Health

  • September 18, 2025

    Feds Launch 'First Wave' Of Housing Fraud Cases In Minn.

    Eight Minnesota residents ran separate wire fraud schemes that involved taking advantage of the state's Housing Stability Services Program in order to steal millions of dollars, federal prosecutors alleged on September 18 in what they described as the "first wave" of such cases.

  • September 18, 2025

    Senate Confirms Trump's Pick To Lead DOL Benefits Arm

    The Senate confirmed fiduciary liability insurance expert Daniel Aronowitz on Thursday to lead the U.S. Department of Labor's employee benefits division, which oversees regulation and enforcement of employer-provided health and retirement plans.

  • September 18, 2025

    Medical Staffing Co. Trustee Says Ex-Execs Drained Funds

    The liquidation trustee for bankrupt medical staffing company American Physician Partners has told a Delaware bankruptcy judge that former top executives drained the company with millions in unauthorized bonus payments and "made-up" consultation fees.

  • September 18, 2025

    Couple Slam NC Defense Attys In Hospital Negligence Appeal

    A couple pursuing negligence claims against a local hospital scoffed at the idea that they were lurking on the sidelines waiting to cash in on a favorable outcome in a similar case, telling the North Carolina appeals court to ignore an amicus brief by defense attorneys arguing as much.

  • September 18, 2025

    Steptoe Adds Jones Day Biotech Patent Pro To NY Office

    Steptoe LLP has bolstered its intellectual property practice with an attorney arriving from Jones Day with multinational experience advising biotech and biopharmaceutical companies on patent issues.

  • September 18, 2025

    1st Circ. Won't Lift Block On HHS Job, Program Cuts

    The First Circuit on Wednesday rejected a bid by the Trump administration to let it move ahead with cutting 10,000 jobs and end a number of programs at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services while it appeals a Rhode Island federal judge's order temporarily barring the plan.

  • September 18, 2025

    Uber Says Philly Law Firm, Doctors Fabricated Injuries

    Ride-sharing company Uber has accused personal injury firm Simon & Simon PC and a network of healthcare providers of fabricating medical records to inflate accident complaints, according to a RICO suit filed in Philadelphia federal court.

  • September 18, 2025

    NJ City Makes 3rd Escape From Pot Co.'s Zoning Suit

    For the third time, a New Jersey federal judge has dismissed claims from a would-be cannabis dispensary alleging the city of Asbury Park and its zoning board conspired to deny its application for a medical marijuana store.

  • September 18, 2025

    Michigan Pushes Appeals Court To Reinstate Abortion Laws

    The state of Michigan has asked an appeals court to revive laws mandating abortion seekers wait 24 hours before the procedure and review counseling materials that a judge had deemed "paternalistic and stigmatizing" when striking them down earlier this year.

  • September 17, 2025

    J&J Whistleblowers Defend $1.6B False Claims Act Win

    Whistleblowers filed a brief Wednesday in the Third Circuit in a closely watched False Claims Act appeal involving a $1.6 billion judgment against Johnson & Johnson unit Janssen as well as the constitutionality of the FCA's "qui tam" whistleblower provisions, arguing that the act's lawfulness has been settled by its "unbroken 162-year history."

  • September 17, 2025

    Judge Probes Alleged Rivalry In Captive Insurer's Collapse

    A North Carolina Business Court judge on Wednesday wanted help deciding whether a Georgia insurance company belongs in a fight over a defunct captive insurer's demise, but neither party seemed to have the answers he needed.

  • September 17, 2025

    9th Circ. Denies Appeal Of Wash. Anti-Vaxxers' Med Board Suit

    The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday rejected an appeal brought by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on behalf of anti-vaxxers challenging a Washington state medical board's disciplinary proceedings against doctors who allegedly spread false information about COVID-19.

  • September 17, 2025

    3rd Circ. Weighs Limits On NJ Medical Aid In Dying Act

    The Third Circuit on Wednesday considered whether a Delaware woman with terminal cancer can challenge New Jersey's residency requirement for medical aid in dying, even though she has yet to be certified as having six months or less to live.

  • September 17, 2025

    Hospital Agrees To End Retirement Plan Fee, Investment Suit

    A New York hospital system told a federal court Wednesday it will end a proposed class action alleging it failed to remove underperforming investment options from its retirement plan and keep an eye on administrative costs, losing millions of dollars of employees' savings.

  • September 17, 2025

    Missouri AG Can Seek Unredacted Trans Care Records

    The Missouri attorney general can demand that a hospital turn over unredacted records on patients getting transgender care as part of a probe of a whistleblower complaint, a state appeals court held Tuesday.

  • September 17, 2025

    GAO Sustains Protest Of $48.5M Medicare Contract

    The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services unreasonably evaluated whether a Wisconsin company was eligible to compete for a $48.5 million task order, the U.S. Government Accountability Office said, sustaining a protest of the agency's award decision.

  • September 17, 2025

    Cardinal Health Legal Chief Sees $4.9M In 2025 Pay

    Cardinal Health Inc.'s chief legal and compliance officer brought home more than $4.9 million in total compensation for fiscal year 2025, up from about $4.7 million the previous year, according to a recent public filing.

  • September 17, 2025

    Ex-CDC Head Says RFK Jr. Urged Vax Schedule Rubber Stamp

    Susan Monarez, the former head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told federal lawmakers on Wednesday she was abruptly fired just weeks into her tenure for "holding the line on scientific integrity."

  • September 17, 2025

    Purdue Can Pay CEO Ch. 11 Bonus After Trimming Comp

    A New York bankruptcy judge Wednesday approved a nearly $3 million incentive program for Purdue Pharma's chief executive after he agreed to reduce his total compensation by $500,000.

  • September 17, 2025

    Ex-Pharmacy Tech Gets 20 Mos. For $5M Drug Scheme

    A former pharmacy technician was sentenced to 20 months in prison Wednesday for her role in what a Michigan federal judge called an elaborate scheme that led to Medicare and an insurer paying more than $5.6 million for fraudulent prescriptions.   

  • September 17, 2025

    4th Circ. Won't Revisit $9M Nurse Misclassification Ruling

    The Fourth Circuit will not reconsider a panel decision keeping in place a $9 million judgment against a medical staffing company the U.S. Department of Labor accused of misclassifying more than 1,000 nurses as independent contractors, the appeals court said.

  • September 17, 2025

    Yale Health System Settles $435M Hospital Sale Suit

    Yale New Haven Health Services Corp., Connecticut's largest hospital system, has reached a settlement in principle with bankrupt Prospect Medical Holdings Inc. that would resolve a $435 million contract dispute over the sale of several hospitals in the state.

  • September 16, 2025

    Dr.'s COVID Falsehoods Are Free Speech, Wash. Panel Says

    A Washington state appeals court unanimously ruled Tuesday that the Washington Medical Commission overstepped its authority by punishing a doctor for COVID-19 falsehoods he published to his blog, but affirmed the commission's decision to discipline him for prescribing ivermectin to COVID-19 patients.

  • September 16, 2025

    Harborview Nurses In Ga. Score Collective Status In OT Suit

    A pair of nurses who worked at Harborview Health Systems' facility in Rome, Georgia, brought enough evidence to show they and other similarly situated nurses were subjected to pay practices that shorted them on overtime wages to proceed as a collective action, a New York magistrate judge said Tuesday.

  • September 16, 2025

    UC Groups Sue Trump Admin Alleging Free Speech Violations

    A coalition of faculty, staff and unions affiliated with the University of California system sued the Trump administration in federal court Tuesday, arguing the suspension of $584 million in research projects along with threats to terminate billions more violates the law and is an attempt to violate their free speech.

Expert Analysis

  • Legal Risks For Providers Discussing Psychedelic Therapies

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    The emergence of psychedelic therapies as potential treatments for mental health conditions and other ailments continues to garner significant attention, but the legal landscape surrounding discussions and referrals remains fraught with complexity, creating potential risks for healthcare providers and institutions, says Kimberly Chew at Husch Blackwell.

  • Why Texas Should Slow Down On Healthcare Merger Bills

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    More time is needed to study three Texas bills aimed at considering the effects of healthcare consolidation to increase affordability and access to healthcare, which could have the opposite effect, say John Saran and Harshita Rathore at Holland & Knight and Robbie Allen at U.S. Heart and Vascular.

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: Becoming A Firmwide MVP

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    Though lawyers don't have a neat metric like baseball players for measuring the value they contribute to their organizations, the sooner new attorneys learn skills frequently skipped in law school — like networking, marketing, client development and case evaluation — the more valuable, and less replaceable, they will be, says Alex Barnett at DiCello Levitt.

  • How NY's FAIR Act Mirrors CFPB State Recommendations

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    New York's proposed FAIR Business Practices Act, which targets predatory lending and junk fees, reflects the Rohit Chopra-era Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's recommendations to states in a number of ways, including by defining "abusive" conduct and adding a new right to file class actions, says Christian Hancock at Bradley Arant.

  • A Breakdown Of Trump's Order On Drug Pricing

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    The Trump administration may attempt to effectuate through rulemaking a recently issued executive order on lowering drug prices, which would likely have an adverse effect on stakeholders and trigger litigation, say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • Takeaways From DOJ's 1st Wage-Fixing Jury Conviction

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    U.S. v. Lopez marked the U.S. Department of Justice's first labor market conviction at trial as a Nevada federal jury found a home healthcare staffing executive guilty of wage-fixing and wire fraud, signaling that improper agreements risk facing successful criminal prosecution, say attorneys at McGuireWoods.

  • Bid Protest Spotlight: Size, Supply Schedules, SINs

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    In this month's bid protest roundup, Alissandra McCann at MoFo examines three recent decisions, two of which offer helpful reminders for U.S. General Services Administration schedule holders drafting blanket purchase agreement proposals, and one for small-business joint ventures to avoid running afoul of the U.S. Small Business Administration's two-year rule.

  • Del. Bill Reflects Nat'l Tug-Of-War Between Cannabis, Alcohol

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    As Delaware's bill targeting hemp-derived THC beverages and ingestible products moves through the general assembly, it reads like a local regulatory fix — but in reality, it's a microcosm of a national power struggle playing out state-by-state across the cannabis frontier, says attorney Peter Murphy.

  • $38M Law Firm Settlement Highlights 'Unworthy Client' Perils

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    A recent settlement of claims against law firm Eckert Seamans for allegedly abetting a Ponzi scheme underscores the continuing threat of clients who seek to exploit their lawyers in perpetrating fraud, and the critical importance of preemptive measures to avoid these clients, say attorneys at Lockton Companies.

  • Only Certainty About FAR Reform Order Is Its Uncertainty

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    The president’s recent order overhauling the Federal Acquisition Regulation, which both contractors and agencies rely on to ensure predictability and consistency in federal procurement, lacks key details about its implementation, which will likely eliminate many safeguards that ensure contractors are treated fairly and that procurements are awarded in a reasonable manner, say attorneys at Miles & Stockbridge.

  • Maintaining Legal Compliance For GenAI In Life Sciences

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    As companies continue to implement generative artificial intelligence to enhance all phases of drug discovery, they must remain mindful of legal, regulatory and practical considerations as best practices in this space emerge and evolve, say attorneys at Sullivan & Cromwell.

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    Teaching Business Law Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Teaching business law to college students has rekindled my sense of purpose as a lawyer — I am more mindful of the importance of the rule of law and the benefits of our common law system, which helps me maintain a clearer perspective on work, says David Feldman at Feldman Legal Advisors.

  • Gauging Professional Sport Biometric Data Privacy Concerns

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    In today's data-driven sports industry, teams, leagues and sponsors increasingly rely on biometric and performance data to enhance player performance, prevent injuries and optimize contract negotiations, but this growing reliance on highly sensitive data raises significant legal and privacy concerns, particularly in light of evolving biometric privacy laws, say attorneys at Foley & Lardner.

  • Navigating The Expanding Frontier Of Premerger Notice Laws

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    Washington's newly enacted law requiring premerger notification to state enforcers builds upon a growing trend of state scrutiny into transactions in the healthcare sector and beyond, and may inspire other states to enact similar legislation, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.

  • Deregulation Memo Presents Risks, Opportunities For Cos.

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    A recent Trump administration memo providing direction to agencies tasked with rescinding regulations under an earlier executive order — without undergoing the typical notice-and-review process — will likely create much uncertainty for businesses, though they may be able to engage with agencies to shape the regulatory agenda, say attorneys at Blank Rome.

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