Health

  • September 26, 2025

    Texas High Court Won't Redo Med Mal Nonprofit Liability Case

    The Texas Supreme Court said Friday it won't disturb its May ruling that nonprofit health organizations can be sued for the alleged medical malpractice of one of their physician employees.

  • September 26, 2025

    Trump Announces 100% Tariff On Drug Imports Starting Oct. 1

    President Donald Trump announced a slew of new Section 232 tariffs to be imposed beginning Oct. 1, including a 100% tariff on drug imports and new rates for semi trucks, kitchen cabinets, bathroom vanities and upholstered furniture.

  • September 26, 2025

    Taxation With Representation: De Brauw, Hengeler Mueller

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, power grid operator TenneT Holding sells a stake in its German transmission business to institutional investors, Pfizer Inc. acquires biotechnology company Metsera Inc., and Dutch brewer Heineken NV buys most of Costa Rica's FIFCO beverage and retail operations.

  • September 26, 2025

    Commerce Opens 2 New Section 232 Investigations

    The U.S. Department of Commerce recently self-initiated investigations into imports of medical devices and personal protective equipment as well as robotics to determine whether they pose a national security threat requiring tariff actions under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, according to two notices published Friday.

  • September 26, 2025

    7 Firms Build GTCR's CA$3.3B Dentalcorp Take-Private

    Canadian dental practice network Dentalcorp Holdings Ltd. on Friday revealed that it will become a private company following its acquisition by private equity giant GTCR in an all-cash deal that values the dental network at an enterprise value of roughly CA$3.3 billion ($2.4 billion) and was built by seven law firms.

  • September 26, 2025

    UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

    This past week in London has seen Sanjeev Gupta’s Liberty OneSteel sue its collapsed former lender Greensill Capital, television personality Janice Dickinson hit ITV with a personal injury claim after falling over while appearing on “I’m a Celeb …”, and energy investor Blasket bring fresh litigation against Spain amid a row over a $416 million arbitration award. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

  • September 25, 2025

    Senate Dems Float Bill To Shield Neural Data From Misuse

    A trio of Senate Democrats proposed legislation Wednesday that would establish a federal framework for how companies and the government collect and use data derived from measuring brain activity, arguing that the current lack of protections for such neural data leaves consumers open to manipulation and other serious harms.

  • September 25, 2025

    $8.9B Deal For Health Tech R1 RCM Draws Del. Chancery Suit

    Four stockholders of healthcare revenue management venture R1 RCM Inc. challenged the company's take-private deal in Delaware's Court of Chancery Thursday, alleging that the private equity and allies who won the $8.9 billion, November transaction lined up an unfairly low, $14.30 per share price.

  • September 25, 2025

    COVID-19 Orders Could Save Embryo Loss Case, Court Hears

    Responding to last-minute arguments during a summary judgment hearing, a Connecticut Superior Court judge Thursday ordered attorneys to brief whether COVID-19 executive orders might save a Massachusetts woman's claims that her fertility doctors misplaced or destroyed her frozen embryos.

  • September 25, 2025

    GAO Says Agencies' Procurement Data Reports Are Lacking

    The U.S. Government Accountability Office said in a report on Thursday that most federal agencies that reported procurement data in 2023 failed to complete a procurement data quality report or fell short of meeting all reporting requirements.

  • September 25, 2025

    Perrigo Mostly Beats US In $163M Tax Refund Dispute

    A Michigan federal court largely sided Thursday with pharmaceutical company Perrigo in a $163 million tax refund case, rejecting the government's claim that the company's transactions with a foreign entity lacked economic substance and were meant only to avoid taxes.

  • September 25, 2025

    GE Avoids Retirees' Lawsuit Over Pension Annuity Deal

    General Electric dodged a proposed class action claiming it put retirees' benefits at risk by transferring over $1.7 billion of pension obligations to a private equity-controlled insurance company, with a New York federal judge ruling the retirees hadn't shown how they'd been harmed.

  • September 25, 2025

    MiMedx, FDA Ordered To Rework Args In Wound Care Case

    Biomedical company MiMedx Group Inc. and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have been ordered to reframe their briefs in a suit in which the company seeks to overturn the agency's classification of a wound care treatment as a biological product.

  • September 25, 2025

    Pa. High Court Backs Two-Lab Rule For Medical Pot Products

    The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a state rule requiring medical marijuana businesses to test their products at two separate laboratories, finding that the state law's emphasis on public safety empowered regulators to impose the requirement.

  • September 25, 2025

    Sens. Renew Bipartisan Push To Fund Schools On Federal Lands

    A group of U.S. senators have reintroduced legislation that would increase funding over a five-year period from the U.S. Department of Education's Impact Aid program for public schools located on federal lands.

  • September 25, 2025

    AstraZeneca Asks High Court To 'Unscramble' Drug Price Law

    As legal losses pile up for drug manufacturers in their fight to overturn the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation program, pharma giant AstraZeneca is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to decide if the program infringes on its constitutional rights. 

  • September 25, 2025

    TM Dispute Over DIY Dentures Dismissed In NC

    A trademark row between a dental lab and denture manufacturer was dismissed Wednesday when a North Carolina federal judge agreed with Mabel Dental Lab Inc. and Crown Warranty LLC that their connections to the state are sparse at best.

  • September 25, 2025

    Oracle, Meta Mull $20B AI Deal, As Tech Rumors Abound

    Oracle Corp. is said to be in discussions with Meta on a multiyear cloud computing deal worth a potential $20 billion, Reuters reported on Sept. 19. The report came just days before a bombshell announcement from Nvidia about its $100 billion staged investment in OpenAI.

  • September 25, 2025

    Labcorp Workers Balk At Paying For Expert's Biz Class Airfare

    Labcorp shouldn't be reimbursed for its expert witness's round-trip business class flight and other ancillary costs it wants a group of employees to pay after fending off claims that it mismanaged their retirement savings, the workers have told a North Carolina federal judge.

  • September 25, 2025

    Depo-Provera MDL Plaintiff Numbers Balloon To 1,300

    The plaintiffs in a multidistrict litigation claiming Pfizer failed to warn consumers of a link between brain tumors and the hormonal contraceptive Depo-Provera now number more than 1,300, with more expected to file suits ahead of a hearing Monday on whether their claims are preempted by federal law.

  • September 25, 2025

    Aetna Can't Rein In LGBTQ+ Bias Suit Over Fertility Coverage

    Aetna can't narrow a proposed class action alleging it unlawfully required nonheterosexual patients to spend thousands of dollars before covering fertility treatments, as a Connecticut federal judge said the insurer failed to fully acknowledge its role in creating the health plan in question.

  • September 25, 2025

    Families Cite Trump In Bid To Revive Tylenol Autism Claims

    Families suing the maker of Tylenol quickly cited President Donald Trump's words this week as they pushed the Second Circuit to overturn a lower-court ruling that barred their expert witnesses from testifying that prenatal exposure to the medicine can cause autism.

  • September 25, 2025

    Conn. Cities' Insulin Pricing Suits Against PBMs Join NJ MDL

    Two Connecticut cities' civil racketeering and state trade practices law claims against insulin manufacturers Eli Lilly and Co., Novo Nordisk Inc. and Sanofi-Aventis US LLC, and pharmacy benefit managers CVS Caremark, Express Scripts and Optum Rx, have been rolled into a New Jersey multidistrict litigation proceeding.

  • September 25, 2025

    Second 'Drugs Made In America' SPAC Raises $500M In IPO

    Drugs Made In America Acquisition II, a special purpose acquisition company planning to target companies in the pharmaceutical industry, began trading publicly on Thursday after pricing a $500 million initial public offering, marking the largest SPAC listing of 2025.

  • September 24, 2025

    DC Judge Won't Reinstate IGs Over 'Obvious' Trump Violation

    A Washington, D.C., federal judge on Wednesday declined to reinstate eight inspectors general whom President Donald Trump fired without warning or rationale, finding that while it is "obvious" the president violated federal law governing the removal of inspectors general, the plaintiffs have not shown irreparable harm.

Expert Analysis

  • NM Cyber Ruling Will Spur Litigation As Coverage Remedy

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    In Kane v. Beazley, the New Mexico Court of Appeals recently found that a cyber liability provision insuring security breaches included coverage for funds transfer fraud, implicitly and incorrectly motivating policyholders to commence litigation to avoid contractual limitations on cyber coverages, say attorneys at Zelle.

  • Federal Regs Order May Spell Harsher FDCA Enforcement

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    A recent executive order aimed at reducing criminal prosecutions of those who unknowingly violate complex federal regulations may actually lead to more aggressive felony indictments under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, but companies and executives can mitigate risks by following several key principals, say attorneys at McGuireWoods.

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: Practicing Self-Care

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    Law schools don’t teach the mental, physical and emotional health maintenance tools necessary to deal with the profession's many demands, but practicing self-care is an important key to success that can help to improve focus, manage stress and reduce burnout, says Rachel Leonard​​​​​​​ at MG+M.

  • New Laws Show How States Are Checking AI Developers

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    Recent state consumer protection legislation shows Utah, Colorado and Texas are primed to impose controls on artificial intelligence, and exemplifies the states' unwillingness to accord strong deference to developers and deployers of AI tools, say attorneys at Polsinelli.

  • ABA Opinion Makes It A Bit Easier To Drop A 'Hot Potato'

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    The American Bar Association's recent ethics opinion clarifies when attorneys may terminate clients without good cause, though courts may still disqualify a lawyer who drops a client like a hot potato, so sending a closeout letter is always a best practice, say attorneys at Thompson Hine.

  • IRhythm IPR Denial Raises Key PTAB Discretion Questions

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    By giving the passage of time a dispositive role in denying institution of five inter partes review petitions filed by iRhythm Technologies, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has upended the strategic considerations for filing and defending against IPRs, disclosing prior art during prosecution, and engaging in licensing negotiations, say attorneys at Dentons.

  • Plan For Increased HSR Info Sharing With Wash. Antitrust Law

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    Washington's merger notification requirements, effective later this month, combined with the Federal Trade Commission's new Hart-Scott-Rodino Act rules, will result in greater information sharing among state and federal agencies, making it important for merging parties to consider their transaction's potential state antitrust implications early on, say attorneys at McDermott.

  • Canadian Suit Offers Disclosure Lesson For US Cannabis Cos.

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    A Canadian class action asserting that Aurora Cannabis failed to warn consumers about the risk of developing cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome may spawn copycat filings in the U.S., and is a cautionary tale for cannabis and hemp industries to prioritize risk disclosure, says Ian Stewart at Wilson Elser.

  • Opinion

    IPR Denial In IRhythm Should Not Set A Blanket Rule

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    Though the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's discretionary denial in iRhythm v. Welch Allyn last month raised concerns that mere knowledge of a patent could bar inter partes review institution, a closer look at the facts and reasoning reveals why this case's holdings should not be reflexively applied to all petitioners, says David McCombs at Haynes Boone.

  • What High Court's Tenn. Trans Care Ruling Means Nationally

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in U.S. v. Skrmetti, upholding a Tennessee ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors, is fairly limited in scope and closely tailored to the specific language of Tennessee's law, but it may have implications for challenges to similar laws in other states, say attorneys at Hall Render.

  • Series

    My Opera And Baseball Careers Make Me A Better Lawyer

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    Though participating in opera and the world of professional baseball often pulls me away from the office, my avocations improve my legal career by helping me perform under scrutiny, prioritize team success, and maintain joy and perspective at work, says Adam Unger at Herrick Feinstein.

  • High Court ACA Ruling May Harm Preventative Care

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Kennedy v. Braidwood last week, ruling that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services secretary has authority over an Affordable Care Act preventive care task force, risks harming the credibility of the task force and could open the door to politicians dictating clinical recommendations, says Michael Kolber at Manatt.

  • 8 Ways Lawyers Can Protect The Rule Of Law In Their Work

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    Whether they are concerned with judicial independence, regulatory predictability or client confidence, lawyers can take specific meaningful actions on their own when traditional structures are too slow or too compromised to respond, says Angeli Patel at the Berkeley Center of Law and Business.

  • Is SEC Moving Away From Parallel Insider Trading Cases?

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's apparent lack of follow-up in four recent criminal cases of insider trading brought by the Justice Department suggests the SEC may be reconsidering the expense and effort of bringing parallel civil charges for insider trading, say attorneys at Dentons.

  • Rising Enforcement Stakes For Pharma Telehealth Platforms

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    Two pieces of legislation recently introduced in Congress could transform the structure and promotion of telehealth arrangements as legislators increasingly scrutinize direct-to-consumer advertising platforms, potentially paving the way for a new U.S. Food and Drug Administration policy with bipartisan support, say attorneys at Sheppard Mullin.

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