Expert Analysis

Rising Enforcement Stakes For Pharma Telehealth Platforms

Two pieces of legislation recently introduced in Congress could transform the structure and promotion of telehealt... (more story)

3 Judicial Approaches To Applying Loper Bright, 1 Year Later

In the year since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Chevron deference in its Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo ... (more story)

How Providers Can Brace For Drug Pricing Policy Changes

Though it's uncertain which provisions of the Trump administration's executive order aimed at addressing prescript... (more story)

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Alnylam Pharma Beats Inventorship Suit Tied To COVID-19 Jab

A Delaware federal judge Tuesday tossed Acuitas Therapeutics' lawsuit seeking to have its scientists added as inventors on seven Alnylam Pharmaceuticals patents tied to mRNA technology, saying the complaint do... (more story)

Full Fed. Circ. Rejects Mylan Rehearing Bid In Patent Case

The full Federal Circuit on Tuesday shot down Mylan's request for the court to reconsider a March ruling that the company's planned generic version of schizophrenia drug Invega Trinza would cause physicians to... (more story)

Fed. Circ. Faults PTAB Ax Of Patent On Bausch Eye Drops

The Federal Circuit ruled Monday that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board wrongly invalidated all the claims of a patent that Bausch & Lomb licenses for its Lumify eye drops, saying the board used an incorrect c... (more story)

Sarepta Faces Investor Suit Over Gene Therapy-Linked Deaths

Biopharmaceutical company Sarepta Therapeutics Inc. is facing a proposed investor class action after the deaths of two patients being treated with one of its therapies prompted regulatory scrutiny, with invest... (more story)

Spinoff Transaction Considerations For Biotech M&A

Amid current market challenges, boards and management teams of biotech companies can consider several strategies for maximizing value should a spinoff opportunity arise, but not without significant advance pla... (more story)

Biotech Co. Must Face Investor Suit Over Misleading Claims

Biotech company CytoDyn and its former executives and directors cannot escape a suit accusing them of misleading shareholders about the likelihood that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration would approve its d... (more story)

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State AGs Sue Gov't To Halt Medicaid Data Sharing With ICE

A California-led coalition of nearly two dozen state attorneys general is pushing a federal court to stop the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from giving immigration officials "unfettered access" ... (more story)

$70M Verdict Boosts TriZetto's Trade Secrets Award To $370M

A New York federal jury has concluded that the TriZetto Group, a healthcare software company, is entitled to nearly $70 million in compensatory damages due to Syntel Inc.'s copyright infringement and trade sec... (more story)

Rural Clinics Win Reprieve For Telehealth Funds At High Court

Thousands of rural healthcare clinics that rely on federal subsidies to provide telehealth services to millions of patients secured a major win when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the funding for a key Fede... (more story)

Teladoc Can't Shake Most Of Suit Over Meta Pixel Data Sharing

A New York federal judge refused to toss a proposed class action accusing Teladoc of unlawfully disclosing website visitors' personal health information to Meta, preserving eight wiretapping and consumer prote... (more story)

Stewart, APJ Leader Discretionarily Deny 33 More Petitions

The acting U.S. Patent and Trademark Office director rejected 21 petitions for Patent Trial and Appeal Board reviews on Wednesday, and the board's acting deputy chief judge denied another 12 where the acting d... (more story)

Abbott Hit With Genetic Privacy Suit Over Hiring Practices

Abbott Laboratories was sued Tuesday in Illinois federal court by a former worker alleging the company's onboarding materials asked for his family's medical history in violation of a state law aimed at protect... (more story)

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5 Healthcare Enforcement Actions You Don't Want To Miss

A healthcare fraud operation announced by the Justice Department targeting $14.6 billion in potential false claims wasn't the only enforcement action making waves in the industry this past week.

Texas Goes Big On New Healthcare Laws

It may be mid-summer, but Texas lawmakers are sending doctors and lawyers back to school for a course on what constitutes a "medical emergency" for the purpose of a legal abortion. Law360 Healthcare Authority ... (more story)

Iowa Judge Halts Law Targeting Pharmacy Benefit Managers

A federal judge in Des Moines has temporarily blocked an Iowa law regulating pharmacy benefit managers, delivering a significant victory to a coalition of local businesses that argued the statute overstepped f... (more story)

Lighting Co. Can't Escape 401(k) Forfeiture, Health Fee Suit

An Illinois federal judge narrowed a proposed federal benefits class action against an automotive lighting company from an ex-worker, but allowed allegations to proceed to discovery alleging the company misspe... (more story)

Top Personal Injury, Med Mal News: 2025 Midyear Report

A U.S. Supreme Court ruling over whether personal injury claims can be brought under a RICO statute and a $7.4 billion settlement reached with the Sackler family and Purdue Pharma are among Law360's top person... (more story)

Dentons Adds Career Arnold & Porter Litigator In DC

A career Arnold & Porter LLP attorney who spent more than 20 years with his former firm representing clients in False Claims Act litigation and other forms of commercial litigation has joined Dentons' Washingt... (more story)