UPMC, NYU Will End Gender-Affirming Trans Care For Minors

By Gina Kim

New York University Langone Hospital and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center will pay $8.5 million and $950,000 respectively and will stop providing gender-affirming care to children, the Justice Department said Friday, closing another chapter in the Trump administration's use of the False Claims Act to target healthcare for trans minors. 

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2nd Circ. Says No Surprises Act Limits Private Right Of Action

By Hailey Konnath

The Second Circuit on Thursday held that the No Surprises Act does not provide a private right of action for enforcing out-of-network billing dispute resolution awards, finding that Congress intended for such awards to be enforced via administrative action, not private litigation.

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Colo. Judge Mulls Sanction For Hospital In Gender Care Suit

By Rachel Konieczny

Transgender adolescent patients of Children's Hospital Colorado told a state judge the court must sanction the hospital for refusing to resume providing gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth patients, saying Friday that "nothing has changed" since the patients filed their January lawsuit.

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NJ Justices Say No To Mass Tort For No Surprises Act Suits

By George Woolston

The New Jersey Supreme Court has rejected an application from five health insurers to designate 160 pending cases seeking the enforcement of alleged independent dispute resolution payment determinations issued under the federal No Surprises Act as multicounty litigation.

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Texas Pregnancy Center Shutters To End Birth Tourism Suit

By Gianna Ferrarin

A Texas-based pregnancy center on Friday agreed to shut down to resolve allegations by state Attorney General Ken Paxton that it helped Chinese nationals give birth in the U.S. while on tourist visas so their children could obtain birthright citizenship.

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Analysis

Employers See Moving Targets With H-1B Fee, And New Limits

By Britain Eakin

The Trump administration on Friday ordered federal agencies to scrutinize H-1B employers that have laid off U.S. workers, adding another layer of uncertainty for employers seeking to recruit highly skilled foreign workers.

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Brief

EU Continues Above-Average Pace Probing Trade Practices

By Jack McLoone

The European Union saw its uptick in trade defense measures carry on in 2025, continuing the previous year's trend of a "significant increase" in antidumping and antisubsidy investigations over the historic average, according to a report released Friday.

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DOJ Revises Policies Over False Claims Act Suits

By Ganesh Setty

The U.S. Department of Justice issued revisions Friday to department policy governing False Claims Act lawsuits, emphasizing that agency guidance documents have limited effect and that the government should continually assess whether to seek dismissal of qui tam actions.

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Clinic Owner Sentenced In Native American Medicaid Scheme

By Joyce Hanson

A woman who ran an addiction therapy clinic that fraudulently billed the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System more than $69 million has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for the scheme that deliberately sought to treat Native American patients whose Medicaid coverage carried higher reimbursement rates.

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6th Circ. Undoes Ky. State Court Remand Of PBM Fight

By Kellie Mejdrich

The Sixth Circuit on Friday ruled that Kentucky's lawsuit accusing pharmacy benefit managers of conspiring with drug manufacturers to increase the prescription opioid supply belongs in federal court, given the appellate court's precedential ruling from January reversing remand of another state's dispute against PBMs.

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Court Rules Doctor's Burnout Not Disability Under ADA

By MJ Koo

A Colorado federal court dismissed a radiation oncologist's disability discrimination suit against a Catholic health system, finding his burnout did not qualify as a disability under federal law and that he failed to show the hospital's stated reasons for withdrawing his job offer were pretextual.

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Wayne State Beats Doctor's Race Bias Suit Over Chair Job

By Melanie Dorsey

A Michigan federal judge tossed a Black physician's discrimination and retaliation lawsuit against Wayne State University and several officials over his unsuccessful bid to become permanent chair of the medical school's obstetrics and gynecology department, finding that he never formally applied for the job.

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Fla. Panel Upholds $1.19M Auto Crash Verdict Against Insurer

By David Minsky

A Florida state appellate court on Friday issued a split opinion upholding a $1.19 million noneconomic damages verdict for a woman injured by an uninsured motorist, but reversed a $230,000 award for future medical expenses after finding most of that amount was based on speculation. 

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NY Surgeons Say Elevance Penalty Policy Is Anticompetitive

By Gianna Ferrarin

A practice group for independent neurosurgeons lobbed an antitrust suit against Elevance Health Inc. in New York federal court alleging the insurer is impeding their ability to compete for patients by threatening to financially penalize and terminate in-network facilities that work with them.

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Conn. Town Beats Firefighter's Appeal In Pot-Use Firing Suit

By Brian Steele

A Connecticut appellate panel declined Friday to reverse a firefighter's loss in a lawsuit he brought against the town of Waterbury after he was fired for using medical marijuana, holding that his challenge to a state court's posttrial dismissal was inadequately briefed.

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NJ Seeks Quick Win On TikTok's Money Transfers

By Joyce Hanson

New Jersey's attorney general urged a state court Friday to find TikTok liable for operating an unlicensed money transmission business via its livestreaming service, arguing the platform receives users' money, converts it into virtual currency and ultimately pays creators in cash.

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Disney Plan Must Cover Trans Child's Mental Health Treatment

By Gina Kim

Disney's benefits plan must reimburse an employee for her transgender child's medical care at a residential treatment facility for major depressive disorder, suicidal ideations and instances of self-harm, after a California federal judge ruled such care was necessary, "appropriate, and not feasible at a lower level of care."

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Abbott's Spine Implants Cause Nerve Damage, Suit Claims

By Mike Curley

A Pennsylvania woman is suing Abbott Laboratories and one of its subsidiaries in federal court, alleging she suffered permanent nerve damage as a result of a faulty spine implant and Abbott's representatives discouraging her from getting it removed.

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Opinion

New CMS Medical Device Pathway May Have Limited Effect

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' new pathway for giving Medicare beneficiaries earlier access to certain medical devices bears similarities to previous programs that did not advance coverage significantly, and thus may only benefit certain manufacturers, say attorneys at King & Spalding.

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Senior Lawyers Survey: Tell Us About Your Career

How are senior lawyers adapting to evolving career paths and emerging technologies? Share your perspective in this five-minute survey.

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The 2026 Regional Powerhouses

By Cara Bayles

From major deals to high-profile litigation, the firms named to Law360's 2026 Regional Powerhouses list are leading the way across 14 states. They deliver deep regional expertise and make a lasting impact at the state and local level.

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Analysis

Attys 'Itching' To Join Congressional Probes Of Trump Admin

By Phillip Bantz

Efforts to recruit high-powered lawyers to Capitol Hill to potentially lead congressional committee probes into the various dealings of President Donald Trump's administration are gaining momentum as Democrats push to retake control of Congress in the quickly approaching midterm elections.

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Ex-DOJ Chief Lambastes 'Abuses Of Power' In Goldstein Case

By Jeff Overley

The U.S. Department of Justice constantly made false statements in its criminal case against famed appellate advocate Tom Goldstein, and his convictions must be erased because "prosecutorial misconduct pervaded every stage of the proceedings," a former DOJ prosecutor told the Fourth Circuit.

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Roundup

Taxation With Representation: Davis Polk, Latham, Sullivan

By Zak Kostro

In this week's Taxation With Representation, a group backed by Michael Dell's family office and Sequence Holdings acquires a majority interest in The Baldwin Group, May Mobility merges with a blank check company, and Infineon Technologies sells its memory chip business to Winbond Electronics.

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Ex-Wis. Judge Keeps License Amid ICE Conviction Appeal

By Ryan Boysen

The ex-Wisconsin judge convicted of obstructing an ICE arrest will remain an attorney in good standing while she appeals, after the Supreme Court of Wisconsin declined to suspend her law license.

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Richards Layton Litigator Selected For Chancery Seat In Del.

By Rose Krebs

A Richards Layton & Finger PA attorney has been nominated by Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer to serve on the bench of the nationally important Chancery Court, a venue that adjudicates some of the biggest corporate law cases.

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Judge Questions Whether 'Lawfare' Fund Fight Is Really Moot

By Jared Foretek

A Virginia federal judge seemed unlikely to toss a challenge to the Trump administration's nixed "Anti-Weaponization Fund" and tax audit immunity for the Trump family Friday, saying she worries the fund could be revived in a different form down the road.

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Chief US District Judge In SC To Take Senior Status Oct. 1

By Courtney Bublé

Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy Cain of the District of South Carolina has informed the president that he will be taking semiretired status on Oct. 1, according to an update posted Friday by the federal judiciary.

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Roundup

GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Michele Gorman

Starbucks settled a high-profile discrimination suit with Florida over its diversity, equity and inclusion policies, agreeing not to use race- or sex-based goals in hiring and promoting. And the SEC floated changing how publicly traded companies seek shareholder input, including promising to end one pathway for shareholders to place their proposals on corporate ballots. These are among the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.

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Reed Smith Defends Docs Production In Ex-Atty's Bias Suit

By Jake Maher

Reed Smith LLP urged a New Jersey court on Thursday to reject an "impulsive" motion from a former attorney suing it for gender discrimination seeking to strike its answer and affirmative defenses.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Schemery Zicolello leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a Third Circuit panel ruled that police cannot conduct warrantless strip searches outside of jails or prisons absent consent or an emergency.

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In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360

For those who missed out, here's a look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the most buzz on Law360 last week.

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