Fecal Testing Startup Founders Reach $250K Deal With SEC
Two founders of a now-shuttered fecal testing startup have agreed to pay $125,000 each to put to rest the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's allegations that they used a fraudulent insurance billing sch... (more story)
Express Scripts Seeks To Exit AIDS Group's Drug Rate Suit
Express Scripts called on a Washington federal judge to toss a lawsuit accusing it of using its market power to bully the AIDS Healthcare Foundation into accepting lower reimbursement rates for life-saving dru... (more story)
1st Circ. Seems Torn Over Health Plan Surcharge For Smokers
A First Circuit panel appeared divided Wednesday over whether a casino company is required to refund tobacco use fees after smokers on the company's health plan complete a tobacco cessation program.
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)