Expert Analysis

How Oregon Ruling Affects Federal Gender Care Crackdown

In a favorable development for healthcare providers, an Oregon federal court recently vacated certain U.S. Departm... (more story)

Congress Should Ax Privacy Bill For Not Shielding Consumers

The SECURE Data Act should be rejected because, despite Congress' claims, it would not meaningfully rein in data p... (more story)

NY Opioid Antagonist Mandate Leaves Employers Guessing

A recently enacted New York law will require employers that are federally mandated to maintain first-aid supplies ... (more story)

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Alto Says Investors Use Hindsight In Suit Over Drug Trial

Alto Neuroscience has urged a California federal judge to toss an investor suit alleging the psychiatric biotech company and its top brass overstated the efficacy of their lead drug candidate for treating majo... (more story)

Ex-CEO Gets 5 Years In Prison For $212.5M Fraud Case

A New Jersey federal judge on Tuesday sentenced the former CEO of a now-defunct medical billing company to five years in prison, the statutory maximum penalty, for his role in a $212.5 million scheme to inflat... (more story)

Judge Shuts Down Invalidity Theory In Abiomed IP Case

A Massachusetts federal judge has foreclosed one of Abiomed's invalidity defenses in a case brought by rival medical technology firm Maquet over alleged infringement of a patent covering blood pump technology.

Twist Bioscience Investors Seek $17M Stock Fraud Deal OK

Twist Bioscience Corp. and two executives asked a California federal court to give preliminary approval to a $17 million deal they inked with investors to resolve class allegations the company misrepresented t... (more story)

Calif. Case Raises Questions For Medical Practice Investors

The California attorney general's amicus brief in Art Center v. WCE and the California Medical Association's response highlight how the California appeals court's ruling could significantly affect the structur... (more story)

Humana Investor Suit Largely Survives Dismissal Bid

Health insurer Humana can't shed proposed class action claims it misled investors about the financial impact it would see from pent-up demand for healthcare deferred amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a Delaware fede... (more story)

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Patient Data Tracking Suit Sent Back To Wis. State Court

A Wisconsin federal judge has thrown back to state court a putative class action accusing healthcare providers Hospital Sisters Health Systems and Prevea Health Services of deploying tracking tools that illega... (more story)

Apple Urges Full Fed. Circ. To Undo Original Watch Import Ban

A Federal Circuit panel erred when finding the U.S. International Trade Commission properly banned imports of Apple Watches with blood oxygen-monitoring features, the tech giant behind the devices said in a pl... (more story)

CooperSurgical Strikes Deal To End Embryo Loss Class Suit

Connecticut-based fertility products manufacturer CooperSurgical Inc. has reached a settlement with a proposed class of in vitro fertilization patients and their partners, who claimed the company's defective p... (more story)

FTC Deal Bars Kochava From Selling Sensitive Location Data

Mobile app analytics provider Kochava Inc. has agreed to halt the disclosure of sensitive location data without consumers' affirmative express consent to resolve the Federal Trade Commission's longstanding cla... (more story)

NYDFS Fines Delta Dental $2.25M Over MOVEit Data Breach

Delta Dental has agreed to pay $2.25 million to resolve the New York financial regulator's claims that the insurer maintained inadequate cybersecurity and breach response measures that enabled hackers to obtai... (more story)

Deloitte Can't Duck Bulk Of Vax Software Theft Suit

Deloitte must face an inventor's trade secrets misappropriation claims accusing the consulting giant of ripping off her firm's proprietary vaccination management system and securing a multimillion-dollar gover... (more story)

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Calif. Justices Seem Divided On Gilead HIV Negligence Claim

The California Supreme Court appeared split Wednesday over whether Gilead should face a negligence claim for allegedly withholding a safer HIV drug from the market to maximize profits from an older drug with m... (more story)

9th Circ. Won't Revive Hospital Workers' Vaccine Bias Suit

The Ninth Circuit refused Wednesday to reopen a religious bias lawsuit accusing a Washington hospital of unlawfully denying employees' requests to avoid a COVID-19 vaccination mandate, finding that the medical... (more story)

Nursing Home Co. Can't Stave Off EEOC Harassment Trial

A nursing facility operator can't dodge a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming it fired an employee for complaining that her boss sexually harassed her, an Illinois federal judge said Wed... (more story)

DC Circ. Judge Jabs Pharma Atty For 10 Minutes In Price Fight

The first D.C. Circuit showdown in widespread drug pricing litigation Tuesday appeared unlikely to deliver a badly needed win to the pharmaceutical industry, as a top manufacturer's attorney faced a cool recep... (more story)

ERISA Recap: 5 Litigation Developments From April

The U.S. Supreme Court turned down a bakery company's bid for review of a union multiemployer pension withdrawal bill, the Fourth Circuit held a bonus plan was exempt from federal benefits law, and the Sixth C... (more story)

Wash. Panel Revives GLP-1 Health Plan Coverage Fight

A Washington state appeals court revived a proposed class action by state employees alleging their benefit plan discriminatorily barred health coverage for GLP-1 medications treating obesity, finding a lower c... (more story)