Split 3rd Circ. Revives UPMC Doc's Suit Over Anti-DEI Article

By Matthew Santoni

The Third Circuit partly revived a University of Pittsburgh Medical Center cardiologist's lawsuit over the professional backlash he faced for publishing an article criticizing race-based "affirmative action" in choosing medical students, with the court majority calling his bosses' reaction a defamatory "hit job."

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PBMs Fight Bid To Add Pharmacy Group To Price-Fixing Suit

By Parker Quinlan

Two pharmacy benefit managers have told a Michigan federal judge that a trade association for small pharmacies should not be allowed to intervene in a price-fixing lawsuit brought by the state's attorney general.

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Biggest Rulings For Patent Attys In 2026: A Midyear Report

By Dani Kass

The U.S. Supreme Court clarified the pleading standard for induced infringement of skinny labels, and the Federal Circuit opened the door to increased damages for patent owners. Here's what you need to know about these patent cases and other major decisions from the beginning of 2026.

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Top Personal Injury, Med Mal News: 2026 Midyear Report

By Y. Peter Kang

A landmark social media addiction verdict and a U.S. Supreme Court decision overruling state law claims against Monsanto over the labeling of alleged Roundup cancer risks are among Law360's top personal injury and medical malpractice cases from the first six months of 2026.

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Vax Skeptics Push To Advance Publisher Boycott Claims

By Gianna Ferrarin

A vaccine skepticism advocacy group once tied to Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a D.C. federal court it's considering a mandamus petition to move forward its lawsuit claiming news organizations colluded with social media platforms to censor rivals.

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AstraZeneca Employee Traded On Icosavax Deal, SEC Says

By Sydney Price

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday accused a former AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP employee of using nonpublic information to trade ahead of the company's $1.1 billion acquisition of vaccine design company Icosavax Inc., yielding approximately $10,000 in illicit gains.

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UNC Must Face Retaliation Suit Over Abbreviated Fellowship

By Patrick Hoff

The University of North Carolina can't escape an ophthalmologist's lawsuit alleging it shortened his fellowship for complaining that a colleague mistreated him because he's Egyptian and in his 40s, with a federal judge finding enough evidence to link his complaint to the decision to let him go.

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Medical Pot Dispensary Challenges NLRB's Jurisdiction

By Emily Brill

A Utah medical marijuana dispensary that stands accused of firing four union supporters has asked a federal judge to block a National Labor Relations Board case against it, telling the judge that the agency lacks jurisdiction over it due to the nature of the business.

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Telehealth Co. Wage Suit Alive But Moved To SC

By MJ Koo

A federal judge ruled that a California telehealth company cannot escape a misclassification lawsuit on venue grounds but ordered the case moved to South Carolina where the physician plaintiff lives and works.

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Fla. Law Firm Must Pay Defense Costs In Loan Dispute

By David Minsky

A law firm is on the hook for the defense costs of another firm that was sued by a litigation funder for allegedly failing to pay a loan, a Florida state court judge said, citing a previous joint venture agreement requiring indemnification for legal expenses.

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Baxter Beats Stable Value Fund 401(k) Plan Suit, For Good

By Gina Kim

Baxter International permanently defeated a proposed class action claiming the relatively low returns of the medical products company's employee retirement plan were evidence of mismanagement, after an Illinois federal judge ruled Tuesday the allegations only show the stable value fund in the plan "may not have been best in class — nothing more."

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Formula-Maker Sued After Recall And Reports Of Sick Infants

By Jonathan Capriel

Infant formula manufacturer Nara Organics Inc. sold milk-based powder that had to be recalled after federal regulators learned that multiple infants who had consumed the product were hospitalized with life-threatening botulism, according to a proposed class action filed Wednesday in New York federal court.

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Georgia Healthcare Co. Says Ex-Staff Stole Patient Records

By Zach Dupont

Two former employees of a Georgia-based healthcare company stole patient and caretaker compensation data days before leaving the company's Pueblo, Colorado, branch for one of its rivals, according to the healthcare company's complaint filed in Colorado federal court Wednesday.

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Florida Cases To Watch In The 2nd Half Of 2026

By Carolina Bolado

New lawsuits over ChatGPT's role in a mass shooting on a Florida campus and a U.S. Supreme Court case that could upend most criminal trials in Florida are some of the litigation that the state's attorneys will be watching in the second half of 2026. ​​​​​​​Here, Law360 takes a look.

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Pregnancy Bias Suits Highlight EEOC's Expanding Reach

Recent U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suits show that enactment of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act has drawn scrutiny to a wider range of employment decisions and an increasing focus on individual decisions as indicators of whether an employer's policies comply with evolving federal requirements, say attorneys at Krevolin Horst.

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A New Defense For Medicaid Fraud Cases In Texas

The Texas Supreme Court decision in LabCorp v. Texas last month, finding that the state's False Claims Act requires proof that an omission is material, is among the first to establish that the government's lack of reaction to the defendant's disclosures rendered alleged omissions immaterial, say attorneys at Sheppard.

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Ex-Associate Says Jackson Lewis Pushed Her Out After Leave

By MJ Koo

A former associate attorney who was on the partnership track at Jackson Lewis PC has brought suit against the employment law firm in California state court, alleging that it refused to accommodate her temporary medical restrictions after she returned from leave and pressured her to accept a demotion or resign.

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Ex-Wis. Judge Appeals Conviction In ICE Obstruction Case

By Ganesh Setty

A former Wisconsin state judge convicted of obstructing immigration authorities trying to arrest a defendant after he appeared in her courtroom lodged an appeal before the Seventh Circuit on Thursday, after avoiding a prison sentence but being fined $5,000.

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