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CMS Rule, DOJ Probes Deepen Gender Care Compliance Risk

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' final rule restricting Medicaid funding for hospitals that provide g... (more story)

5th Circ. Ruling Hints At Loper Bright's Effect On OSHA Suits

The Fifth Circuit's recent decision in Exxon Mobil v. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission relied on L... (more story)

2 Cases Shed Light On Invoking The 5th Before Congress

Given the anticipated increase in congressional investigations following the midterm elections, those who anticipa... (more story)

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Express Scripts Accused Of Shorting Independent Pharmacies

A dozen independent Arkansas pharmacies on Tuesday hauled Express Scripts into Missouri state court, accusing the pharmacy benefit management giant of continuously shorting them on prescription reimbursements ... (more story)

Insurers Can't Nix $195M Opioid Coverage Bid, Trustee Says

Chubb, Liberty Mutual and Lloyd's of London units and other insurers can't get off the hook for covering the remainder of third-party payor opioid lawsuits against Endo International, a representative for a tr... (more story)

Molina Escapes Investor Action Over Guidance Cuts, For Now

Health insurance provider Molina Healthcare and two of its executives have, for now, escaped a shareholder suit accusing them of misleading investors about medical costs and internal controls before the compan... (more story)

Cooley, Latham Prep Electra Therapeutics' $325M IPO Plan

Biotechnology firm Electra Therapeutics plans to make its public debut this week through an estimated $325 million initial public offering steered by Cooley LLP and Latham & Watkins LLP.

NC Residents Lose Class Cert. Bid In Hospital Antitrust Fight

A state court judge has denied class certification to a group of residents in western North Carolina in their healthcare antitrust case, saying they fell short of showing classwide impact in the form of allege... (more story)

Fed. Circ. Agrees Globus Didn't Infringe Spinal Surgery IP

The Federal Circuit on Friday upheld a Pennsylvania federal judge's decisions clearing Globus Medical Inc. of infringing Moskowitz Family LLC spinal surgery tool patents, agreeing that language used in the pat... (more story)

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ITC To Eye Part Of Judge's Decision In Medical Dilation Row

The full U.S. International Trade Commission is set to look at parts of an agency judge's ruling in favor of medical technology company Stryker Corp. in a fight against imports it said infringed its patents on... (more story)

FDA-SEC Data Pact Puts Spotlight On Pharma Disclosures

A new data-sharing deal between federal drug and securities officials means drugmakers better have their story straight when they tell investors and the public about U.S. Food and Drug Administration approvals.

11th Circ. Urged To Undo Trial Loss For Hospital Ratings Org

A Florida federal court order requiring hospital ratings nonprofit Leapfrog to revoke poor safety grades it issued to five hospitals owned by Tenet Healthcare Corp. violated the First Amendment, Leapfrog told ... (more story)

Apple Watch Ban In Masimo ITC Patent Case Hits High Court

Apple Inc. has told the U.S. Supreme Court that the Federal Circuit improperly "lowered the bar" for meeting the U.S. International Trade Commission's domestic industry requirement in patent disputes, by affir... (more story)

Squires Grants 10 Patent Reviews, Rejects None

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires has instituted 10 more Patent Trial and Appeal Board petitions, largely in the pharmaceutical space.

Judge Won't Touch Verdict In Blood Collection Patent Case

A Delaware federal judge has denied a bid from medical equipment maker Kurin for a new trial after a jury found it owed Magnolia Medical $1.6 million for infringement of three patents covering blood culture co... (more story)

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8th Circ. Revives Doctor's Suit Over COVID Speech Probes

An Eighth Circuit panel on Tuesday revived a doctor's suit seeking an order limiting a Minnesota state medical board's ability to investigate him for his public statements related to the COVID-19 pandemic, fin... (more story)

Urology Tech Co. Can't Duck Antitrust Suit

A New Hampshire federal judge has refused to let Laborie Medical Technologies Corp. escape a proposed class action accusing it of anticompetitively locking healthcare providers already using its urology device... (more story)

Connecticut Wins Fight Over School Vaccine Exemptions

Connecticut has won the dismissal of a challenge to its mandatory school vaccination laws, beating through both litigation and legislative amendments allegations by parents that the state's rollback of vaccine... (more story)

Meet The Attys In The 340B Battle At 1st Circ.

Gibson Dunn and Dunn Isaacson Rhee attorneys presented arguments Tuesday at the First Circuit over whether drug manufacturers can intervene in a challenge to a now-suspended drug rebate program for hospitals. ... (more story)

Mich. AG Says PBMs Put Opioid Profits Before Patient Safety

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has asked a federal court not to dismiss the state's lawsuit accusing pharmacy benefit managers including Express Scripts and Optum of abetting the opioid epidemic, arguin... (more story)

7th Circ. Debates Federalism, Bad-Faith Prosecution Limits

A case deemed moot by the Seventh Circuit nonetheless drew commentary Monday from several judges on the court, with four calling an injunction that blocked Florida from pursuing a state court suit over youth g... (more story)