Expert Analysis

FTC's Clinical Trial Requirement Threatens Food Claim Rules

The Federal Trade Commission's general requirement for randomized controlled trials for most health-benefit claims... (more story)

Risk Reduction Lessons For PE Firms From PowerSchool Suit

A California federal court's recent orders allowing claims against Bain Capital to proceed based on a data breach ... (more story)

HHS Enforcement Restructuring Signals Compliance Risks

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' recent restructuring of its Office for Civil Rights suggests tha... (more story)

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Cassava Investors Ink $31M Drug Suit Deal Alongside Appeal

Cassava Sciences investors have asked a Texas federal judge to preliminarily approve a $31 million settlement that ends their claims the pharmaceutical company inflated its stock prices with misleading informa... (more story)

FTC Requires Fix For Aurobindo's $250M Lannett Deal

The Federal Trade Commission is allowing Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. to move ahead with its planned $250 million acquisition of Lannett Co. Inc., after the pharmaceutical company agreed to unload four generic drug p... (more story)

Sorrento RICO Case Naming Jackson Walker Gets Axed

A Texas bankruptcy judge blocked a lawsuit in California federal court alleging Jackson Walker LLP and executives at Sorrento Therapeutics and M3 Partners conspired to forum shop in Texas so the drug developer... (more story)

Goodwin, Latham Lead Biotech Kardigan's $400M IPO

Venture-backed Kardigan Inc., a biotechnology firm developing therapies for cardiovascular diseases, hit the public markets on Thursday after raising $400 million in its initial public offering.

Eli Lilly Settles Mounjaro TM Suit Against Seattle Area Clinics

Eli Lilly has agreed to drop a lawsuit accusing two Washington clinics of ripping off its trademarks for the weight loss drugs Mounjaro and Zepbound, according to a voluntary dismissal motion filed in federal ... (more story)

Taxation With Representation: Gibson Dunn, Davis Polk, S&C

In this week's Taxation With Representation, SpaceX prices a $75 billion initial public offering at its designated price range, Apollo Global Management leads a capital commitment for a Broadcom initiative to ... (more story)

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Planned Parenthood Sent Patient Data To Google, Suit Says

Planned Parenthood and regional affiliates were hit with a proposed class action alleging they use hidden tracking tools on their website and patient portals to transmit sensitive sexual and reproductive healt... (more story)

Stryker Says Data Breach Suit Built On Speculation

Michigan-based medical technology company Stryker Corp. has asked a federal judge to toss a proposed class action over a March cyberattack, arguing the former and current employees suing the company cannot sho... (more story)

Wellstar Reaches Deal In Patient Data-Sharing Suit

Georgia's largest healthcare system has reached a settlement with a group of anonymous patients who alleged that the confidential health information of "millions" was shared with Meta Platform Inc. without con... (more story)

Eli Lilly Weight Drug TM Deal Too Secretive, Ind. Judge Says

An Indiana federal judge on Thursday refused to sign off on a confidential settlement that would bar a telehealth company from selling knock-offs of Eli Lilly's weight-loss medications, saying the companies di... (more story)

Express Scripts Can't Ditch Meta Wiretap Suit Yet

A California federal judge refused to dismiss a proposed class action alleging Express Scripts lets Meta secretly read consumers' communications, saying a consumer sufficiently claimed the online pharmacy allo... (more story)

Novo Nordisk Sued Over Data Hack Tied To Extortionist Group

Novo Nordisk was hit with a proposed negligence class action in New Jersey federal court alleging the pharmaceutical giant failed to have adequate data security measures in place to protect sensitive personal ... (more story)

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Texas Woman Says ERs Violated EMTALA Amid Miscarriage

A Texas woman urged the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to investigate two providers over their alleged violations of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, or EMTALA, when she sought tre... (more story)

What To Know About State-Level PBM Reform

Healthcare attorneys are keeping a close eye on new laws focused on the vertical integration of pharmacy benefit managers.

FTC Tells 4th Circ. Court Got It Wrong In J&J Stelara Case

The Federal Trade Commission has told the Fourth Circuit that a Virginia federal court messed up when it ruled in an antitrust suit against Johnson & Johnson that the company bringing the suit needed to show s... (more story)

What To Know About The Missouri Abortion Law Ruling

Nearly two years after Missouri residents enshrined reproductive rights into the state constitution, a judge ruled that more than three dozen state laws conflicted with the 2024 ballot amendment. Law360 Health... (more story)

BCLP Health Atty Talks False Claims Act, Move From DOJ

A former leader of False Claims Act enforcement at the U.S. Department of Justice has joined Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP. Susan Carney Lynch spoke to Law360 Healthcare Authority about the move and trends i... (more story)

UnitedHealth Trims But Can't Escape 401(k) Forfeiture Suit

UnitedHealth Group won dismissal of some claims in a proposed class action alleging the company mismanaged its employee 401(k) and profit sharing plan by misallocating forfeitures, but couldn't escape allegati... (more story)