Expert Analysis

State AGs May Extend Their Reach To Nat'l Security Concerns

Companies with foreign supply-chain risk exposure need a comprehensive risk-management strategy to address a growi... (more story)

Unique Aspects Of Texas' Approach To AI Regulation

The Texas Responsible AI Governance Act — which will soon be the sole comprehensive artificial intelligence law in... (more story)

IP Ownership Risk Grows In Booming Cancer Drug Market

The ownership of intellectual property has become strategically decisive in deals involving valuable cancer therap... (more story)

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FTC Abandons In-House GTCR Merger Case After Court Loss

The Federal Trade Commission formally dropped its administrative case challenging GTCR BC Holdings LLC's acquisition of a medical coatings supplier after an Illinois federal judge refused to put the deal on hold.

Justices Refuse Drug Price-Fixing Class Action

The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that it will not review the Fourth Circuit's decision to back the dismissal of a proposed class action accusing drugmakers of conspiring and inflating the price of a medicati... (more story)

FTC Withdraws In-House GTCR Merger Case

The Federal Trade Commission withdrew its administrative case challenging GTCR BC Holdings LLC's acquisition of a medical coatings supplier to consider whether to drop the case entirely after an Illinois feder... (more story)

Is 'Red Book' Best For Drug Pricing? Pa. Justices Ask

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court seemed skeptical Wednesday that the state workers' compensation authorities were using the best guide to calculate pharmacy reimbursements for injured workers' prescription drugs... (more story)

GTCR Wants FTC's In-House Merge Case Withdrawn Too

GTCR BC Holdings LLC wants the Federal Trade Commission to rethink its in-house challenge to a medical coatings supplier merger after an Illinois federal judge refused a temporary block and the FTC opted not t... (more story)

Perrigo Sued Over Misstatements On Infant Formula Business

Perrigo Company PLC faces a shareholder class action alleging the company and its top brass failed to disclose critical issues with infant formula operations that it purchased from Nestle and caused stock pric... (more story)

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Where Apple And Masimo's Watch Patent Fight Stands Now

The high-octane fight between Apple and Masimo over smartwatch patents escalated again last week, when a California federal jury hit Apple with a $634 million infringement verdict and the U.S. International Tr... (more story)

DaVita Reaches Tentative Deal In Patients' Data Breach Suit

DaVita Inc. has reached a settlement in principle with current and former patients of the healthcare company who alleged in Colorado federal court that it did not adequately protect their personal information,... (more story)

Whoop Blood Pressure Tracker Hit With False Ad Suit

A consumer on Tuesday hit health and wellness wearable tech company Whoop Inc. with a proposed class action in California federal court alleging that its boasting of the blood pressure features of its fitness ... (more story)

Telehealth Co. Hims Sued Over College Student's Suicide

The family of a Washington State University student who died by suicide have sued telehealth company Hims & Hers Health Inc. in Washington state court, alleging their son was negligently prescribed an antidepr... (more story)

Patients Net $2.55M Deal To End Plasma Co. Data Breach Case

A group of patients is seeking a final seal of approval from a North Carolina federal judge on their $2.55 million settlement with a plasma collection company accused of failing to safeguard their personal dat... (more story)

Apple Hit By $634M Verdict Over Masimo Health Tech Patent

A California federal jury on Friday awarded Masimo Corp. more than $634 million from Apple Inc. following an eight-day trial, finding that certain Apple Watches infringed one of Masimo's pulse oximetry patents... (more story)

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ND Justices Reverse Ruling That Struck Down Abortion Ban

North Dakota's near-total ban on abortion is back in effect after the state's top court narrowly reversed a lower court decision by failing to reach the supermajority required to declare the law unconstitutional.

Hi-Tech Pharma CEO Beats Most Of Feds' Fraud Case

A Georgia federal jury acquitted Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals' chief executive on the bulk of the conspiracy, fraud and money laundering charges leveled against him, rejecting allegations that he cheated his custom... (more story)

Justices Won't Review Doctor's Conviction For Reusing Devices

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a petition from a North Carolina physician seeking to revisit the Fourth Circuit's decision to back her conviction for healthcare fraud.

DC Judge Axes Teva Challenge To Drug Price Program

A D.C. federal judge tossed a challenge by Teva Pharmaceuticals to the Medicare drug price negotiation program, marking the latest in a series of losses by drugmakers and trade groups seeking to upend the program.

Fla. Wound Doctor Agrees To Pay $45M For Overbilling Claims

A Florida doctor and his companies agreed to pay $45 million to settle a suit alleging he submitted fraudulent claims to Medicare for medically unnecessary wound care procedures, the U.S. government said Friday. 

Colo. Healthcare System Stiffing Workers, Court Told

A pair of former workers for a hospital and healthcare facility operator in Colorado have accused their past employer of routinely shortchanging their pay in violation of state and federal wage and hour laws, ... (more story)