Expert Analysis

FTC Noncompete Rule's Impact On Healthcare Nonprofits

Healthcare entities that are nonprofit or tax-exempt and thus outside of the pending Federal Trade Commission nonc... (more story)

Key Takeaways From FDA Final Rule On Lab-Developed Tests

Michele Buenafe and Dennis Gucciardo at Morgan Lewis discuss potential consequences of the U.S. Food and Drug Admi... (more story)

Examining Illinois Genetic Privacy Law Amid Deluge Of Claims

After a federal court certified an Illinois Genetic Information Privacy Act class action in August, claims under t... (more story)

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3rd Circ. Shuns Teva's 'Novel' Appeal On Israeli Investor Class

The Third Circuit on Thursday turned away an appeal brought by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., saying the class certification stage was not the right time to hear arguments over the "novel" question of th... (more story)

FTC Deputy Director Rao On Healthcare Antitrust Agenda

The reason behind the Federal Trade Commission's changed attitude toward antitrust in healthcare in recent years isn't simple, according to Rahul Rao, deputy director of the FTC's Bureau of Competition.

Ex-Pharma Exec Cops To Contempt For Barred Finance Work

A Boston federal judge on Thursday accepted a former pharmaceutical company executive's guilty plea to a criminal contempt charge for using an alias to work on a finance venture despite a U.S. Securities and E... (more story)

$5.5M Apotex Generic Drug Price-Fixing Deal Gets Initial OK

A Pennsylvania federal judge gave preliminary approval to yet another settlement in the sweeping generic drug price-fixing multidistrict litigation, this time signing off on pharmaceutical company Apotex's $5.... (more story)

UnitedHealth Concealed DOJ Merger Investigation, Suit Says

UnitedHealth Group has been hit with a proposed shareholder class action alleging that it failed to disclose that the U.S. Department of Justice had reopened an antitrust investigation into the health insuranc... (more story)

Data On Harm Intrigues Pa. Justices In Hospital Closure Spat

While tasked with considering how much deference appellate panels must give trial courts in matters involving preliminary injunctions, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Wednesday was equally curious about whet... (more story)

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Blackbaud Dodges Data Breach Victims' Class Cert. Bid

A South Carolina federal judge has refused to certify several proposed classes consisting of roughly 1.5 billion patients, donors and other individuals whose personal information was allegedly swept up in a 20... (more story)

Wash. Hospital Scores Exit In Facebook Privacy Suit, For Now

A Washington federal judge has tossed a proposed class action accusing a Seattle-area hospital of sharing patients' confidential health information by using Facebook browser tracking tools, ruling on Monday th... (more story)

Philips Wants Cleaner Co. To Chip In For $1B CPAP Deal

Koninklijke Philips NV has filed a third-party complaint in Pennsylvania federal court against SoClean Inc., which sells cleaning products for breathing devices, claiming SoClean and its parent should contribu... (more story)

Retail Group Opposes $1B Arbitral Award Against Walgreens

An advocacy group for the retail industry is backing Walgreens as it looks to set aside a nearly $1 billion arbitral award in a dispute with a COVID test maker, telling a Delaware federal judge that judicial i... (more story)

Del. Ruling Highlights M&A Deal Adviser Conflict Disclosures

The Delaware Supreme Court recently reversed the Court of Chancery's dismissal of challenges to Nordic Capital's acquisition of Inovalon, demonstrating the importance of full disclosure of financial adviser co... (more story)

No 'Piecemeal' Fees For Infant Data Win Amid 6th Circ. Appeal

A federal judge said Friday that he wouldn't award attorney fees to children who challenged Michigan's handling of blood samples collected in an infant health screening program until the state's Sixth Circuit ... (more story)

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Ointment Scheme Conned Gov't Out Of Millions, Fla. Suit Says

Two Florida brothers and one of their former employees are accused of running a years-long fraudulent scheme billing government healthcare programs and receiving millions of dollars after paying kickbacks to g... (more story)

EPA Doctor Not A Whistleblower For Slamming Lead Plan

A former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency pediatrician and epidemiologist who publicly criticized the EPA's plan to reduce lead in drinking water as inadequate is not protected by federal whistleblower law... (more story)

Fla. Seeks To Halt Biden's ACA Trans Discrimination Rule

Florida urged a federal court to stop recently finalized regulations clarifying gender identity-based discrimination under the Affordable Care Act from taking effect, saying the new rules would force the state... (more story)

Feds Urge Prison For Convicted Baby Formula Fraudster

Urging the judge to communicate the gravity of white collar crime, federal prosecutors in New York asked Wednesday that a Staten Island man get at least 2.25 years in prison after he pled guilty to forging bab... (more story)

Anti-Trans Groups Fail To Block Wash. Youth Shelter Law

A federal judge on Wednesday threw out a lawsuit filed by two anti-transgender groups challenging a Washington state law intended to ensure shelter for teens seeking gender-affirming care or reproductive healt... (more story)

AstraZeneca Sales Reps Win Early Cert. In Gender Bias Suit

An Illinois federal judge on Tuesday granted a bid by workers to conditionally certify a collective in a lawsuit alleging AstraZeneca paid women less than men, giving the green light for notices to be sent out... (more story)