Health

  • June 09, 2026

    Eli Lilly Wins Order Halting Alleged Trulicity Fraud

    A Florida federal judge signed off Tuesday on a preliminary injunction pausing a prescription cost share program purportedly for Church of God in Christ members that pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and Co. says is actually a fraud scheme to resell GLP-1 drug Trulicity on the secondary market.

  • June 09, 2026

    McKesson, Rite Aid Trust Clash Over Ch. 11 Claims Transfer

    McKesson locked horns Tuesday in New Jersey bankruptcy court with a trust created by Rite Aid's first Chapter 11 plan over whether the medication supplier must hand over antitrust claims against pharmaceutical companies.

  • June 09, 2026

    DOI About-Face Stokes Yearslong Cherokee Land Rights Fight

    The United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians has for years been tied up in litigation with its sister tribe, the Cherokee Nation, over land rights, healthcare and more. Now, a recently withdrawn U.S. Department of the Interior memo over rights to 2.63 acres of land is again stoking tensions.

  • June 09, 2026

    ICE Contractor Challenges Colo. Health Inspection Law

    A federal contractor that runs an immigration detention center near Denver has sued to block enforcement of a new Colorado law requiring health and safety inspections at the facility, alleging the legislation is preempted by federal law.

  • June 09, 2026

    Pa. Law Firm Calls Uber's RICO Suit A 'Sham'

    Nearly a month after its motion to dismiss a RICO suit filed by Uber and FedEx was denied by a Philadelphia federal judge, personal injury firm Simon & Simon PC has lodged a counterclaim against the companies, saying their complaint is a "frivolous sham."

  • June 09, 2026

    Health Tech Exec Defends $430K Wage Suit

    A former healthcare data platform chief strategy officer urged a North Carolina federal court to keep his $430,000 wage and commissions suit intact, arguing he has alleged enough ties to keep the case in the state and enough facts to let his claims move forward.

  • June 09, 2026

    The Law360 400: A Look At The Top 100 Firms

    The race to build the legal industry's largest law firm accelerated in 2025, with major firms leaning on mergers, lateral hiring and strategic expansion to climb the ranks of the Law360 400.

  • June 09, 2026

    Georgia County, Trans Deputy OK End To Surgery Bias Fight

    A Georgia county and a transgender sheriff's deputy who sued over her employee health plan's coverage exclusions for gender-affirming surgery have struck a deal to resolve her case, eight months after the en banc Eleventh Circuit issued a ruling that sided with the county. 

  • June 08, 2026

    Eli Lilly Conspiracy Claim In Compound Drug Row Challenged

    A California federal court should toss part of Eli Lilly's third attempt at allegations that a telehealth company, provider group and a now-shuttered pharmacy conspired to falsely advertise compounded versions of its weight loss drugs, the companies argued in a recent motion.

  • June 08, 2026

    Kaiser Member Seeks Class Cert. In Microsoft Site Tracker Suit

    A Kaiser Permanente member has called on a federal judge in Seattle to greenlight a series of national classes and California subclasses in her privacy lawsuit accusing Microsoft and Qualtrics of secretly intercepting millions of patients' private health information through tracking technologies embedded in the healthcare system's website.

  • June 08, 2026

    AIPLA, NAM Rally Behind Moderna's Fight Over Vax Patents

    The American Intellectual Property Law Association, National Association of Manufacturers and others urged the Federal Circuit to undo a lower court's ruling that Moderna, and not the government, must face a multibillion-dollar patent infringement suit over its COVID-19 vaccine.

  • June 08, 2026

    Ex-Dietary Aide Says Harassment Report Led To Demotion

    A onetime dietary aide at a rehabilitation facility is suing her former employer in Michigan federal court, claiming she was repeatedly sexually harassed by a kitchen worker, then demoted when she complained to management.

  • June 08, 2026

    NC Doctor Avoids Prison For Role In $11M Medicaid Fraud

    A North Carolina doctor received five years of probation with eight months of house arrest for making false statements in an $11 million Medicaid fraud scheme, after a federal judge said he was struggling to balance the need to deter others with unwarranted sentencing disparities.

  • June 08, 2026

    Liability Insurer Owes $1M On $13M Botched Surgery Verdict

    A medical professional liability insurer will pay its $1 million policy limit toward a $13 million verdict against a Washington state doctor in a botched cosmetic surgery case, a federal judge has ruled.

  • June 08, 2026

    Cleveland Clinic Deal With DOJ Bars Trans Care For Minors

    The Cleveland Clinic Foundation will pay over $2.3 million under agreements with the U.S. Department of Justice and the Ohio attorney general to prohibit the provision of puberty blockers and other forms of medical care for minors going through gender transition.

  • June 08, 2026

    Goodwin, Fenwick Guide Incyte-Vega Deal Worth Up To $2B

    The biotechnology company Incyte said Monday it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Vega Therapeutics Inc. from Star Therapeutics for up to $2 billion, with Goodwin Procter LLP advising Incyte and Fenwick & West LLP representing Star Therapeutics. 

  • June 08, 2026

    Class Attys Want $11.6M In Fees From $35M Teva Inhaler Deal

    Berman Tabacco, Sperling Kenny Nachwalter LLC, Hilliard Shadowen LLP and five other firms have asked a Massachusetts federal judge for $11.55 million in attorney fees from a $35 million antitrust settlement resolving claims that Teva abused patent protections to delay generic competition for its QVAR asthma inhalers.

  • June 08, 2026

    Johnson & Johnson Paying $1B For Oncology Startup Firefly

    Johnson & Johnson said Monday it has agreed to acquire Firefly Bio Inc. for $1 billion in cash, adding a proprietary technology that targets hard-to-treat tumors. 

  • June 08, 2026

    Trump's $100K H-1B Fee Is Unauthorized Tax, Judge Rules

    A Massachusetts federal judge ruled Monday that President Donald Trump's $100,000 H-1B visa payment constitutes a tax that Congress did not authorize the president to impose, declaring the fee unlawful and vacating it in its entirety.

  • June 08, 2026

    Sleep Aid Buyers Say 'Non-Habit' Pills Can Cause Dependence

    A proposed class of sleep-aid buyers is suing the makers and sellers of Unisom, saying that despite being marketed with a prominent "non-habit forming" claim, its main ingredient has been known to lead to dependence with frequent use.

  • June 08, 2026

    Insurance Brokerage GoHealth Hits Ch. 11 With Prepack Plan

    Health insurance broker GoHealth has filed for Chapter 11 protection in Delaware with $772 million in debt and a prepack equity-swap plan, saying medical costs are outpacing government reimbursement and that it is facing litigation alleging its involvement in a kickback scheme.

  • June 05, 2026

    Ex-Trader Accused Of Profiting From Cousin's Insider Info

    A retired New York Mercantile Exchange trader is charged with insider trading by securities regulators who allege he bought shares of Sanofi's biopharmaceutical unit Kadmon Holdings Inc. based on confidential information the trader received about Kadmon's flagship chronic graft-versus-host disease treatment drug in July 2021, and that the trader tipped off a friend about the information.

  • June 05, 2026

    HHS Can Issue Medicare Fines Without Jury, 4th Circ. Says

    The Fourth Circuit ruled Friday that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services can seek monetary penalties from Medicare participants for violating program requirements without a jury trial, rejecting a Maryland nursing home operator's argument that Medicare participants are guaranteed that right.

  • June 05, 2026

    JPML Denies Industrywide Spinal Device Injury MDL Bid

    The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation declined to consolidate dozens of product liability cases over spinal cord stimulator devices manufactured by Boston Scientific Corp., Abbott Laboratories, Nevro and Medtronic, finding Friday that while centralization of the actions against Boston Scientific was appropriate, an industrywide action was not.

  • June 05, 2026

    Trans Patients Urge Blocking DOJ 'Campaign Of Harassment'

    Transgender adolescents urged a California federal judge Friday to block a Stanford Medicine hospital from sharing gender-related care medical records in response to a Texas grand jury criminal subpoena, arguing that other courts have rebuffed similar government subpoena attempts and the judge should end the DOJ's "campaign of harassment."

Expert Analysis

  • High Court's Hikma Decision Reshapes 'Skinny Label' Suits

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Hikma v. Amarin marks a significant victory for generic drug manufacturers, but rather than putting an end to so-called skinny label inducement claims, it narrows and refocuses them, say attorneys at Sterne Kessler.

  • Checking For AI Errors Is Now A Two-Way Street

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    A handful of recent federal and state cases demonstrate the importance of checking for errors generated by artificial intelligence not only in your own court submissions, but also your opponent's, as well as when catching opposing counsel's AI mistakes could result in an award for attorney fees, says Tamara Barago at Hollingsworth.

  • Green Card Memo Warps Long-Standing Adjustment Process

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    A recent policy memorandum that treats a nonimmigrant visa holder’s decision to seek adjustment of status in the U.S., rather than at a U.S. consulate, as an adverse factor reinterprets existing discretionary frameworks, compounds risks for applicants required to apply abroad and changes practitioner approaches to application preparation, says attorney Jack Jrada.

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    The Biz Court Digest: Shoring Up Corporate Law In Maryland

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    Launched more than 20 years ago to improve complex corporate adjudication, Maryland's Business and Technology Case Management Program has been a solid success in some areas, but there always is room for improvement, says Bill Krulak at Miles & Stockbridge.

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    Competing At Poker Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Playing poker in male-dominated rooms taught me to treat skepticism as background noise when my opponents seem to underestimate me, to apply pressure when it matters and to adapt without losing strategic discipline — skills that are all indispensable in restructuring and insolvency matters, says Alexis Gambale at Pashman Stein.

  • 5 Things Associates Must Ask About Their Firm's Merger Plan

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    The associates who navigate law firm mergers best ask the right questions early, such as inquiring about partners' plans, to assess how the merger could affect their workflow and career path, says Jackie Bokser-LeFebvre at Major Lindsey.

  • Brain Computer Interfaces Boot Up Multipronged Legal Issues

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    As neurotechnology companies begin to conduct human clinical trials for brain computer interfaces, attorneys should prepare for legal ramifications across a broad range of practice areas, including intellectual property, privacy and product liability, say attorneys at ArentFox Schiff.

  • Turning To The Courts When PBM Reform Falls Short

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    The effectiveness of state laws intended to regulate pharmacy benefit managers remains uncertain, but litigation — utilizing tried-and-true theories like breach of contract and fair dealing — offers another mechanism through which stakeholders may seek relief from PBMs, say attorneys at Reed Smith.

  • 2 'Rocket Dockets' And The Rules That Propel Them

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    The fastest civil trial courts in the country are currently in the Eastern District of Virginia and the Southern District of Florida, and their chief judges provide insights into the court rules that keep them ahead, says Robert Tata at Hunton.

  • Calif. Ruling Lowers Bar For Health Data Breach Claims

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    The California Supreme Court's ruling in J.M. v. Illuminate Education offers protection for non-healthcare companies that maintain health-related data but also adopts a new and more plaintiff-favorable standard for breach of confidentiality that companies maintaining any health-related data should address, say attorneys at Cooley.

  • Teva Ruling Offers Patentees New Support For Genus Claims

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    The Federal Circuit's recent decision in Teva v. Eli Lilly, finding that the Teva patents at issue are not invalid, offers an interesting counterexample against the recent trend of courts invalidating patents claiming a broad, functionally defined class of compounds, say attorneys at Cooley.

  • Recent Actions Signal Increased NYDFS Health Cyber Focus

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    The New York Department of Financial Services' recent $2.25 million settlement with Delta Dental indicates that it views cybersecurity enforcement in the healthcare and insurance sectors as an ongoing priority, and serves as a road map for the compliance gaps regulators are most likely to target, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.

  • Your Next Litigation Hold Should Cover AI Chat Logs

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    The Delaware Chancery Court’s recent decision in Fortis Advisors v. Krafton to treat a CEO’s artificial intelligence chats as substantive evidence is being read as a discovery warning to litigators, but there is a second duty-to-preserve lesson that is especially pertinent to in-house counsel, say attorneys at Faegre Drinker.

  • Opinion

    High Court's Abortion Pill Stay Reinforces Appellate Principles

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's recent order in Danco Laboratories v. Louisiana, staying a Fifth Circuit ruling that reinstated an in-person requirement for dispensing the abortion medicine mifepristone, should be seen not as a definitive ruling on reproductive rights, but as an affirmation of a more disciplined jurisdictional reality, says Daniel Nardo at Nardo & Associates.

  • Series

    Studying Foreign Languages Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Studying Italian and Japanese has shown me that learning a new language can benefit a legal career in several ways, including by demonstrating the importance of approaching problems from a fresh perspective and the value of practicing patience with colleagues and clients, says Anna King at Genworth Financial.

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