Expert Analysis

Feds' Mixed Cues On Medicare Fraud Signal States To Step Up

While the federal government has recently delivered four distinct and mutually inconsistent messages regarding Me... (more story)

A Shift In How Policymakers Are Approaching PBM Regulation

Recent federal and state legislative and regulatory activity involving pharmacy benefit managers represent a chang... (more story)

Workplace Menopause Laws Demand New HR Playbooks

A recent wave of state and local legislation that makes menopause an expressly protected condition in the workplac... (more story)

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Catalyst, Nuveen Form $400M Healthcare Real Estate Venture

Catalyst Healthcare Real Estate and investment management firm Nuveen have linked up for a joint venture that will inject $400 million worth of equity into the medical property developer's pipeline of upcoming... (more story)

4 Firms Steer Curium's $8B Lantheus Take-Private Deal

Private equity-backed radiopharmaceutical company Curium on Monday announced plans to acquire fellow radiopharmaceutical company Lantheus Holdings Inc. in an $8 billion take-private deal built by four law firms.

Sandoz Settles States' Generics Price-Fixing Cases For $450M

Sandoz reached a settlement with a coalition of state enforcers on Monday, agreeing to pay $450 million to end claims against it in several cases targeting alleged price-fixing in the generic-drug industry.

KKR Buying Integer For $5.7B In Kirkland, Davis Polk-Led Deal

KKR said Monday that it will acquire medical device company Integer Holdings Corp. in an all-cash transaction with a roughly $5.7 billion enterprise value, with Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Davis Polk & Wardwell L... (more story)

Law360 Names 2026's Top Attorneys Under 40

Law360 is pleased to announce the Rising Stars of 2026, our list of more than 160 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.

Insulet Urges Full Fed. Circ. To Revive $59M Trade Secret Win

Insulin product developer Insulet Corp. has asked the full Federal Circuit to hear its arguments for reinstating a jury's $59.4 million trade secret theft verdict against EOFlow Co. Ltd., saying a split panel ... (more story)

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BREAKING: Bellwether Jury Awards $88M In Covidien Hernia Mesh Trial

A Massachusetts federal jury awarded $88 million Tuesday to a man who claimed he was injured by a Covidien LP-made hernia mesh, in the first case to reach a verdict of thousands pending against the Medtronic unit.

Judge Denies Bid To Oust Kirkland From Trade Secret Feud

A California federal judge has denied a healthcare software company's attempt to disqualify Kirkland & Ellis LLP from representing Commure Inc. in a trade secret lawsuit, ruling that the plaintiff failed to pr... (more story)

Calif. Wiretap Ruling May Reshape Pixel Tracking Litigation

The recent dismissal of a proposed class action accusing Blue Shield of California of violating the federal Wiretap Act highlights the gap between legacy wiretap laws and modern browser architecture, and the t... (more story)

Planned Parenthood Lab's $6.1M Breach Deal Gets Initial OK

A Washington federal judge has preliminarily approved a $6.1 million class action settlement in two challenges to a state-based diagnostics testing service for Planned Parenthood over a 2025 data breach that r... (more story)

Full Fed. Circ. Won't Review Apple's ITC Loss Against Masimo

The full slate of Federal Circuit judges will not reconsider a panel's determination that Apple has infringed Masimo Corp.'s blood oxygen monitor patents in a high-profile case that led to some Apple Watch imp... (more story)

Apple Can't Get Judge To Toss Masimo's $634M Patent Verdict

Apple has lost its bid to dodge a jury's finding that it owes $634 million for infringing a Masimo Corp. patent after a California federal judge rejected the tech giant's challenge to how the court construed a... (more story)

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NYC Retirees Ink $53M In Healthcare Copay Class Action

New York City and EmblemHealth will pay $53 million to resolve a class action complaint covering more than 250,000 Medicare-eligible retirees who alleged the defendants illegally charged $15 copays onto their ... (more story)

Rehab Program Participants Seek Collective In Wage Suit

Former participants in a Texas faith-based addiction recovery program have asked a federal court to certify a collective of workers who allege they were required to perform substantial labor on farms, in retai... (more story)

HHS Bolsters 340B Rebate Plan After Legal Setbacks

The Trump administration beefed up the regulatory record in its latest push to establish rebates in the 340B drug pricing program, setting the stage for a fresh legal fight with hospitals.

DOJ Warns Fraud Disclosures Won't Shield Culpable Execs

A decision by justice officials to decline criminal fraud charges against an optometry practice shows the department's ongoing willingness to pursue indictments against individuals.

Lawyers Eye CMS' New Power To Freeze Medicaid Funds

Amid headlines about the decision by President Donald Trump's administration to withhold $1 billion in Medicaid funds from California and Minnesota, healthcare attorneys are watching what could be a far more c... (more story)

Albertsons Says Wash. Slow To Warn Of Bad Drug Prescribers

Washington regulators didn't notify pharmacies or patients about doctors' potentially improper opioid prescribing until months after receiving complaints, Albertsons' counsel told a Seattle judge Monday, as th... (more story)