Expert Analysis

DOL Association Health Plan Rule Could Cut Employer Costs

The U.S. Department of Labor's proposed rule would redefine who may act as an employer for purposes of sponsoring ... (more story)

FDA Classification Setback Bodes Well For Wound Care Cos.

A Georgia federal court's recent decision in MiMedx v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration constrains the FDA's anal... (more story)

Defending Hospital Antisteering Clauses From DOJ Scrutiny

The Trump administration has recently made clear that pursuing antitrust challenges to antisteering provisions in ... (more story)

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Healthcare REITs Funnel Billions Into Senior Housing In Q3

The two biggest healthcare real estate investment trusts in the U.S., Welltower Inc. and Ventas Inc., have invested a combined $26 billion this year in buying senior housing for their respective portfolios, as... (more story)

MVP: Dudensing Law's Ed Dudensing

Ed Dudensing of Dudensing Law won a $110 million verdict in a case involving a dementia victim at a private equity-backed senior housing facility and a separate $15.75 million total jury verdict in a neglected... (more story)

Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attorneys From 89 Firms

The lawyers chosen as Law360's 2026 MVPs stand out from their peers by notching significant achievements in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-setting transactions.

Teva, AbbVie To Face Trial Over Niaspan Pay-For-Delay Claims

Long-running multidistrict litigation over AbbVie and Teva Pharmaceuticals' agreement to delay generic forms of cholesterol drug Niaspan is headed toward trial, after a Pennsylvania federal judge Friday found ... (more story)

Healthcare GC Matches Her Jobs To Her Social Conscience

With a degree in social work, Ashley Lunkenheimer has combined her love of social causes with her passion for law to lead the legal and compliance efforts at a home healthcare company that has a special approach.

3 Federal Circuit Clashes To Watch In November

A high-stakes case that will determine whether the U.S. government should face patent infringement claims over Moderna's COVID-19 vaccines and Labcorp's appeal of a nine-figure patent verdict against it are am... (more story)

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Meta Users Win Class Cert. In Pixel Healthcare Data Suit

A California federal judge certified four classes of Facebook users who allege Meta Platforms collected their personal health information through data tracking tools on healthcare providers' websites, rejectin... (more story)

Judge 'Put Off' By Atty Fee Bid In $59.5M Menstrual App Deal

A California federal judge said Thursday that he'll give final approval to a $59.5 million settlement resolving class claims over a menstrual tracking app sharing sensitive health data with Google, but he cut ... (more story)

Squires Grants 4 Patent Review Bids In Latest Bulk Order

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires has greenlighted four new petitions seeking review of patents in his latest round of decisions, while turning down one on discretionary grounds.

Milliman Reaches $15.5M Deal In Life Insurance FCRA Suit

Risk management firm Milliman Inc. is set to pay $15.5 million to resolve a consumer class action accusing the company of peddling flawed information to life insurance companies, according to a proposed settle... (more story)

OpenAI Sued Over Epilepsy Death Allegedly Tied To ChatGPT

​The parents of a Chinese national with epilepsy who died earlier this year sued OpenAI on Tuesday in California state court, alleging ChatGPT was effectively practicing medicine without a license when it desi... (more story)

Full 9th Circ. Won't Review Surgical Robot Antitrust Fight

The full Ninth Circuit declined to reconsider an appellate panel's recent decision reviving a surgical repair company's antitrust suit alleging Intuitive Surgical blocked third parties from supplying parts for... (more story)

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1st Circ. Won't Revive Sex Bias Suit Against Benefits Co.

The First Circuit refused to reinstate a lawsuit from a data architect who said a health benefits company fired her because she's a woman, saying she hadn't alleged that colleagues responsible for "stray" sexi... (more story)

7th Circ. Skeptical Of Taiwanese Doctor's Race Bias Suit

The Seventh Circuit appeared reluctant Tuesday to revive a Taiwanese doctor's race bias suit claiming he was forced to quit after facing unfair probes of his medical decisions, as an appellate panel questioned... (more story)

NJ Parents' Suit Challenging Storing Baby DNA Gets Tossed

A New Jersey federal judge tossed a proposed class action Friday challenging the Garden State's practice of keeping newborn babies' residual blood spots without parental consent, finding the parents haven't al... (more story)

HHS Says Wash. Has No Stake In Noncitizen Medicaid Fight

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is fighting Washington state's bid to join a legal challenge to the Trump administration's attempts to withdraw federal Medicaid funding for certain noncitizens... (more story)

Ohio Judge Strikes Down Remainder Of 6-Week Abortion Ban

An Ohio state judge permanently blocked provisions of the state's "heartbeat law" that were previously under review after the court found that the bill's main feature — its prohibition on abortion after around... (more story)

Botox Exempt From Medicare Price Talks, Judge Rules

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services can't subject AbbVie's Botox to Medicare price negotiations under the Inflation Reduction Act, a D.C. federal judge held, finding CMS misinterpreted an IRA exclusio... (more story)