Oregon Racing to Block Predatory Hospice Schemes
As California's revamped laws trigger a massive crackdown on hospice fraud, Oregon lawmakers are moving to protect their residents against an influx of predatory operators. The state currently lacks robust hospice regulations, making it an attractive target for bad actors seeking a foothold as they are pushed out of neighboring markets, palliative care advocates say.
FDA Targets 'Emotional' Ads In New Enforcement Campaign
Federal regulators' quick objection to a Novo Nordisk commercial touting its new weight loss pill as a chance to "live lighter" is designed to send a message to drugmakers and discourage them from making emotional appeals that promise patients a better life, experts say.
This Week's Healthcare Earnings: Moderna, Tenet And More
Healthcare stocks saw big moves in recent days, even as earnings season begins to wind down for the industry.
Deals & Corporate Governance More
The Federal Circuit cleared the path for branded-drug makers to claim a rival induced infringement of a patent without taking any active steps to do so, Hikma told the U.S. Supreme Court in a case over so-call... (more story)
A New York federal judge has trimmed a securities class action accusing Global Cord Blood Corp. and others of orchestrating and trying to cover up a scheme in which hundreds of millions of dollars were transfe... (more story)
A Pennsylvania federal judge has dismissed a whistleblower lawsuit brought by the former head of product development for Olympus Corp. of the Americas, ruling that the ex-executive failed to show he was fired ... (more story)
Transplant diagnostics company CareDx has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Third Circuit decision that erased a nearly $45 million jury award against rival Natera in a false advertising case, arguing t... (more story)
Real estate investment trusts Welltower Inc. and Ventas Inc. recorded strong financial results from the last quarter and the full year of 2025, as both companies intensified their focus on senior housing, a se... (more story)
Insurers garnered several wins Tuesday in a dispute over coverage for thousands of opioid suits against bankrupt pharmaceutical company Endo International, with a Pennsylvania federal court ruling favorably fo... (more story)
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A North Carolina federal judge has ruled that a prospective class of Nurse.com users lacked standing to sue the website's operator for Video Privacy Protection Act violations for allegedly sharing customers' i... (more story)
A former Johnson & Johnson subsidiary has agreed to pay $4.7 million to settle a potential class action claiming it unlawfully stored and collected facial scans of people who used its Neutrogena Skin360 tool, ... (more story)
The health payment platform Change Health Inc., which was at the center of the nation's largest healthcare data breach two years ago, is facing a fresh lawsuit from a proposed class of Pennsylvania healthcare ... (more story)
An increase in breach disclosures is coinciding with California's most comprehensive privacy and artificial intelligence legislation taking effect, illustrating the range of vulnerabilities organizations in th... (more story)
A California federal judge presiding over social media addiction multidistrict litigation Wednesday criticized Meta's bid to push newly filed arbitration demands into court, saying she doesn't have jurisdictio... (more story)
A New York federal judge said Wednesday that she can't block South Dakota officials from pursuing state legal action against an abortion rights group that launched an advertising campaign in South Dakota, sayi... (more story)
Policy & Compliance More
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Sanofi-Aventis US LLC in state court Thursday, accusing the pharmaceutical company of paying kickbacks to providers so they would prescribe Sanofi's drugs.
A coalition of 21 Republican state attorneys general, led by Nebraska, urged a federal judge to grant Louisiana's bid to block the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's 2023 rules easing access to the abortion d... (more story)
An Oklahoma federal judge signed off on a $90,000 deal on Thursday to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming a urology practice placed a pregnant employee on unpaid leave rather than ... (more story)
A Connecticut medical practice failed to secure its patients' and employees' private information ahead of a ransomware attack that likely affected thousands of people, then flouted its duty to provide the vict... (more story)
A Texas appellate court pushed back on a midwife's assertion that a court order blocking her from providing abortions flouted the state's rules of civil procedure, saying Thursday she wasn't facing the lawsuit... (more story)
A pharmaceutical trade group has urged the First Circuit to overturn a district court's order siding with a Rhode Island law that bars drug manufacturers from blocking hospitals and clinics from contracting wi... (more story)