Expert Analysis

Contact Lens Rule's Evolution Steers FTC Guidance Program

The history of the Federal Trade Commission's Contact Lens Rule illustrates the goals of the FTC's recently announ... (more story)

Abbott FCA Deal Shows Enforcement Adequacy Quandaries

Abbott Laboratories’ recent False Claims Act resolution illustrates several tricky questions that both prosecutors... (more story)

New DNA Screening Standard Has No Clear Playbook

Although the government has not yet released promised guidance intended to support its new standards for screening... (more story)

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Mayne, Ascend Cut $1M Generic Price-Fixing Deal With States

Ascend Laboratories, Mayne Pharma and Citron Pharma asked a Connecticut federal judge Thursday to sign off on a settlement with a coalition of states resolving claims the companies were involved in an illegal ... (more story)

Genesis Healthcare Gets OK For Amended $1B Asset Sale

A Texas bankruptcy judge Thursday approved the sale of Genesis Healthcare's 175 care facilities after being told that the debtor had reached an amended deal with the buyer that will add $15 million in cash to ... (more story)

Viatris To Buy Pacira BioSciences For $1.65B

Viatris has agreed to acquire non-opioid pain treatment maker Pacira BioSciences for $1.65 billion, with Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP advising Viatris and Ashurst Perkins Coie representing Pacira, the companies said Thursday.

3rd Circ. Upends Sandoz's $61.6M Award Against UTC

A Third Circuit panel on Wednesday erased Sandoz Inc.'s $61.6 million award in a breach of contract case against United Therapeutics Corp., in a decision that sidesteps the major pharmaceutical company's reque... (more story)

NC Hospital Accuses Blue Cross Of Refusing Covered Claims

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina is refusing to pay or underpaying for covered services on behalf of its members, a hospital in the Tar Heel State has alleged in a new complaint accusing the insure... (more story)

Immunomedics Founder Says Deal Triggered $365M Pay Claim

The founder of Immunomedics urged Delaware's highest court Wednesday to reinstate his roughly $365 million compensation claim against the biotechnology company, alleging Gilead Sciences Inc. became an "affilia... (more story)

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Wash. Justices Say Privacy Act Doesn't Bar Hospital Pixel Use

The Washington State Supreme Court said Thursday the state's privacy act does not prohibit Seattle Children's Hospital from using web analytics tool Meta Pixel on its public-facing website, rejecting a group o... (more story)

Masimo's $634M Apple IP Win Boosted By $184M In Interest

A California federal judge on Monday ordered Apple Inc. to pay Masimo Corp. $184 million in prejudgment interest on top of a $634 million damages award for infringing a Masimo pulse oximetry patent through an ... (more story)

Medivis Gets Some AR Device Patent Claims Cut In Remand

After the Federal Circuit faulted the Patent Trial and Appeal Board for upholding a Novarad Corp. patent on augmented reality technology for surgeons, the board found on remand that Medivis Inc. had shown that... (more story)

Fed. Circ. Won't Rethink Vacating Contractor's $12.7M Award

The Federal Circuit said Thursday it won't disturb a unanimous three-judge panel's decision vacating a roughly $12.7 million award a software developer won against the federal government over unauthorized soft... (more story)

Google's Calif. Forum Win Sets Stage For MDL Coverage Fight

A Delaware decision means Google can argue for coverage for a social media MDL in its home state. It also puts the tech giant in the clear of a judge who ruled against Meta in a related case.

Social Media Cos., Teens Spar Over Evidence Ahead Of Trials

Social media companies and teens who allege the companies harmed their mental health sparred in California state court Tuesday over what evidence jurors will hear in an upcoming round of bellwether trials, inc... (more story)

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Texas Clinics Settle False COVID-19 Billing Claims For $20M

Two Texas clinics under the same ownership have agreed to pay the government $20 million to settle False Claims Act allegations that they lied about COVID-19 billing, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

High Court Urged To Keep Prison Trans Care Ban Blocked

The U.S. Supreme Court should decline the Trump administration's request to disturb a district court order barring the Federal Bureau of Prisons from enforcing a gender dysphoria care ban, a group of transgend... (more story)

New Fraud Division Flexes Might In Latest Enforcement Policy

The National Fraud Enforcement Division's new corporate enforcement policy emphasizes the quick pursuit of certain types of fraud through data analysis and staff resources, expands the target list beyond tradi... (more story)

Blue Cross Must Justify Carve-Up Unit By Unit In Calif.

Counsel for hospital plaintiffs touted a "landmark" win in California state court litigation that will require the Blue Cross Blue Shield network to justify unit by unit how it has carved up markets.

Eldercare Co.'s Wage Class Fight Bound For Wash. High Court

Washington's highest court agreed Tuesday to take up whether an appellate panel rightly revived two workers' proposed wage-and-hour class action against an eldercare provider despite the plaintiffs' membership... (more story)

PhRMA Sues To Block Medicare Foreign Drug Price Rule

The pharmaceutical industry's top lobbying group asked a D.C. federal judge Wednesday to block a new Medicare rule tying Part B drug payments to prices abroad, claiming that the U.S. Department of Health and H... (more story)