Health

  • October 23, 2025

    Mich. Hospitals Seek To Shake Patient Data-Tracking Suit

    Michigan healthcare facilities said a proposed class action alleging they improperly used data-tracking pixel tools to collect and share patients' private information shouldn't proceed, telling a federal judge Wednesday that the patients haven't claimed they experienced any harmful use of their information.

  • October 23, 2025

    Eli Lilly Says Pharmacy Mass-Producing Weight Loss Drug

    Drugmaker Eli Lilly is suing a compounding pharmacy in Texas federal court, alleging the pharmacy ripped off its lucrative weight loss drug, began mass-producing it, and made as much as $2 million per month last year from its misdeeds.

  • October 23, 2025

    Geico Avoids Atty Fees In Florida Providers' Suits

    Geico doesn't need to pay attorney fees or costs across two dozen lawsuits from medical providers that accused the insurer of insufficiently reimbursing them for diagnostic services performed, a Florida state appeals court ruled, agreeing with the company that various county judges' awards deprived it of due process.

  • October 23, 2025

    Judge Dings Law Profs In Judge-Shopping Sanctions Case

    The federal judge behind a controversial sanctions order accusing three attorneys of judge shopping while challenging an Alabama gender care law is pushing back on claims that he lacked jurisdiction, as the ruling is on appeal in the Eleventh Circuit.

  • October 23, 2025

    Ex-DOJ, WilmerHale Attys Latest To Join Democracy Forward

    Democracy Forward on Thursday announced the addition of four attorneys, including a former U.S. Department of Justice appellate leader and a longtime assistant U.S. attorney in Virginia.

  • October 23, 2025

    McGuireWoods Asks NC Justices To Stay Defamation Case

    McGuireWoods LLP and a former partner are asking North Carolina's highest court to halt a defamation case over statements made in connection with an investigation into the former CEO of a managed care organization, saying they risk permanently losing their immunity defense if the suit is allowed to move forward.

  • October 23, 2025

    Feds, Ex-Magellan CEO Still Split Over Sentencing Factors

    Lawyers for a former Magellan Diagnostics CEO and the government are still at odds over whether a judge should consider the product mislabeling charge she pled guilty to in March to be tantamount to fraud — an assertion the defense says is an attempt by prosecutors to "shoehorn" in allegations never put to proof.

  • October 23, 2025

    Fla. Court Pauses Marijuana Patients' Gun Rights Case

    A Florida federal judge on Thursday agreed to pause a case weighing the constitutionality of a federal ban on medical marijuana patients owning guns after the U.S. Supreme Court recently said it would take up a case on a similar question.

  • October 23, 2025

    5th Circ. Revives Religious Bias Suit Over DOD Vaccine Policy

    The Fifth Circuit breathed new life into a proposed class action claiming the U.S. Department of Defense unlawfully slow-walked civilian employees' requests for religious exemptions from its COVID-19 vaccination directive, saying the mandate getting rescinded didn't nullify the lawsuit.

  • October 23, 2025

    Premier Healthcare, Fired Director Settle Age Bias Dispute

    Premier Healthcare has reached a deal with a former director to close his age discrimination suit claiming the company replaced him with a younger worker and failed to step in when a colleague wrote him off as a "boomer."

  • October 22, 2025

    Novo Nordisk Paid Patient Benefits, Not Bribes, Jury Hears

    Novo Nordisk Inc. paid benefits to patients with a rare form of hemophilia and not bribes as a group of plaintiffs in an alleged kickback scheme have claimed, a Washington jury was told Wednesday during emotional testimony on the third day of a multiweek trial.

  • October 22, 2025

    Ex-Beverly Hills Housewife Boots Defamation Counterclaim

    An Illinois federal judge on Tuesday tossed a counterclaim the American Society of Anesthesiologists lodged to challenge a former "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" cast member's social media response to a press release the organization issued after she sued for defamation, saying her post was a nonactionable opinion.  

  • October 22, 2025

    Monsanto's Roundup Blamed For Husband's Fatal Cancer

    A widow alleged in a wrongful death suit against agro-chemical giant Monsanto that her late husband developed terminal cancer after he was exposed to glyphosate in the company's Roundup herbicide, telling a Washington federal court Monsanto had known for decades of the risk.

  • October 22, 2025

    Judge Voids HHS Rule Banning Gender Identity Discrimination

    A Mississippi federal judge on Wednesday struck down a Biden-era U.S. Department of Health and Human Services rule that protected gender-affirming care under the Affordable Care Act, ruling that federal officials exceeded their authority by broadening the definition of sex discrimination to cover gender identity.

  • October 22, 2025

    State AGs Push Back In First Amendment Subpoena Fight

    A coalition of state attorneys general is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to safeguard their fundamental investigative authority, warning in an amicus brief filed Tuesday that a New Jersey anti-abortion center's challenge could allow subpoenaed entities to routinely bypass state courts and tie up enforcement actions in federal litigation.

  • October 22, 2025

    NIH Sued For Access To Research On Trans Youth Care

    A conservative government watchdog group sued the National Institutes of Health on Wednesday seeking access to data from a multiyear study on the impact of gender-affirming medical treatments for transgender youth.

  • October 22, 2025

    Hi-Tech Pharma Fraud Charges Just A 'Paper Case,' Jury Told

    A Georgia-based dietary supplement outfit and its longtime CEO urged a Peach State jury Wednesday to acquit them of charges that they forged regulatory documents and slipped prescription drugs into their pills, deriding the federal charges against them as "regulation by prosecution."

  • October 22, 2025

    States Back Boston Hospital In Fight Over Trans Care Records

    A group of states backed a Boston hospital in its bid to block the Trump administration from accessing transgender care records, warning a federal judge that allowing the government's request could expose a wide variety of doctors to criminal charges.

  • October 22, 2025

    COST Urges Ky. Justices To Reject Walgreens' Tax Valuations

    Kentucky's Supreme Court should reverse an appeal court's ruling finding that a local assessor correctly took above-market contract rents into consideration when valuing several Walgreen store properties, the Council on State Taxation said, because it unfairly raised their assessed values.

  • October 22, 2025

    Obstetrician's Win Upheld In 'Outrageous Terminology' Suit

    A Georgia Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld a trial court's decision that an Atlanta obstetrician's allegedly "outrageous terminology" wasn't "extreme and dangerous," and that she didn't intentionally inflict emotional distress when she told a couple their stillborn child had been "decapitated" during delivery.  

  • October 22, 2025

    Purdue Fights Baltimore Objection Ahead Of Ch. 11 Plan Trial

    Purdue Pharma LP told a New York bankruptcy judge on Wednesday it is concerned a recent objection to its Chapter 11 plan brought by the city of Baltimore could disrupt its case just weeks before the drugmaker is set to begin trial on a deal that creditors overwhelmingly support.

  • October 22, 2025

    Unions Pursue More Protection For Federal Workers In Shutdown

    Eight unions asked a California federal judge to step up the level of protection she provided to thousands of federal workers' jobs during the government shutdown, urging her to expand the number of jobs she's protecting and turn a temporary restraining order into a preliminary injunction.

  • October 22, 2025

    $18M Yale New Haven Health Data Breach Deal Gets First OK

    A Connecticut federal judge has granted preliminary approval to a settlement that would see Yale New Haven Health Services Corp. create an $18 million global fund to wrap up what were once multiple lawsuits surrounding a ransomware attack that allegedly affected more than 5 million people.

  • October 22, 2025

    5 Firms Guide $2.1B Alkermes-Avadel Sleep Medicine Deal

    Dublin-based Alkermes PLC has agreed to buy Avadel Pharmaceuticals PLC, a fellow Irish drugmaker focused on sleep medicine, in an all-cash deal valuing Avadel at about $2.1 billion, the companies said on Wednesday. 

  • October 22, 2025

    10th Circ. Won't Revive Ex-IHS Doc's Retaliation Suit

    A doctor can't reinstate his suit alleging he was terminated from the U.S. Indian Health Service for complaining that his COVID-19 vaccine exemption request was rejected and that superiors failed to investigate sexual misconduct, the Tenth Circuit said, upholding a win for the IHS and a staffing company.

Expert Analysis

  • Considering Judicial Treatment Of The 2023 Merger Guidelines

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    Courts have so far primarily cited the 2023 merger guidelines for propositions that do not differ significantly from prior versions of the guidelines, leaving it unclear whether the antitrust agencies will test the guidelines’ more aggressive theories, and how those theories will be treated by federal judges, say attorneys at Covington.

  • Series

    Writing Novels Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Writing my debut novel taught me to appreciate the value of critique and to never give up, no matter how long or tedious the journey, providing me with valuable skills that I now emphasize in my practice, says Daniel Buzzetta at BakerHostetler.

  • SDNY OpenAI Order Clarifies Preservation Standards For AI

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    The Southern District of New York’s recent order in the OpenAI copyright infringement litigation, denying discovery of The New York Times' artificial intelligence technology use, clarifies that traditional preservation benchmarks apply to AI content, relieving organizations from using a “keep everything” approach, says Philip Favro at Favro Law.

  • 4 Strategies To Ensure Courts Calculate Restitution Correctly

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    Recent reversals of restitution orders across the federal appeals courts indicate that some lower courts are misapplying fundamental restitution principles, so defense attorneys should consider a few ways to vigilantly press these issues with the sentencing judge, says Wesley Gorman at Comber Miller.

  • Assessing The Future Of The HIPAA Reproductive Health Rule

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    In light of a Texas federal court's recent decision to strike down a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services rule aimed to protect the privacy of patients seeking abortions and gender-affirming care, entities are at least temporarily relieved from compliance obligations, but tensions are likely to continue for the foreseeable future, says Liz Heddleston at Woods Rogers.

  • Opinion

    Expert Reports Can't Replace Facts In Securities Fraud Cases

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    The Ninth Circuit's 2023 decision in Nvidia v. Ohman Fonder — and the U.S. Supreme Court's punt on the case in 2024 — could invite the meritless securities litigation the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act was designed to prevent by substituting expert opinions for facts to substantiate complaint assertions, say attorneys at A&O Shearman.

  • Opinion

    High Court, Not A Single Justice, Should Decide On Recusal

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    As public trust in the U.S. Supreme Court continues to decline, the court should adopt a collegial framework in which all justices decide questions of recusal together — a reform that respects both judicial independence and due process for litigants, say Michael Broyde at Emory University and Hayden Hall at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

  • Series

    Traveling Solo Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Traveling by myself has taught me to assess risk, understand tone and stay calm in high-pressure situations, which are not only useful life skills, but the foundation of how I support my clients, says Lacey Gutierrez at Group Five Legal.

  • Opinion

    DOJ's Tracing Rule For Pandemic Loan Fraud Is Untenable

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    In conducting investigations related to COVID-19 relief fraud, the government's assertion that loan proceeds are nonfungible and had to have been segregated from other funds is unsupported by underlying legislation, precedent or the language establishing similar federal relief programs, say Sharon McCarthy, Jay Nanavati and Lasya Ravulapati at Kostelanetz.

  • New Health AI Guidance Features A Provider-Centric Approach

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    New guidance from the Joint Commission and Coalition for Health AI regarding the responsible use of artificial intelligence in healthcare deviates from preexisting guidance by recommending a comprehensive framework for using AI tools, focusing on healthcare provider organizations rather than on AI developers, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: Client Service

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    Law school teaches you how to interpret the law, but it doesn't teach you some of the key ways to keeping clients satisfied, lessons that I've learned in the most unexpected of places: a book on how to be a butler, says Gregory Ramos at Armstrong Teasdale.

  • How Occasional Activists Have Reshaped Proxy Fights

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    The sophistication and breadth of first-time activist engagement continue to shape corporate governance and strategic outcomes, as evidenced across corporate annual meetings this summer, meaning advisers should anticipate continued innovation in tactics, increased regulatory complexity, and a persistent focus on board accountability, say attorneys at MoFo.

  • Bid Protest Spotlight: Documentation, Overrides, Eligibility

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    Recent decisions by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and the U.S. Government Accountability Office illustrate the importance of contemporaneous documentation in proposal evaluations, the standards for an agency’s override of a Competition in Contracting Act stay, and the regulatory requirements for small business joint ventures, says Cody Fisher at MoFo.

  • Shutdown Imperils Telehealth Access For Medicare Patients

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    The federal government shutdown that commenced on Oct. 1 coincided with the expiration of certain telehealth flexibilities that had preserved expansive access to telehealth services for Medicare beneficiaries following COVID-19, creating significant legal and financial uncertainty for healthcare providers and patients, say attorneys at Robinson & Cole.

  • Mass. Ruling May Pave New Avenue To Target Subpoenas

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    A Massachusetts federal court’s recent decision to quash a subpoena seeking information on gender-affirming care at Boston Children’s Hospital is a significant departure from courts' deferential approach to subpoena enforcement, and may open a new pathway for practitioners challenging investigative tools in the future, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.

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