Expert Analysis

11th Circ. FCA Qui Tam Revival Queues Up Next Challenges

Though the Eleventh Circuit on Sept. 1 upheld the constitutionality of the False Claims Act's qui tam provision, i... (more story)

Prepping Health Businesses For Sale In A Data-Driven Market

In a thinner market for healthcare transactions, with both regulators and buyers using artificial intelligence to ... (more story)

Rejection Of NLRB Successor Bar Renews An Employer Tool

Although the D.C. Circuit's recent ruling in Hospital Menonita v. National Labor Relations Board does not allow pu... (more story)

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American Healthcare Buys $572M Senior Housing Portfolio

American Healthcare REIT Inc. has paid $572 million to Kensington Senior Living for six luxury senior housing communities that have 464 units in total, the clinical healthcare-focused real estate investment trust announced.

REIT Pays $200M For 4-Site Minn. Senior Housing Portfolio

Senior housing and healthcare-focused real estate investment trust LTC Properties said Wednesday that it has acquired four senior housing properties in Minnesota for $200 million.

DOJ Fraud Declination Highlights Self-Disclosure Tradeoffs

As exemplified by the U.S. Department of Justice's declination of charges against Campus Eye Management under its new corporate enforcement policy, self-disclosure can be an attractive option for healthcare co... (more story)

9 More Drug Cos. Make Pricing Agreements With US

Nine more branded drug manufacturers reached deals cutting prices on their medications, President Donald Trump announced Monday, with nearly 90% of such products now being covered by "most-favored nation" deal... (more story)

Doctor Shorted Practice Co-Owner On Distributions, Suit Says

A Colorado ophthalmologist failed to pay the co-owner of his practice the full distribution amounts owed to that physician while overpaying himself, according to a lawsuit filed in state court.

Guardant Suits Against Tempus AI Clear Dismissal Bids

A Delaware federal judge has refused to throw out litigation accusing Tempus AI Inc. of infringing Guardant Health Inc. patents covering technology used to analyze cancer-related genetic data and help guide te... (more story)

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Contractor Seeks Redo After Fed. Circ. Vacates $12.7M Award

A software developer has urged the en banc Federal Circuit to rethink a panel's decision vacating a $12.7 million award against the federal government over unauthorized copies of the company's software, saying... (more story)

DC Circ. Backs Fair Use Repairs On Med Device Software

The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday ruled that using copyrighted data and computer programs for the purpose of repairing medical devices falls under the fair use exemption, rejecting a challenge from two industry grou... (more story)

Zimmer Wins Hip Implant Suit After Expert Testimony Tossed

A New York federal judge handed Zimmer Inc. an early win in a multidistrict litigation case alleging its hip prosthetics are faulty, after finding that the plaintiff's only expert witness could not testify bec... (more story)

AbbVie 'Concocted' Cancer Drug IP Claims, Biotech Firm Says

Biotech firms ProfoundBio and Genmab urged a Seattle federal judge Thursday to throw out rival AbbVie's lawsuit accusing two of its former employees of taking trade secrets on cancer therapies to ProfoundBio, ... (more story)

NJ Says TikTok Is Withholding Key Child Usage Data

New Jersey urged a state judge to force TikTok to hand over detailed user engagement data the state said was essential in proving that the platform's design harmed children, accusing the company of months of e... (more story)

DaVita, Patients Get Early Nod In $15M Data Breach Deal

A Colorado federal judge has given the initial green light to DaVita Inc.'s proposed $15 million settlement with millions of past and present patients who claim the healthcare company didn't adequately protect... (more story)

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Pa. Opens Home Care Wage Probes Covering 100K Workers

Pennsylvania is planning to step up enforcement of wage laws for home care employees, the state's labor secretary has announced, saying these workers are particularly vulnerable to wage theft.

Doctor Supervision Regs Unconstitutional In NC, Nurse Says

North Carolina must do away with regulations requiring nurse practitioners to enter practice agreements with supervising physicians, an owner of several clinics providing menopause-related care argued in a sta... (more story)

States Sue To Block Medicaid Ban On Youth Gender Care

Twenty state attorneys general on Wednesday challenged the Trump administration's plan to halt Medicaid funding for minors' gender-affirming care, alleging the move would violate federal law and usurp congress... (more story)

Danish Researcher Pleads Guilty To CDC Grant Money Theft

A Danish researcher who spent more than 14 years as a fugitive from U.S. authorities pled guilty Tuesday to operating a wire fraud scheme that diverted more than $1 million in grant money intended to fund over... (more story)

2nd Circ. Says PBM Opioid Crisis Suits Belong In Fed. Court

Local New York governments can't keep dozens of suits alleging two of the nation's largest pharmacy benefit managers contributed to the opioid epidemic in state court, a Second Circuit panel held Wednesday, fi... (more story)

Mylan's Conflict Concerns Halt Antitrust Bellwether Trial Plans

A Pennsylvania federal judge on Wednesday stayed proceedings and continued the trial date in the sprawling generic drug antitrust case after defendant Mylan alleged that the special discovery master, Saxton & ... (more story)