Health

  • October 29, 2024

    Fla. Health Agency's All-Out Battle Against Abortion Measure

    Florida's health agencies are testing the limits of their power — and generating plenty of controversy in and outside of court — for their role in an aggressive effort to defeat a ballot measure that would enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution.

  • October 29, 2024

    Pa. Seeks State Takeover Of Embattled Hospital System

    Pennsylvania urged a state court to appoint a receiver for a hospital system after its operator, Prospect Medical Holdings Inc., allegedly violated an asset purchase agreement by spending millions of dollars on its investors instead of healthcare system management.

  • October 29, 2024

    4th Circ. Quizzes Drugmaker Challenging W.Va. Abortion Law

    An attorney arguing that West Virginia is preempted by federal law from restricting access to an abortion medication faced skeptical questions Tuesday from two judges who suggested it's entirely normal for states to regulate the practice of medicine.

  • October 29, 2024

    Biopharma Co. Escapes Investor Suit Over Drug Approval Lies

    Biopharmaceutical company Spero Therapeutics Inc. has escaped a proposed investor class action accusing it of concealing warning signs that it would not secure regulatory approval of one of its drugs, with the court ruling that Spero's interactions with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration do not indicate Spero should have known its application would be rejected.

  • October 29, 2024

    Medical Co. Gets No Coverage For Toxic Tort

    An insurer for B. Braun Medical Inc. has no duty to defend or indemnify the company against numerous lawsuits accusing B. Braun of exposing residents near one of its medical device manufacturing plants to a carcinogenic gas, a Pennsylvania federal court ruled, finding a pollution exclusion applicable.

  • October 29, 2024

    Beyond Abortion, 7 Ballot Questions Set To Shape Care

    While reproductive rights have led the healthcare debate this election season, voters across the country will shape state policies on a number of other hot issues, including a Medicaid work requirement and coverage for IVF. Law360 Healthcare Authority looks at seven ballot measures that go beyond abortion.

  • October 29, 2024

    Pa. DA Says ATF's Pot Patients Ban Doesn't Fit With Bruen

    A Pennsylvania district attorney is urging a federal judge not to throw out his suit challenging a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives policy blocking medical cannabis patients from buying or owning firearms, saying the U.S. Supreme Court's recent precedent preempts the restriction.

  • October 29, 2024

    Warren Pushes FTC Chair To Probe Oncology Acquisitions

    Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday urged the Federal Trade Commission to scrutinize McKesson Corp.'s proposed $2.49 billion acquisition of a controlling stake in Core Ventures, and Cardinal Health's proposed $1.12 billion purchase of a controlling stake in Integrated Oncology, saying the deals would further consolidate the "already highly consolidated" oncology market.

  • October 29, 2024

    PBM Group Federal Affairs VP Joins Akin In Lobbying Role

    A former Capitol Hill health policy advocate who worked in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and guided federal and state stakeholders through the implementation of the Affordable Care Act has joined Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP's lobbying team.

  • October 29, 2024

    Senate Panel Targets 'Clever' Pharma Pricing

    The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday railed against drugmakers and pharmacy benefit managers for allegedly causing the high cost of prescription drugs, arguing that "Big Pharma" has used anticompetitive tactics through patenting to fleece American patients.

  • October 28, 2024

    Masimo Sues Founder Over Alleged 'Empty Voting' Scheme

    Masimo Corp. has sued its founder for allegedly conspiring with an investment firm and company stockholder to manipulate a shareholder vote in order to maintain his seat on the medical technology company's board of directors.

  • October 28, 2024

    Wash. AG Candidates Clash On Consumer Protection, Guns

    The candidates vying to replace Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson, who carved out a national reputation as an antitrust champion, present starkly different visions on whether to build upon his tenure or reverse course, clashing not just on consumer protection, but also gun safety and access to reproductive care.

  • October 28, 2024

    SEC Sues To Enforce Subpoena On Telehealth Co.

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has asked a New York federal judge to order a weight loss-focused telehealth company to comply with a subpoena issued in connection with the SEC's investigation into whether the company violated federal securities laws.

  • October 28, 2024

    Ontrak Founder Can't Wipe Novel Insider Trading Verdict

    A California federal judge has upheld Ontrak founder Terren Peizer's first-of-its-kind insider trading conviction, holding that jurors had "more than enough evidence" to determine he based a $20 million share sale on nonpublic information that the health tech company was about to lose its biggest client.

  • October 28, 2024

    Consciousness Not A Factor In $15M Pain And Suffering Verdict

    A urological surgeon can't trim a $15 million jury verdict awarded to the wife of an octogenarian patient who died due to the doctor's alleged negligence, a Georgia state appeals court has ruled, rejecting arguments that a patient can't get pain and suffering damages because he was mostly unconscious.

  • October 28, 2024

    Gov't Says No Duty To Pay $69M In COVID Testing Claims

    The Health Resources and Services Administration has urged the Court of Federal Claims to toss a lawsuit alleging the agency owes a laboratory $69 million in unpaid claims under a COVID-19 program for the uninsured, saying there was no contractual duty to pay.

  • October 28, 2024

    Moderna Brass Hit With Investor Suit Over RSV Shot Claims

    Officers and directors of Moderna face shareholder derivative allegations that they overstated how effective the company's RSV vaccine candidate was as the pharmaceutical giant sought regulatory permission to expedite its development.

  • October 28, 2024

    Surge In Nicotine Fee Suits Shows Wellness Program Risks

    A recent crop of suits accusing large employers of violating nondiscrimination provisions in federal benefits law by making workers who use nicotine pay more for health insurance underscore the risk of using fees to offset healthcare costs, attorneys say. Here are five nicotine surcharge suits to keep an eye on.

  • October 28, 2024

    HHS Says In-Home Evals Raised Insurers' Medicare Payments

    Private Medicare insurers collected an estimated $4.2 billion in extra federal payments last year from in-home health assessments they conducted, even though the evaluations led to no treatment, according to a report by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' internal watchdog.

  • October 28, 2024

    Conn. Healthcare Co.'s $1.5M Data Breach Deal Gets Final OK

    A Connecticut federal judge has given his final approval to a class action settlement that requires Merritt Healthcare Advisors to pay thousands of people whose personal information was exposed in a data breach.

  • October 28, 2024

    Mass. Court's Wiretap Ruling May Be Bad Omen For Plaintiffs

    A ruling by the Massachusetts high court rejecting wiretap claims over website operators' use of tracking software like Meta Pixel and Google Analytics shows the steep climb plaintiffs may continue to face as they try to apply older laws to modern technologies, experts told Law360.

  • October 28, 2024

    5th Circ. Affirms Texas Health Coordinator Is Not Tax-Exempt

    A Texas nonprofit corporation that coordinates healthcare mostly for privately insured patients does not qualify for tax-exempt status because its business fails to help the larger community, the Fifth Circuit ruled Monday in affirming a U.S. Tax Court decision.

  • October 28, 2024

    Hospital Wants NC County's 'Monopoly' Suit Tossed

    Owners of an Asheville, North Carolina, hospital accused of understaffing its emergency room and driving up wait times say the county suing them for unjust enrichment is actually trying to get paid twice for healthcare its emergency responders have already provided.

  • October 28, 2024

    Crown Settles Customer Dispute To Close $924M Revance Buy

    Revance Therapeutics has settled a distribution-related dispute with customer Teoxane SA, potentially clearing the path for its planned $924 million acquisition by skincare company Crown Laboratories. 

  • October 25, 2024

    NLRB Wins Injunction, Defeats Constitutional Claims In Mich.

    A Michigan federal judge handed the National Labor Relations Board two victories Friday in the agency's dispute with a hospital, ordering the hospital to resume recognizing the Service Employees International Union affiliate it ousted last year and rejecting the hospital's argument that the agency's structure is unconstitutional.

Expert Analysis

  • Firms Must Offer A Trifecta Of Services In Post-Chevron World

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    After the U.S. Supreme Court’s Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo decision overturning Chevron deference, law firms will need to integrate litigation, lobbying and communications functions to keep up with the ramifications of the ruling and provide adequate counsel quickly, says Neil Hare at Dentons.

  • 5 Ways Life Sciences Cos. Can Manage Insider Trading Risk

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    In light of two high-profile insider trading jury decisions against life sciences executives this year, public companies in the sector should revise their policies to account for regulators' new and more expansive theories of liability, says Amy Walsh at Orrick.

  • Strategies To Defend Against Healthcare Nuclear Verdicts

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    The healthcare industry is increasingly the target of megaclaims, particularly those alleging medical malpractice, but attorneys representing providers can use a few tools to push back on flimsy litigation and reduce the likelihood of a nuclear verdict, says LaMar Jost at Wheeler Trigg.

  • 5 Tips To Succeed In A Master Of Laws Program And Beyond

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    As lawyers and recent law school graduates begin their Master of Laws coursework across the country, they should keep a few pointers in mind to get the most out of their programs and kick-start successful careers in their practice areas, says Kelley Miller at Reed Smith.

  • Series

    Being An Opera Singer Made Me A Better Lawyer

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    My journey from the stage to the courtroom has shown that the skills I honed as an opera singer – punctuality, memorization, creativity and more – have all played a vital role in my success as an attorney, says Gerard D'Emilio at GableGotwals.

  • What Drug Cos. Must Know About NY Price Transparency Law

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    Drug manufacturers must understand the contours of New York's recently implemented law requiring self-reporting of drug price increases, as well as best practices for compliance and challenges against similar laws in other states, say Elizabeth Bierut and Angie Garcia at Friedman Kaplan.

  • How Law Firms Can Avoid 'Collaboration Drag'

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    Law firm decision making can be stifled by “collaboration drag” — characterized by too many pointless meetings, too much peer feedback and too little dissent — but a few strategies can help stakeholders improve decision-making processes and build consensus, says Steve Groom at Miles Mediation.

  • Opinion

    Litigation Funding Disclosure Key To Open, Impartial Process

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    Blanket investor and funding agreement disclosures should be required in all civil cases where the investor has a financial interest in the outcome in order to address issues ranging from potential conflicts of interest to national security concerns, says Bob Goodlatte, former U.S. House Representative for Virginia.

  • Whistleblowers Must Note 5 Key Differences Of DOJ Program

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    The U.S. Department of Justice’s recently unveiled whistleblower awards program diverges in key ways from similar programs at other agencies, and individuals must weigh these differences and look first to programs with stronger, proven protections before blowing the whistle, say Stephen Kohn and Geoff Schweller at Kohn Kohn.

  • The Licensure Landscape For Psychedelics Manufacturers

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    As the need for bulk manufacturing of psychedelic substances grows, organizations aiming to support clinical trials or become commercial suppliers must navigate a rigorous and multifaceted journey to obtaining a license from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, say Kimberly Chew at Husch Blackwell and Jaime Dwight at Promega Corp.

  • What NFL Draft Picks Have In Common With Lateral Law Hires

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    Nearly half of law firm lateral hires leave within a few years — a failure rate that is strikingly similar to the performance of NFL quarterbacks drafted in the first round — in part because evaluators focus too heavily on quantifiable metrics and not enough on a prospect's character traits, says Howard Rosenberg at Baretz+Brunelle.

  • Replacing The Stigma Of Menopause With Law Firm Support

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    A large proportion of the workforce is forced to pull the brakes on their career aspirations because of the taboo surrounding menopause and a lack of consistent support, but law firms can initiate the cultural shift needed by formulating thoughtful workplace policies, says Barbara Hamilton-Bruce at Simmons & Simmons.

  • Planning Law Firm Content Calendars: What, When, Where

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    During the slower month of August, law firms should begin working on their 2025 content calendars, planning out a content creation and distribution framework that aligns with the firm’s objectives and maintains audience engagement throughout the year, says Jessica Kaplan at Legally Penned.

  • Series

    Playing Golf Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Golf can positively affect your personal and professional life well beyond the final putt, and it’s helped enrich my legal practice by improving my ability to build lasting relationships, study and apply the rules, face adversity with grace, and maintain my mental and physical well-being, says Adam Kelly at Venable.

  • What FCA Cases May Look Like In The Age Of Generative AI

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    Generative artificial intelligence raises unique considerations both in the context of potentially leading to False Claims Act cases and in the discovery and litigation phases of these lawsuits, says attorney Rachel Rose.

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