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  • December 22, 2025

    Becton Muscles Out Hernia Mesh Rivals, Antitrust Suit Says

    Tela Bio Inc. slapped Becton Dickinson and Co. and its subsidiaries with an antitrust lawsuit Friday in Pennsylvania federal court accusing the medical tech giant of abusing its dominant position in the hernia mesh market to block Tela's product and keep Becton's "costlier and clinically inferior" mesh on hospital shelves in the U.S.

  • December 22, 2025

    Top Gov't Contracts Cases Of 2025

    The Federal Circuit and U.S. Court of Federal Claims ruled on several consequential issues impacting government contractors this year, including deciding who constitutes an "interested party" capable of lodging a bid protest and invalidating a settlement between the Pentagon and one of its major contractors. Here, Law360 reviews the top government contracts-related rulings in 2025.

  • December 22, 2025

    Apple Seeks To Overturn $634M Masimo Patent Verdict

    Apple has urged a California federal judge to grant its combined motion for judgment or a new trial for its $634 million trial loss over a Masimo patient monitor patent, arguing that no reasonable jury could have reached the verdict and that the tech giant was "severely prejudiced" by erroneous court rulings.

  • December 22, 2025

    6th Circ. Vacates Pharma Salesman's $6.8M Restitution Order

    The Sixth Circuit vacated a nearly $7 million restitution order against a pharmaceutical salesman convicted of healthcare fraud, finding an Ohio federal court erred in calculating that amount and apportioning liability.

  • December 22, 2025

    Fed. Circ. Urged To Preserve Novartis' Bench Trial Loss

    MSN Pharmaceuticals has pushed back against Novartis' efforts to save its case accusing the generic-drug maker of infringing a patent covering the blockbuster cardiovascular drug Entresto, telling the Federal Circuit that the appeal "reveals no district court error, just Novartis' poor litigation strategy."

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