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Mass. UHC Fraud Suit Signals States' Medicaid FCA Push

Massachusetts' recently filed False Claims Act suit alleging UnitedHealthcare misrepresented the health status of ... (more story)

FDA Draft Guidance Maps Payor Strategy For Psychedelics

Recently revised guidance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will operationalize a framework permitting dr... (more story)

Denying Emergency Abortion Care Is A Liability Oversight

Health systems in states with abortion bans should consider that refusing to provide emergency abortion care carri... (more story)

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Safety-Net Clinics Defend Insulin Suit Revival To Justices

Safety-net healthcare providers urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to take on the revival of their proposed antitrust class action against Sanofi-Aventis, Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk and AstraZeneca, arguing Wednesd... (more story)

Candid Health Wraps $120M Series D Funding Round

Autonomous revenue cycle management platform Candid Health, advised by Lowenstein Sandler LLP, on Wednesday revealed that it raised $120 million in its latest funding round, marking a three-times increase in v... (more story)

Fed. Circ. Panel Stands By Invalidated Spinal Fusion IP

The Federal Circuit on Wednesday said it won't rethink a panel's decision invalidating patent claims covering parts used to make expandable implant devices in spinal fusion surgeries that were the basis of a $... (more story)

This Week's Healthcare Earnings: UnitedHealth, J&J, Elevance

Payors UnitedHealth and Elevance and pharma giant Johnson & Johnson all raised their 2026 guidance after positive second quarters. Law360 has what you need to know from earnings this week.

Wyeth's Patent Loss Has Attys Focusing On Dosage

The Federal Circuit's holding that a Pfizer unit's cancer treatment patents are invalid highlights the risk of including dosages in patents without sufficient proof that those dosages work, attorneys say.

Taxation With Representation: Freshfields, Slaughter And May

In this week's Taxation With Representation, Uber Technologies Inc. buys food delivery company Delivery Hero SE, engineering group ABB Ltd. acquires flow technology company Rotork PLC, and Eli Lilly and Co. bu... (more story)

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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)

23andMe Bankruptcy Plan Bars Data Breach Suit In Calif.

A Missouri bankruptcy judge has told attorneys representing California the state can no longer press its data breach lawsuit against the reorganized 23andMe, finding the state court action is barred by the com... (more story)

Families Cite Geofence Ruling In Newborn Blood Testing Case

A group of parents suing the state of Michigan over the way newborn blood samples are collected and stored has asked a federal judge to revive its claims by citing recently decided U.S. Supreme Court precedent... (more story)

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Insurer Sanctioned For Destroying Opioid Coverage Evidence

An Illinois federal court Wednesday sanctioned an insurer in a drug wholesaler's suit seeking coverage for underlying opioid litigation, finding that the carrier intentionally destroyed key emails and underwri... (more story)

Ex-Players Seek $4M In Legal Fees In NFL Race-Norming Fight

Ex-NFL players who settled a suit over racially discriminatory assessments made by the league's disability and retirement plans are asking a Maryland federal judge for over $4 million in legal fees.

9th Circ. Won't Reopen Vax Bias Suit Against Wash. Officials

The Ninth Circuit upheld a Washington state agency's win in a suit alleging it unlawfully fired over a dozen employees rather than accommodate their religious objections to the COVID-19 vaccine, ruling they ha... (more story)

DOL Proposes E-Delivery Rule For Employer Health Plans

The U.S. Department of Labor's employee benefits arm unveiled a proposal Wednesday that would provide more opportunities for electronic delivery of employer-provided health plans' mandatory disclosures.

DC Circ. Affirms HHS Authority Over 340B Rebate Plans

The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday upheld a lower court's finding that U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has the authority to block or approve drugmakers' efforts to implement rebates instead of discounts ... (more story)

Economist Concedes Opioid Stats' Limits In Albertsons Trial

Despite testifying that Albertsons pharmacy records suggest some opioids dispensed in Washington state had "red flags" for potential diversion from legitimate use, an economist for the Evergreen State conceded... (more story)