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What High Court's Tenn. Trans Care Ruling Means Nationally

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in U.S. v. Skrmetti, upholding a Tennessee ban on gender-affirming medical care ... (more story)

High Court ACA Ruling May Harm Preventative Care

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Kennedy v. Braidwood last week, ruling that the U.S. Department of Health and... (more story)

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)

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The Firms That Won Big At The Supreme Court

The number of law firms juggling three or more arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court this past term nearly doubled from the number of firms that could make that claim last term.

Breaking Down The Vote: The High Court Term In Review

The U.S. Supreme Court once again waited until the term's closing weeks — and even hours — to issue some of its most anticipated and divided decisions.

The Biggest Patent Rulings Of 2025: A Midyear Report

A ruling by the full Federal Circuit invited greater scrutiny of patent damages testimony, and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's acting director established new criteria for rejecting patent challenges. H... (more story)

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)

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Calif. AG Secures Record Data Privacy Deal Against Healthline

Medical information provider Healthline Media LLC will pay $1.55 million and refrain from sharing certain information with advertisers and other third parties that may reveal website visitors' health diagnoses... (more story)

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)

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States Still Oppose Florida's Generic Drug Deal With Sandoz

States accusing generic-drug makers of fixing prices are continuing to object to a $10 million settlement struck between Florida and Sandoz, arguing that it limits their ability to negotiate deals while lettin... (more story)

Natera Inks $8.25M Deal To End Prenatal Tests Suit

A proposed class of buyers of Natera Inc.'s noninvasive prenatal tests has asked a California federal court to give preliminary approval to an $8.25 million settlement to resolve claims that the company knew t... (more story)

High Court Passes On Mont. Abortion, Parental Consent Case

The U.S. Supreme Court declined Thursday to hear a case focused on parental consent and abortion in Montana, as two conservative justices said the decision shouldn't be seen as a rejection by the justices of t... (more story)

HHS Ordered To Restore Data Axed Under 'Gender Ideology' EO

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services must restore a swath of webpages and datasets it took down following a Trump administration executive order seeking to root out references to so-called gender i... (more story)

Mich. Justices Turn Down Challenge To Med Mal Damage Cap

Michigan's highest court won't weigh in on the constitutionality of the state's caps on medical malpractice awards, rejecting a federal district court's certified question Thursday.

Supreme Court Takes Up Transgender Sports Bans

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Thursday to hear challenges to West Virginia and Idaho laws barring transgender athletes from competing on sports teams consistent with their gender identity, putting yet more ant... (more story)