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  • April 16, 2025

    11th Circ. Revives FCA Claim Against Fla. Medical Suppliers

    The Eleventh Circuit said Wednesday that a Florida district court rightly dismissed most of a False Claims Act lawsuit by two former employees of medical supply companies, reviving a single claim that it said was pleaded with enough specificity.

  • April 16, 2025

    Bard Sickened Ga. Man With Medical Gas Pollution, Jury Told

    A C.R. Bard medical equipment sterilization plant secretly "poisoned" a resident of a Georgia town by emitting ethylene oxide for 50 years, a jury heard in opening statements Tuesday, while Bard told the jury it "overwhelmingly" demonstrated reasonable care with the powerful gas.

  • April 16, 2025

    Geron Shareholder Sues Execs Over Drug Launch Claims

    A shareholder of Geron Corp. has filed a derivative suit against current and former members of the biopharmaceutical company's top brass, accusing them of making misleading statements about the commercial prospects of its cancer drug despite knowing that the company faced challenges to the drug's success.

  • April 16, 2025

    Wyo. Justices Skeptical Of State Abortion Bans' Legality

    The Wyoming Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed poised to side with a lower court judge that recent abortion bans violate the state's constitution, hinting that the Legislature doesn't have the authority to determine when life begins and thus cannot establish a compelling interest for the laws. 

  • April 16, 2025

    Sterlington Adds Ex-Loeb & Loeb PTAB Trials Head In Calif.

    International law firm Sterlington PLLC has added a partner who has guided clients in more than 140 proceedings before the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board, strengthening its intellectual property practice with the former chair of Loeb & Loeb's PTAB trials practice, the firm announced Wednesday.

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