Expert Analysis

How The Coming Months Will Shape State Drug Price Boards

The future of state prescription drug affordability boards may be determined in the next few months, between an up... (more story)

Steps To Consider As DOJ Launches Fraud Division

The establishment this month of the National Fraud Enforcement Division within the U.S. Department of Justice is a... (more story)

Court's HRSA Policy Reversal Leaves 340B Rules Murky

A D.C. federal court's recent decision in Premier v. U.S. Department of Health limits the Health Resources and Ser... (more story)

Deals & Corporate Governance More

IQVIA Accuses Ex-Execs, Syneos Of Poaching $180M Client

IQVIA Holdings Inc. is accusing former executives of defecting to a competitor in the clinical research organization industry and initiating a corporate raid that resulted in the loss of one customer worth at ... (more story)

4 Firms Build Astorg's $1.1B Microbiology Biz Buy

Life sciences company Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. on Monday announced plans to sell its microbiology business to European private equity firm Astorg in an over $1.1 billion deal steered by four law firms.

US, Indian Firms Guide $11.75B Sun Pharma-Organon Deal

Indian pharmaceutical giant Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. has agreed to acquire New Jersey-based Organon & Co. in an all-cash deal valued at $11.75 billion, with each side of the transaction having repres... (more story)

Natera Tells Justices CareDx Made Up Circ. Split In Petition

Natera asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a petition from rival CareDx asking it to review a Third Circuit decision that erased a $45 million jury verdict stemming from CareDx's false advertising claims, s... (more story)

Taxation With Representation: Gibson Dunn, Paul Weiss

In this week's Taxation With Representation, Elon Musk's SpaceX strikes a deal with Cursor that could lead to an acquisition of the artificial intelligence startup, building products distributor QXO Inc. buys ... (more story)

FTC Cuts Deal To End Anesthesia Group Rollup Case

The Federal Trade Commission reached an agreement Thursday to settle its case accusing U.S. Anesthesia Partners Inc. of monopolizing the Texas anesthesia services market by purchasing most of the competing ane... (more story)

Digital Health & Technology More

DOJ Delay Of ADA Web Rule Undermines Equal Access

The U.S. Department of Justice's recent decision to delay compliance dates for regulations ensuring accessible government services online benefits no one, as it is long overdue for disabled Americans and doesn... (more story)

Health System Says AI Co. Botched $32M Software Project

A San Francisco-based healthcare technology company failed to deliver on promises it would consolidate a Catholic health system's data under a unified platform, breaching a projected $32 million service agreem... (more story)

Oura Hit With New Patent Suit Over Fitness Wearables

Zepp Health has hit Oura Health with a lawsuit in the Eastern District of Texas accusing the Finnish company of infringing a series of patents on wearable fitness devices, the latest salvo in a wider patent fi... (more story)

Commure Took Health Co.'s Software Trade Secrets, Suit Says

A San Diego-based healthcare technology services company has accused Commure Inc. of stealing trade secrets to launch competing cloud-based software, framing the alleged conduct as an instance of a large compa... (more story)

Nourish Can't Ax Wiretap Claims In Google Data Sharing Row

An Illinois federal judge has refused to cut wiretap and negligence claims from a proposed class action accusing telehealth provider Nourish Inc. of deploying tracking tools that illegally transmitted website ... (more story)

7th Circ. Says Fed. Laws Don't Preempt Wis. Vape Sale Ban

The Seventh Circuit declined Tuesday to revive vaping interest groups' bid to halt enforcement of a Wisconsin law banning sales of e-cigarettes that aren't approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, fi... (more story)

Policy & Compliance More

Wyoming's Latest Near-Total Abortion Ban Blocked

A Wyoming judge has blocked enforcement of the latest effort by state lawmakers to enact a rigid anti-abortion law, after the Wyoming Supreme Court in January struck down the state's previous near-total ban on abortion. 

'General Hospital' Actor Can't Revive Vax Suit Against ABC

California appellate justices refused to reinstate a "General Hospital" actor's suit alleging ABC fired him for his political views after he declined to comply with its COVID-19 vaccine policy, ruling the evid... (more story)

Bioscience Co. Allegedly Hid Volatility Risks From Investors

A company purportedly focused on using traditional Chinese medicine to treat conditions including autism spectrum disorder faces a proposed investor class action alleging it downplayed the risk it would be pro... (more story)

4th Circ. Says Medicaid Fraud Convictions Lacked Evidence

The government failed to prove the former owner of a mental health counseling company in Virginia willfully committed fraud by falsely billing Medicaid $200,000 for counseling services on two specific dates, a... (more story)

Tenn. Abortion Ban Trial Taken Off Calendar Following Appeal

A Tennessee state court has canceled a trial scheduled to begin Monday over a suit challenging the state's abortion ban and seeking clarification on when a physician can legally terminate a high-risk pregnancy.

Cigna Plan Members Say HIPAA Notice Backs Privacy Claims

A group of Cigna health plan participants who claimed the company failed to protect their private health information when it tracked their website activities told a Pennsylvania federal judge that the insuranc... (more story)