Expert Analysis

A New Regulatory Environment For PE In Calif. Healthcare

The California Office of Health Care Affordability's proposed revisions to its cost and market impact review regul... (more story)

FDA Moves Leave Peptides In A Legal Gray Zone

While the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has taken a concrete step forward on reclassifying certain peptides, t... (more story)

NY Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q2

The year's second quarter brought several notable banking law developments to New York, including a proposal to al... (more story)

Deals & Corporate Governance More

Taxation With Representation: Cleary, Paul Weiss, Fried Frank

In this week's Taxation With Representation, Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. acquires specialty chemicals technology company Element Solutions Inc., Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. buys Crinetics Pharmaceuticals ... (more story)

Regeneron Cites Medtronic Ruling In Amgen Bundling Case

Regeneron has told a Delaware federal judge there is new reason to preserve its $407 million win against Amgen over cholesterol drug bundling after a California federal judge found in an analogous case that th... (more story)

Jazz Patent Suit Over Xyrem Survives Dismissal In NJ

A New Jersey federal judge has refused to let generic-drug company Tris Pharma Inc. escape a suit claiming its attempt to sell a competing version of Jazz Pharmaceuticals' narcolepsy drug Xyrem infringes a series of patents.

AstraZeneca Employee Traded On Icosavax Deal, SEC Says

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday accused a former AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP employee of using nonpublic information to trade ahead of the company's $1.1 billion acquisition of vacc... (more story)

Handa, Intas Face Patent Suits Over Exelixis Cancer Drug

Handa Pharmaceuticals and Intas Pharmaceuticals are wrongly trying to bring to market drugs that would compete with Exelixis Inc.'s blockbuster cancer pill Cabometyx before patents on the medication expire, ac... (more story)

Biggest Rulings For Patent Attys In 2026: A Midyear Report

The U.S. Supreme Court clarified the pleading standard for induced infringement of skinny labels, and the Federal Circuit opened the door to increased damages for patent owners. Here's what you need to know ab... (more story)

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7th Circ. Revives BIPA Suit Over Virtual Try-On Tool

The Seventh Circuit on Friday revived a proposed class action against an eyewear company accused of violating Illinois' biometric privacy law with its online "virtual try-on" tool, saying a lower court dismiss... (more story)

PBMs Fight Bid To Add Pharmacy Group To Price-Fixing Suit

Two pharmacy benefit managers have told a Michigan federal judge that a trade association for small pharmacies should not be allowed to intervene in a price-fixing lawsuit brought by the state's attorney general.

Veradigm Can't Shake Suit Over Patient Portal Data Tracking

An Illinois federal judge has refused to toss a putative class action accusing health information technology services provider Veradigm LLC of illegally divulging patient portal visitors' protected health info... (more story)

23andMe's $47M Data Breach Deal Gets Bankruptcy Court OK

A Missouri bankruptcy judge entered an order Tuesday authorizing a $46.7 million settlement between the plan administration trust created under the Chapter 11 plan of DNA-testing company 23andMe and data breac... (more story)

Quantum Readiness May Paradoxically Raise Contractor Risk

The organizations best positioned for the cryptographic system migration deadlines and other requirements under President Donald Trump’s recent quantum executive orders will be those able to inventory their cr... (more story)

Medtronic Denied Bid To Nix $382M Antitrust Loss

A California federal court has denied Medtronic Inc.'s attempt to ditch a roughly $382 million trial loss in an antitrust case accusing the company of maintaining its monopoly over a surgical device through co... (more story)

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DOJ Appeals Order Shielding Trans Youth Medical Records

The U.S. Department of Justice asked the Ninth Circuit to review a California federal court's order blocking the government from trying to identify individuals who received gender-affirming care from a Stanfor... (more story)

4 Benefits Policy Issues To Watch In 2026's 2nd Half

The U.S. Department of Labor's work to finalize a 401(k) investment selection safe harbor and plans for a new mental health parity rule are among the top employee benefits policy issues that attorneys are watc... (more story)

DOJ Defends Nurse Wage-Fixing Conviction At 9th Circ.

The U.S. Department of Justice urged a Ninth Circuit panel to reject a Las Vegas home nursing executive's appeal of its first-ever criminal wage-fixing conviction, defending its trial characterization of a len... (more story)

Kaiser Says Nurses Union Strike Violated CBA

A National Nurses United affiliate violated the terms of its collective bargaining agreement with Kaiser Permanente by orchestrating an unlawful strike involving over 7,500 nurses represented by the affiliate ... (more story)

Judge Skeptical On Restraining Order In Affirming Care Case

A D.C. federal judge appeared skeptical Thursday that a Federal Trade Commission case against a gender-affirming care organization must be halted while the group wages a separate case against the commission's ... (more story)

Gynecologist Who Improperly Reused Devices Gets 20 Years

A Memphis gynecologist was sentenced to 20 years in prison Wednesday in Tennessee federal court after being convicted in a case where he was accused of repeatedly inserting dirty, single-use medical devices in... (more story)