Split 6th Circ. Keeps Block On Tenn. 'Abortion Trafficking' Ban

By Gianna Ferrarin

A split Sixth Circuit panel upheld a permanent injunction on what Tennessee calls an abortion trafficking ban, finding the law is facially overbroad and violates the First Amendment by restricting speech on access to abortions in states where that care is legal.

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A2J At The High Court: Gun Bans, Voting And Civil Remedies

By Marco Poggio

From the right to own semiautomatic rifles to the rules governing voter registration, the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court term will see the justices tackle a broad swath of constitutional and access to justice issues.

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Analysis

This Courtroom Assumption Preceded A White Collar Manhunt

By Aaron Keller

After a jury convicted former Connecticut state budget official Konstantinos Diamantis of 21 corruption counts, a federal judge assumed prosecutors would not seek immediate incarceration, asking a question that came to preface an international manhunt now underway.

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COVID Testing Co.'s Ex-COO Pleads Guilty In $500M Fraud

By Craig Clough

The former chief operating officer of a COVID-19 testing company pled guilty in Michigan federal court to a healthcare fraud conspiracy allegedly involving more than $500 million in fraudulent insurance claims for services that were not performed as billed.

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SEC Says Md. Woman Illegally Traded On FDA Approval Info

By Sydney Price

The SEC accused a Maryland resident of trading on nonpublic information she received from an insider ahead of the FDA's 2023 denial of a new drug application for a depression treatment submitted by Sage Therapeutics Inc. that caused the company's shares to lose over half of their value.

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Astrana Health Reveals Spoofing Attack Targeting Private Data

By Allison Grande

An Astrana Health unit was the target of a "series" of social engineering cyberattacks in which hackers impersonated the company's employees to gain access to systems that contained private and confidential information about patients and others, the healthcare provider disclosed in a recent regulatory filing. 

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Alkermes Must Face Bulk Of Addiction Treatment Drug Suit

By Bryan Koenig

A Massachusetts federal judge largely refused Thursday to let Alkermes duck a proposed class action alleging it tricked the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office into granting a patent for the addiction treatment therapy Vivitrol, crediting allegations a missing study was intentionally omitted from the patent application to win approval.

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Conn. AG Beats Dentist's Appeal In Press Release Fight

By Brian Steele

The Connecticut attorney general and a former social services commissioner did not violate a dentist's constitutional due process or privacy rights when they issued a press release announcing the $300,000 settlement of a False Claims Act case based on Medicaid billing claims, a state appellate panel ruled Friday.

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Pa. Court Backs Hospital In Suit Over Employee's Suicide

By Y. Peter Kang

A Pennsylvania appellate court on Friday affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit accusing WellSpan York Hospital of causing the suicide of an employee who allegedly endured racist bullying from coworkers, finding the allegations didn't support an emotional distress claim.

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Roundup

UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Megan Norcott

The past week in London has seen Glencore Energy sue a refinery for allegedly defrauding it out of more than $236 million worth of crude oil, the former CEO of ankle-tag maker Big Technologies file a defamation claim against the company, and property investment group Hunter Jones hit by a claim from the Financial Conduct Authority. 

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United, TeamHealth Settle $100M ER Billing Fraud Suit

By Kellie Mejdrich

UnitedHealthcare and TeamHealth have agreed to resolve a $100 million alleged fraud dispute over emergency room staffing and billing, according to a filing in Tennessee federal court.

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AI Software Co. Beats Fired Worker's Sex Harassment Suit

By Grace Elletson

A Connecticut federal judge has thrown out a sexual harassment and retaliation suit from an AI healthcare software company ex-worker who said she was sexually assaulted by a colleague at a work event, ruling that an essential filing in the case came too late.

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Hemp Shop Owner Hits LA With $10M Suit Over Raids

By Jonathan Capriel

A Black entrepreneur claims he was run out of business through unlawful and racially motivated raids on his hemp shop by the Los Angeles Police Department, in a lawsuit in state court that seeks $10 million in damages — the third he has filed on similar claims against city officials.

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Del. Chancery Says Curonix Owns Stimwave Shares

By Hilary Russ

The medical device company Curonix LLC has won its lawsuit against the founder of Stimwave Technologies Inc., with Delaware's Court of Chancery finding that the plaintiff is the rightful holder of 75,000 shares of the company it purchased in bankruptcy.

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Mayo Clinic Strikes $50K Deal To End EEOC Vax Bias Suit

By Grace Elletson

The Mayo Clinic will pay $50,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming it threatened to fire a Pentecostal Christian security guard if he didn't get vaccinated against COVID-19 despite his religious objections.

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Texas Judge Says Perot's VC Firm Can't Be Held To Handshake

By Spencer Brewer

The Texas Business Court threw out a lawsuit brought by a Dallas businessman accusing billionaire Ross Perot Jr. of stiffing him out of his rightful equity interest in a healthcare company that sold for $2 billion, saying the businessman signed an agreement waiving his interest in the company.

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Novo Bets $1.3B On Nanexa Drug Tech Amid Obesity Push

By Al Barbarino

Novo Nordisk has agreed to pay up to about €1.165 billion ($1.3 billion) under an exclusive license and collaboration agreement for Swedish drug-delivery company Nanexa's PharmaShell technology.

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Cooley, Latham Steer RNA Drugmaker's Upsized $446M IPO

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

San Diego-based biotechnology company ADARx Pharmaceuticals began trading publicly on Friday after raising $446 million in its initial public offering steered by Cooley LLP and Latham & Watkins LLP, adding to the growing list of biotech IPOs recently.

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Roundup

Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Latham, McDermott

By Zak Kostro

In this week's Taxation With Representation, Royal Caribbean invests billions in a joint venture with Sandals, Telix Pharmaceuticals buys ITM Isotope Technologies Munich, and Priority Technology makes a go-private deal with an investor group helmed by the company's chair and CEO.

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Roundup

Don't Miss It: Simpson Thacher, Latham Steer Hot Deals

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

A lot can happen in the world of mergers and acquisitions and equity fundraising over the course of a couple of weeks, and it's difficult to keep up with all the deals. Here, Law360 recaps the ones you may have missed, including transactions helmed by Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP and Latham & Watkins LLP.

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FCA Ruling May Open Door To Redacting Defendants' Names

A recent Florida federal court decision may signal a shift from the long-prevailing view that False Claims Act defendants' identities must always be revealed when qui tam actions are unsealed, potentially providing important protection for healthcare fraud defendants who may face career consequences from unproven allegations, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.

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Senior Lawyers Survey: Tell Us About Your Career

How are senior lawyers adapting to evolving career paths and emerging technologies? Share your perspective in this five-minute survey.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

O'Melveny & Myers LLP and Reed Smith LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Ninth Circuit overturned a $140 million class verdict against CenturyLink, holding that the company had a reasonable interpretation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

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Arkansas Firm 5th To Seal PE Deal With Uplift Investors

By Tracey Read

Arkansas' largest personal injury law firm is the latest legal entity to ink a deal to take private equity investment using Uplift Investors' associated management services organization.

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AI Mishap Has Judge Questioning 'Our Collective Character'

By Julie Manganis

A California attorney was barred from representing the plaintiffs in a Massachusetts insurance coverage dispute and ordered to pay legal costs of up to $10,000 to opposing counsel, after a federal judge found he relied on "inaccurate and fictitious" case cites and holdings in three filings.

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Tarter Krinsky Faces Suit After Disclosing Data Breach

By Andrea Keckley

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP maintained "intentional opacity" about a recently disclosed cybersecurity attack last year that may have compromised protected health information, a proposed class action alleged in New York federal court.

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Domino Foods Fights Paul Weiss DQ Bid In Price-Fixing MDL

By Madison Arnold

Domino Foods is pushing back on an attempt to disqualify its counsel from Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP in a sugar price-fixing multidistrict litigation, arguing Hershey, J.M. Smucker and other food makers filed the motion as a "strategic attempt to gain tactical advantage" at a critical point in the dispute.

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Duane Morris To Settle Employee's Tax Withholding Claim

By Asha Glover

Duane Morris LLP has agreed to private mediation to settle a proposed class action by an employee who alleged that the firm failed to withhold taxes for workers who were misclassified as partners, according to a notice.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

Wilson Sonsini topped a list of law firms that have alumni attorneys working at six of the country's most prominent tech companies. And general counsel at most large companies expect to increase their litigation budgets next year.

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In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360

For those who missed out, here's a look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the most buzz on Law360 last week.

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