Expert Analysis

AI Due Diligence Is Key For Healthcare M&A

As usage of artificial intelligence in healthcare continues to rise, the due diligence landscape for healthcare me... (more story)

Bracing For Enforcers' Growing Focus On Behavioral Health

While recent law enforcement scrutiny of the behavioral health industry has resulted in several settlements, indic... (more story)

DOJ Activity Indicates Rising Antitrust Risk For Hospitals

Two civil actions filed by the U.S. Department of Justice against New York-Presbyterian Hospital and OhioHealth, b... (more story)

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Humana Investor Sues Over Alleged Kickback Scheme

Humana Inc. is in hot water with an investor following its inability to shake off a False Claims Act suit brought by the U.S. Department of Justice, with a stockholder suit filed in Kentucky on Wednesday sayin... (more story)

More Calls for Transparency As CVS Hit With 340B Suits

A series of complaints lodged against health giant CVS may be a bellwether for more scrutiny to come against healthcare middlemen.

Stearns Weaver Adds Fla. Regulatory Atty From Panza Maurer

A former partner with Panza Maurer & Maynard has moved her administrative and regulatory and healthcare law practice to Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson PA in Tallahassee.

Law360 Reveals Titans Of The Plaintiffs Bar

This past year, 10 lawyers across the country at plaintiffs' firms big and small helped secure millions of dollars in settlements and verdicts for their clients, going up against powerful defendants like Googl... (more story)

Intellia Drops Counterclaims In Gene-Editing Patent Case

Intellia Therapeutics Inc. has agreed to drop a set of claims it asserted in a Delaware federal suit brought by BlueAllele, which accused it of infringing three gene-editing patents to bring in $100 million in... (more story)

Fed. Circ. Restores 2 Patent Suits On Same Standing Issue

The Federal Circuit on Tuesday reinstated a pair of patent infringement suits from patent owners that licensed their intellectual property to other parties, finding that the companies met the minimum constitut... (more story)

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Md. Docs Seek $50M After DOJ's Failed Russia Case

Two Maryland physicians sued the U.S. Department of Justice and federal health agencies alleging an outdated news release still portrays them as threats to national security despite the dismissal of criminal c... (more story)

Trump's Melding Of Politics, Antitrust Hard To Roll Back

Environmental initiatives, diversity programs, anti-misinformation efforts and gender-affirming care have become central targets for President Donald Trump's antitrust enforcers in what observers say is an inc... (more story)

1st Circ. Allows Transfer Of RI Youth Care Info To Texas Court

The First Circuit declined to halt a Texas federal court's order requiring a Rhode Island hospital to hand over records detailing its provision of gender-affirming care to minors, finding a Rhode Island agency... (more story)

Tracking Tech Suit Is A Risk Management Reminder For Cos.

The Fifth Circuit recently heard oral argument in Rand v. Eyemart Express — an appeal that could reshape the legal landscape for businesses that deploy tracking tech on their websites — underscoring the import... (more story)

Apple's Fed. Circ. Review Bid Gets Support In Watch Ban Feud

Technology industry groups and an organization that often files patent challenges have thrown their support behind Apple's fight against a Federal Circuit panel's finding that the U.S. International Trade Comm... (more story)

Squires Ends Samsung-Requested IPR Over Related PGR

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board will no longer conduct an inter partes review into the validity of an Omni MedSci wearable device patent, now that there will be a separate post-grant review.

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Pharmacies Beat Fla. Hospitals' Opioids Suit

A Florida state judge has handed Walmart, Walgreens and CVS a win in a fight with hospitals over treatment of opioid-addicted patients, finding the hospitals cannot recover damages under state racketeering law... (more story)

ProPublica Denied Access To Ranbaxy Antitrust MDL Docs

A Massachusetts federal court denied ProPublica's bid to unseal court filings in settled multidistrict litigation alleging a subsidiary of Indian drugmaker Sun Pharmaceuticals illegally delayed market entry of... (more story)

Judge Doubts Prison Bureau Claim Trans Care Isn't Banned

A D.C. federal judge repeatedly challenged a Trump administration attorney's claims that a looming ban on gender-affirming care in federal prisons wouldn't amount to a categorical ban on hormone treatments for... (more story)

NY-Presbyterian Says DOJ's Antitrust Case Is Misguided

New York-Presbyterian Hospital is pushing back against claims that it blocks cheaper insurance plans through its contracts with insurers, telling a federal court that enforcers are challenging industry-standar... (more story)

US Tells Justices To Hold 'Lightning Rod' Health Ministry Case

The U.S. Supreme Court should hold out on deciding whether a New Mexico insurance law violates the religious rights of nonprofit healthcare-sharing ministries that provide cheap, Christian-focused health insur... (more story)

9th Circ. Won't Revive Wash. City Workers' Vax Mandate Suit

A Ninth Circuit panel Tuesday put an end to city workers' lawsuit challenging Bellingham, Washington's COVID-19 vaccine mandate, ruling that a lower court appropriately dismissed the action and barred the work... (more story)