Expert Analysis

Midyear Trends, Takeaways As Securities Class Actions Surge

High numbers of securities class actions through June suggest filings will stay elevated, with factors like changi... (more story)

Brace For Expanding Scrutiny Of Dark Patterns In Healthcare

Recent reporting and regulatory developments highlight growing concern surrounding so-called dark patterns in heal... (more story)

How Home Infusion Providers Can Adapt To Enrollment Pause

Recent Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services moratoria on new enrollments of home health agencies, medical equi... (more story)

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NC Biz Court Bulletin: Judges Retire, HCA Suit Heads To Trial

The North Carolina Business Court dropped a host of heavy-hitting opinions in July ahead of two judicial retirements and a new chief judge rising in the ranks.

This Week's Healthcare Earnings: Lilly, CVS And More

A slew of big names posted their financial results this past week, closing out the earnings season for the second quarter.

ModivCare Execs Must Face Suit Over Cash Flow Woes

A Colorado federal judge has declined to toss a shareholder class action against current and former executives of patient transportation company ModivCare Inc. over their alleged failure to disclose the negati... (more story)

H.I.G. Can't Block Calif. Suit Over $17.5M Health Deal

The Delaware Chancery Court on Monday refused to block two former behavioral health facility owners from pursuing a California securities fraud suit against private equity firm H.I.G. Capital LLC and its affil... (more story)

Alto Neuroscience Escapes Investor Drug Trial Suit, For Now

Alto Neuroscience has escaped a shareholder suit alleging the psychiatric biotech company and its top brass overstated the efficacy of their lead drug candidate for treating major depressive disorder, with a C... (more story)

Taxation With Representation: Slaughter And May, Covington

In this week's Taxation With Representation, U.K. real estate investment trust Segro's board agrees to a share offer from U.S. rival Prologis with a partial cash alternative, Curium acquires fellow radiopharma... (more story)

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Medtech Group Faults Fed. Circ. Trade Secret Timing Rule

A medical technology trade group and a University of Texas law professor are urging the full Federal Circuit to revisit a decision that wiped out Insulet Corp.'s trade secret win against EOFlow Co. Ltd. after ... (more story)

Medtronic Rival Seeks Injunction After $382M Antitrust Win

Medical device company Applied Medical Resources Corp. has urged a California federal judge to issue final judgment and impose a permanent injunction against Medtronic Inc. that would block contracts a jury fo... (more story)

9th Circ. Says DOJ Subpoenas Can Support Trump Agenda

A split Ninth Circuit panel on Friday held that President Donald Trump has the authority to direct the U.S. Department of Justice to issue politically motivated subpoenas that align with his broader policy goa... (more story)

9th Circ. Revives $140M Robo-Surgery Antitrust Case

The Ninth Circuit on Thursday revived a surgical instrument repair company's antitrust suit accusing the makers of the da Vinci surgical robot of illegally blocking third parties from repairing its instruments... (more story)

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.

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Blue States Say FTC Can't Regulate Trans Youth Health

A group of left-leaning states, including Massachusetts and California, asked a Texas federal court to toss a Federal Trade Commission suit against the World Professional Association for Transgender Health, sa... (more story)

AIG Exclusion Doesn't Bar Multiplied Damages, Judge Says

A California federal judge in a narrow ruling declared that a portion of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan's insurance policy does not automatically bar coverage for a portion of a $581 million False Claims Act se... (more story)

Hospital Employees Seek Class Cert. In Retirement Funds Suit

Employees of a faith-based nonprofit Colorado hospital urged a federal judge to grant class certification in their lawsuit alleging the hospital mismanaged employees' retirement funds and ultimately cost parti... (more story)

Mass. Judge Vacates ACA Gender-Affirming Care Restriction

A Massachusetts federal judge handed a coalition of 21 states a win on their claim that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services unlawfully issued Affordable Care Act reforms barring marketplace plans ... (more story)

7th Circ. Reverses Alcoa Union Retirees' Lifetime Benefits Win

The Seventh Circuit reversed an Indiana federal court's decision holding that certain union retirees of aluminum giant Alcoa and their beneficiaries had a vested right to health benefits for life, finding erro... (more story)

AstraZeneca Joins States Aiming To Block Ill. 340B Drug Law

AstraZeneca on Friday joined some other large pharmaceutical companies in urging an Illinois federal court to block a new state law that prohibits drugmakers from restricting the types or number of pharmacies ... (more story)