Expert Analysis

Courts Keep Upping Standing Ante In ERISA Healthcare Suits

As Article III standing becomes increasingly important in litigation brought by employer-sponsored health plan mem... (more story)

Calif. Bill May Shake Up Healthcare Investment Landscape

If signed by the governor, newly passed California legislation would significantly expand the Office of Health Car... (more story)

Pharma Copay Programs Raise Complex Economic Questions

The growing prevalence of copay accumulator and maximizer programs in the pharmaceutical industry is drawing incre... (more story)

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Axsome Settles Investors' Drug Approval Suit For $7.8M

Biopharmaceutical company Axsome Therapeutics Inc. and its shareholders have asked a New York federal court to approve a $7.75 million settlement to resolve investors' claims that Axsome hid issues related to ... (more story)

How Attys Are Riding The Mass. Biotech 'Roller Coaster'

The first half of 2025 saw the Massachusetts biotech industry post bleak numbers, including a dip in venture capital funding and merger activity, leaving attorneys looking for creative ways to help companies w... (more story)

Dentists Denied Class Certification In $13B Delta Dental Suit

An Illinois federal court refused to certify a class of dentists in multidistrict litigation targeting an alleged $13 billion antitrust scheme by Delta Dental and its members, finding that dental insurance mar... (more story)

Foley & Lardner Adds Healthcare Deals Pro From Holland & Knight

Foley & Lardner LLP has continued its expansion in Nashville with the addition of another former Holland & Knight LLP attorney, expanding its healthcare and life sciences and manufacturing sector capabilities.

HealthTrackRx Names 2nd Chief Legal Officer In 2025

Texas-based infectious disease laboratory HealthTrackRx has added a new chief legal officer following the departure of the top attorney it hired earlier this year.

Wachtell, Paul Weiss Advise On Pfizer's $7.3B Obesity Path

Pfizer Inc. will acquire Metsera Inc. for $4.9 billion in cash, as the U.S. pharmaceutical giant bets on the biotech firm's experimental treatments for obesity and cardiometabolic diseases, the companies said Monday. 

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AI Health Benefits Platform Secures $400M In New Funding

Enterprise health technology company Capital Rx Inc. announced Tuesday that it has secured a $400 million investment and will subsequently rebrand as Judi Health to "better reflect its roots" as a full-service... (more story)

Fla. Court OKs $20M Settlement In Fortra Data Breach MDL

A Florida federal judge gave final approval to a $20 million class action settlement as part of multidistrict litigation over theft of personal information from millions of U.S. citizens in a health data breac... (more story)

DA In Gilgo Beach Killings Case Talks Advances In DNA Use

Law360 sat down with Suffolk County, New York, District Attorney Ray Tierney, who is prosecuting architect Rex Heuermann on charges that he murdered seven women on Long Island, to discuss the use of a newer fo... (more story)

Missouri AG Can Seek Unredacted Trans Care Records

The Missouri attorney general can demand that a hospital turn over unredacted records on patients getting transgender care as part of a probe of a whistleblower complaint, a state appeals court held Tuesday.

Meta Loses Bid To Overturn Verdict In Flo Privacy Class Action

A California federal judge has refused to disturb a jury verdict that found Meta Platforms Inc. liable for using an online tracking tool to unlawfully obtain sensitive health data that users entered into the F... (more story)

Transmission Security Has A Critical Role In Healthcare

In light of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Civil Rights' continuing enforcement initiative focusing on businesses' accurate and thorough security risk assessments under the Health ... (more story)

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Amtrak Beats Retired Worker's Suit Over Benefits Reversal

A Rhode Island federal judge dismissed an ex-Amtrak employee's suit claiming the company illegally rolled back medical care reimbursement benefits that the rail service said it mistakenly granted him in retire... (more story)

Fed. Vaccine Panel Prompts Legal, Health Confusion

It's been days since a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention committee updated recommendations for a common childhood vaccine and the COVID-19 booster. But healthcare and legal experts are still trying to... (more story)

Kansas Abortion Mandates On Trial: What You Need to Know

The largest provider of reproductive healthcare in Kansas will face off with state officials this week at a long-awaited trial focused on a 24-hour abortion waiting period, among other state requirements.

State Medicaid Cuts Mean 'Financial Squeeze' For Providers

Law360 Healthcare Authority talks with Gayland Hethcoat of ArentFox Schiff LLP about the rationale behind major cuts coming to Medicaid state-directed payments and what they will mean for providers and patients.

NC Sens. Vote To Cut Planned Parenthood's Medicaid Funds

Republican state senators in North Carolina have greenlit a bill that would revoke Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood, aligning the Tar Heel state with the president's "One Big Beautiful Bill," which proh... (more story)

Long Time Limits In Trans Care Laws Expand Doctors' Liability

State lawmakers are including lengthy statutes of limitations — some of them decades-long — in new bans on transgender care for minors. Advocates say long time frames for prosecutions or civil suits make sense... (more story)