target of a "series" of social engineering cyberattacks in which hackers impersonated the company's employees to gain access to systems that contained private and confidential in... (more story)

ITC Takes On Patents, Trade Secrets In Large Decision Drop

The U.S. International Trade Commission issued a flood of decisions this week on investigations in which imports are being evaluated to see if they infringe patents or misappropriate secrets, including three c... (more story)

Google MDL Coverage Suit Belongs In Calif., Del. Judge Rules

A Delaware state judge has stayed a lawsuit by American International Group subsidiaries seeking a declaration that they're not liable for covering Google's defense costs tied to social-media addiction multidi... (more story)

Meta Flaunts 'Abuse' Of Atty-Client Privilege, Judge Told

A California federal judge ordered Meta on Tuesday to rereview privilege designations on 300 documents in social media addiction litigation, after plaintiffs' lawyers cited a "culture of privilege abuse" epito... (more story)

NJ Seeks Quick Win On TikTok's Money Transfers

New Jersey's attorney general urged a state court Friday to find TikTok liable for operating an unlicensed money transmission business via its livestreaming service, arguing the platform receives users' money,... (more story)

IBM, J&J Get Incurable Data Breach Suit Tossed For Good

A New York federal judge dismissed a proposed class action alleging IBM and Johnson & Johnson's healthcare arm failed to safeguard sensitive health information of thousands of patients before a 2023 data breac... (more story)

Policy & Compliance More

SEC Says Mich. Atty Tipped Family About Pharma Co. Merger

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday accused a Michigan tax lawyer of insider trading, alleging he told his brother and cousin about a planned but not-yet-announced merger between Y-mAbs Thera... (more story)

SEC Says Md. Woman Illegally Traded On FDA Approval Info

The SEC accused a Maryland resident of trading on nonpublic information she received from an insider ahead of the FDA's 2023 denial of a new drug application for a depression treatment submitted by Sage Therap... (more story)

Mayo Clinic Strikes $50K Deal To End EEOC Vax Bias Suit

The Mayo Clinic will pay $50,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming it threatened to fire a Pentecostal Christian security guard if he didn't get vaccinated against COVID-1... (more story)

Split 6th Circ. Keeps Block On Tenn. 'Abortion Trafficking' Ban

A split Sixth Circuit panel upheld a permanent injunction on what Tennessee calls an abortion trafficking ban, finding the law is facially overbroad and violates the First Amendment by restricting speech on ac... (more story)

Conn. AG Beats Dentist's Appeal In Press Release Fight

The Connecticut attorney general and a former social services commissioner did not violate a dentist's constitutional due process or privacy rights when they issued a press release announcing the $300,000 sett... (more story)

COVID Testing Co.'s Ex-COO Pleads Guilty In $500M Fraud

The former chief operating officer of a COVID-19 testing company pled guilty in Michigan federal court to a healthcare fraud conspiracy allegedly involving more than $500 million in fraudulent insurance claims... (more story)