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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)

Texas Medicaid Fraud Decision Leaves 2 Open Questions

The Texas Supreme Court's decision in Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings v. Texas and NPT Associates, holding th... (more story)

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Shionogi To Buy Texas Biotech IntraBio In $2B Deal

Japanese drugmaker Shionogi & Co. said Monday it has agreed to acquire Austin, Texas-based biotech IntraBio Inc. for $2 billion, with Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP advising Shionogi and Kirkland & Ellis... (more story)

Drug Discounter's $48M Arbitration Award Tossed For Fraud

A Florida federal judge vacated a $48 million arbitration award won by a drug discounter for unpaid commissions for pharmacy claims under an agreement with an Illinois-based pharmacy benefit company, finding t... (more story)

Justices Want SG's View On 3 Antitrust Cases

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday called for the solicitor general's view in antitrust cases involving hard drive component prices, allergy testing and treatment, and insulin products sold through a drug discount program.

States Seek OK Of $400M Sandoz Generic Price-Fixing Deal

A coalition of 43 states and territories is seeking court approval of a $400 million settlement that would resolve allegations Sandoz Inc. and its subsidiary Fougera Pharmaceuticals Inc. participated in a wide... (more story)

Patients' Texas Anesthesia Rollup Suit Trimmed

A Texas federal judge offered patients a mixed bag Wednesday in a proposed class action accusing U.S. Anesthesia Partners Inc. of anticompetitively buying up anesthesia practices in the state and fixing prices... (more story)

Judge 'Flummoxed' By Forum Claim In IQVIA's Poaching Suit

A North Carolina Business Court judge said Thursday that he was "flummoxed" by clinical research giant IQVIA Holdings Inc.'s argument for not enforcing its own forum selection clause against four top executive... (more story)

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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)

Surgical Robot Co. Says 9th Circ. 'Expands' Antitrust Law

Intuitive Surgical asked the full Ninth Circuit to reconsider a decision reviving a surgical repair company's claims that it blocked third parties from refurbishing components for its popular da Vinci surgery ... (more story)

Media Backs Hospital Ratings Co. in 1st Amendment Dispute

Big players in the news business are weighing in on an obscure legal clash over a hospital rating system they say could have massive implications for free speech and the American press.

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1st Circ. Doubts Harvard Grant Fight Belongs In Claims Court

The First Circuit Monday appeared skeptical that a lower court erred in backing Harvard University in a suit over the Trump administration's bid to freeze more than $2 billion in grant funding, suggesting that... (more story)

Justices Won't Review Pregnancy Center Vandalism Case

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday said it will not review the conviction of a Florida woman for conspiring to violate a federal statute that prohibits intimidation and obstruction of people trying to access rep... (more story)

Justices Won't Hear Minn. Indian Child Welfare Act Case

The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to hear two foster parents' challenge to the Indian Child Welfare Act after the Minnesota Supreme Court determined they don't have standing to take on the bedrock law on ... (more story)

Teva Ruling Creates Medicare Drug 'Chaos,' Full DC Circ. Told

The federal government asked the full D.C. Circuit on Friday to reconsider a panel ruling allowing Teva to challenge Medicare's rules for deciding which drugs qualify for price negotiations, arguing the decisi... (more story)

Pa. Justices Reject Federal Limits On Agency Deference

Pennsylvania courts do not have to follow federal precedents that limit deference to a state agency's interpretation of unclear regulations, with a majority of the state's highest court finding Thursday that a... (more story)

Judge OKs Provider Not Telling Clients Of Deal End, For Now

A Colorado state judge granted Friday a home personal care services company's bid to delay notifying clients of a state regulatory agency's decision to terminate its provider agreement amid an upcoming adminis... (more story)