Expert Analysis

Contact Lens Rule's Evolution Steers FTC Guidance Program

The history of the Federal Trade Commission's Contact Lens Rule illustrates the goals of the FTC's recently announ... (more story)

Abbott FCA Deal Shows Enforcement Adequacy Quandaries

Abbott Laboratories’ recent False Claims Act resolution illustrates several tricky questions that both prosecutors... (more story)

New DNA Screening Standard Has No Clear Playbook

Although the government has not yet released promised guidance intended to support its new standards for screening... (more story)

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NC Biz Court Bulletin: Monopoly Suit Setback, Historic Deal

The North Carolina Business Court rounded the corner into fall with a setback for residents in an antitrust class action, a historic settlement in "forever chemical" contamination litigation and a raft of new ... (more story)

Dentists Can't Avoid Delta Dental MDL

The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation held that dentists pursuing five new lawsuits against Delta Dental and its network cannot avoid the Illinois federal court MDL accusing the insurance giant of ant... (more story)

Shionogi To Buy Texas Biotech IntraBio In $2B Deal

Japanese drugmaker Shionogi & Co. said Monday it has agreed to acquire Austin, Texas-based biotech IntraBio Inc. for $2 billion, with Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP advising Shionogi and Kirkland & Ellis... (more story)

Drug Discounter's $48M Arbitration Award Tossed For Fraud

A Florida federal judge vacated a $48 million arbitration award won by a drug discounter for unpaid commissions for pharmacy claims under an agreement with an Illinois-based pharmacy benefit company, finding t... (more story)

Justices Want SG's View On 3 Antitrust Cases

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday called for the solicitor general's view in antitrust cases involving hard drive component prices, allergy testing and treatment, and insulin products sold through a drug discount program.

States Seek OK Of $400M Sandoz Generic Price-Fixing Deal

A coalition of 43 states and territories is seeking court approval of a $400 million settlement that would resolve allegations Sandoz Inc. and its subsidiary Fougera Pharmaceuticals Inc. participated in a wide... (more story)

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Masimo's $634M Apple IP Win Boosted By $184M In Interest

A California federal judge on Monday ordered Apple Inc. to pay Masimo Corp. $184 million in prejudgment interest on top of a $634 million damages award for infringing a Masimo pulse oximetry patent through an ... (more story)

Medivis Gets Some AR Device Patent Claims Cut In Remand

After the Federal Circuit faulted the Patent Trial and Appeal Board for upholding a Novarad Corp. patent on augmented reality technology for surgeons, the board found on remand that Medivis Inc. had shown that... (more story)

Fed. Circ. Won't Rethink Vacating Contractor's $12.7M Award

The Federal Circuit said Thursday it won't disturb a unanimous three-judge panel's decision vacating a roughly $12.7 million award a software developer won against the federal government over unauthorized soft... (more story)

Google's Calif. Forum Win Sets Stage For MDL Coverage Fight

A Delaware decision means Google can argue for coverage for a social media MDL in its home state. It also puts the tech giant in the clear of a judge who ruled against Meta in a related case.

Social Media Cos., Teens Spar Over Evidence Ahead Of Trials

Social media companies and teens who allege the companies harmed their mental health sparred in California state court Tuesday over what evidence jurors will hear in an upcoming round of bellwether trials, inc... (more story)

Surgical Robot Co. Says 9th Circ. 'Expands' Antitrust Law

Intuitive Surgical asked the full Ninth Circuit to reconsider a decision reviving a surgical repair company's claims that it blocked third parties from refurbishing components for its popular da Vinci surgery ... (more story)

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BCBS Unit Owes Awards Under No Surprises Act, Court Told

A Blue Cross Blue Shield unit failed to pay thousands of dollars in awards that an air ambulance company won through the No Surprises Act's arbitration process for out-of-network services rendered to the insur... (more story)

Mich. Judge Questions Push To Revive Abortion Restrictions

A Michigan judge Wednesday called a state law requiring medical providers to give parenting information and a picture of a fetus to patients seeking an abortion a "hindrance" that is out of step with a voter-a... (more story)

AstraZeneca Takes Drug-Pricing Law Challenge To 4th Circ.

AstraZeneca on Monday asked the Fourth Circuit to resurrect its suit challenging how the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services determines which drugs are subject to the landmark drug-pricing program, arguin... (more story)

CVS Can't Get Second Shot At Tossing Investors' AI Use Suit

A New York federal judge on Tuesday declined to give CVS another opportunity to dismiss a lawsuit accusing it of inflating its revenues through the use of artificial intelligence. 

Courts On Health Insurer Antitrust Row, Opioid MDL And More

Law360 Healthcare Authority looks at the U.S. Supreme Court's request for the federal government to weigh in on an allergy company's antitrust case, a Sixth Circuit decision overturning a ruling that allowed h... (more story)

1st Circ. Sees Gaps In Order Halting RFK's Vaccine Advisers

A First Circuit panel on Tuesday puzzled over aspects of a lower court's order staying Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s appointments to a vaccine policy committee, with one judge say... (more story)