Expert Analysis

CMS 2027 Proposal Is Mixed Bag For Medicare Advantage

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' recent proposed rule for the Medicare Advantage and Part D program... (more story)

Insights From 2025's Flood Of Data Breach Litigation

Several coherent patterns emerged from 2025's data breach litigation activity, suggesting that judges have grown s... (more story)

3 Key Takeaways From Planned Rescheduling Of Cannabis

An executive order reviving cannabis rescheduling represents a monumental change for the industry and, while the s... (more story)

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Ex-CEO Of COVID Vax Maker Accused Of Insider Trading

New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday sued the former CEO of healthcare contractor Emergent BioSolutions Inc., alleging insider trading amid troubles manufacturing a COVID-19 vaccine, while signi... (more story)

Emails Show Deceit In Medicare Advantage Deal, NC Court Told

Internal documents from Atrium Health Inc. show the company never intended to follow through on a partnership for a new Medicare Advantage health plan with a plan provider who spent tens of millions of dollars... (more story)

Prospect Medical Says Calif. Hospital Buyer Owes $11.6M

Prospect Medical Holdings Inc. has asked a Texas bankruptcy judge to order the buyer of its California hospitals to cough up $11.6 million owed under an asset purchase agreement inked last year, saying it's at... (more story)

Sidley-Led Smith & Nephew Inks $450M Orthopaedics Deal

Sidley Austin-advised Smith & Nephew said Monday it will acquire Gunderson Dettmer-led U.S. sports medicine company Integrity Orthopaedics and its Tendon Seam rotator cuff repair technology in a deal valued at... (more story)

Ex-Doximity Exec Cops To $2.5M Insider Trading Scheme

The former chief revenue officer of publicly traded medical professional networking platform Doximity pled guilty Friday in New York federal court to securities fraud in connection to allegations that he illeg... (more story)

Biopharma Co. Secures D&O Coverage For Shareholder Suit

A biopharmaceutical company is entitled to coverage for a suit alleging its board breached fiduciary duties under a pair of primary and excess directors and officers policies, a Delaware state court ruled, say... (more story)

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Call Vendors Skirt Wiretap Suit Over AI Transcription Tool

An Illinois federal judge has released dental support organization Heartland Dental LLC and its contractor from a proposed class action accusing them of illegally using an artificial intelligence-powered note-... (more story)

Ad Campaign Sparks New Front In Battle Over Abortion Meds

Advertisements that ask South Dakota drivers two questions — "Pregnant? Don't want to be?" — have ignited an unusual First Amendment fight now underway in state and federal courts. Here's what to know about the issue.

PharMerica's Deal To Pay Ransomware Victims Over $5M OK'd

A Kentucky federal judge on Monday granted preliminary approval of a nearly $5.3 million settlement between PharMerica Inc. and a proposed class of patients and employees who alleged the company failed to impl... (more story)

9th Circ. Revives Suit Over Milliman's 'Fuzzy Matching' Tactic

The Ninth Circuit on Friday reversed a decision tossing one of two classes in litigation accusing consulting firm Milliman of peddling inaccurate information by using a strategy known as "fuzzy" data matching ... (more story)

Wash. Justices Take Up Pixel Privacy Suit Against Hospital

The Washington Supreme Court has taken up a group of parents' bid to revive their proposed class action accusing Seattle Children's Hospital of sharing their private data with Facebook parent company Meta by i... (more story)

Cooley-Led Eir Partners Wraps $1B Health Tech Fund

Cooley LLP-advised private equity shop Eir Partners Capital LP on Thursday announced that it wrapped its third fund with $1 billion of investor commitments, which will be used to invest in health technology an... (more story)

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5th Circ. Revives Allstate's Fraud Suit Over Car Crash Billing

The Fifth Circuit on Wednesday revived Allstate's racketeering suit alleging doctors and personal injury lawyers unleashed a barrage of unnecessary treatments for car accident patients and caused Allstate to p... (more story)

Trump Admin Defies Funding K-12 Mental Health Grants

The Trump administration is fighting an effort by a coalition of U.S. states to preserve at least six months of funding for K-12 mental health grants meant to help students process gun violence, arguing that a... (more story)

Colo. Eye Clinics Settle Medicaid Double-Billing Claims

The Colorado attorney general's office announced Thursday that it reached a settlement totaling $520,000 with two eye care clinics that the state claimed were double-billing a Medicaid vision program for more than five years.

NC Attys Can Withdraw From 'Unworkable' Nurses' Pay Row

Two attorneys who said they had "irreconcilable differences" with nurse practitioners who did not meet their contractual financial obligations can withdraw their representation in a minimum wage lawsuit agains... (more story)

CVS Ducks Antitrust But Not Biz Interference Claim At 5th Circ.

A Fifth Circuit panel has largely sided with CVS Pharmacy and its Caremark affiliate by preserving a district court's dismissal of federal antitrust claims over a Mississippi pharmacy's rejection from particip... (more story)

Pharmacy Wields Antitrust Law In Challenge To GLP-1 Giants

Eli Lilly & Co. and Novo Nordisk are using their dominant positions in the market for weight loss and diabetes medications to squash potential competitors, including through unlawful exclusivity agreements wit... (more story)