Expert Analysis

Quantum Readiness May Paradoxically Raise Contractor Risk

The organizations best positioned for the cryptographic system migration deadlines and other requirements under Pr... (more story)

How Maine's Expanded Health Deal Reviews Complicate M&A

A pair of recently approved Maine competition laws establish notice and approval requirements for certain healthca... (more story)

Wound Care Industry Should Expect Data-Driven Scrutiny

The U.S. Department of Justice's recent update on its healthcare fraud takedown efforts indicates that the wound c... (more story)

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Align's Invisalign Patents Are Infringed But Invalid, Jury Finds

A Texas federal jury has found that claims in four patents Invisalign maker Align Technology Inc. asserted against orthodontics company ClearCorrect were invalid, but the jurors also rejected ClearCorrect's an... (more story)

Fed. Circ. Won't Revive Dental Patent Claims In Align Feud

The Federal Circuit on Tuesday said it won't bring back claims in a pair of dental arch image analysis patents their owner accused Invisalign maker Align Technology Inc. of infringing, backing a lower court's ... (more story)

Clarivate Sells Life Sciences And Healthcare Biz For $600M

Analytics company Clarivate PLC on Monday announced that it has agreed to sell its Life Sciences & Healthcare segment to investment firm Altaris LLC in a $600 million deal built by three law firms.

NC Biz Court Bulletin: Rapid-Fire Rulings, Word Of Warning

Summer is heating up in North Carolina Business Court with a slew of recent rulings, including one greenlighting a data breach class action brought by current and former workers who allege Charlotte-based Boja... (more story)

After Tense Terms, Hints Of High Court Harmony With Circuits

Following several U.S. Supreme Court terms teeming with reversals and rebukes of lower appeals courts, the justices this term found fault less often with rulings by circuit judges, who are likely becoming bett... (more story)

The Moments That Shaped The Monsanto Decision

U.S. Supreme Court justices forged unusual alliances when they ruled a federal statute preempts claims Monsanto failed to warn consumers its Roundup weed killer may cause cancer. Oral arguments provided insigh... (more story)

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Veradigm Can't Shake Suit Over Patient Portal Data Tracking

An Illinois federal judge has refused to toss a putative class action accusing health information technology services provider Veradigm LLC of illegally divulging patient portal visitors' protected health info... (more story)

23andMe's $47M Data Breach Deal Gets Bankruptcy Court OK

A Missouri bankruptcy judge entered an order Tuesday authorizing a $46.7 million settlement between the plan administration trust created under the Chapter 11 plan of DNA-testing company 23andMe and data breac... (more story)

Medtronic Denied Bid To Nix $382M Antitrust Loss

A California federal court has denied Medtronic Inc.'s attempt to ditch a roughly $382 million trial loss in an antitrust case accusing the company of maintaining its monopoly over a surgical device through co... (more story)

The Funniest Moments Of The Supreme Court's Term

When one of the U.S. Supreme Court's most talkative members suddenly struggled to speak, the atmosphere at oral arguments grew increasingly anxious — until the justice deadpanned that it was an advocate's gold... (more story)

The Sharpest Dissents From The Supreme Court Term

The sharpest dissents this term often involved the president, and pitted conservative and liberal justices against each other on core constitutional issues and questions about the limits to executive power, wi... (more story)

The Firms That Won Big At The Supreme Court

This U.S. Supreme Court term featured high-stakes oral arguments on issues including presidential power, immigration and voting regulations. Here's a look at the law firms that argued the most cases and how they fared.

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Fla. Hospital Says Lilly's 340B Data Requirement Is Onerous

A Florida hospital pushed back against pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly over the drugmaker's requirement that providers hand over drug dispensing data before federal price discounts are applied, saying the polic... (more story)

Mayo Sacked Research Director For Flagging Flaws, Suit Says

Mayo Clinic retaliated against and eventually terminated its director of research operations after she brought up concerns about security, safety and privacy regarding the medical center's use of artificial in... (more story)

Courts Rule On Amgen Drug Price Cap, 340B Laws And More

Despite the short break in the summer for America's 250th birthday, judges continued doling out important healthcare decisions. Here, Law360 takes a quick look at noteworthy healthcare litigation over the past week. 

Groups Tell 4th Circ. Not To Let Sandoz 'Relitigate' Enbrel

Pharmaceutical groups and the Washington Legal Foundation backed Amgen in amicus briefs Monday urging the Fourth Circuit not to revive Sandoz's antitrust claims, arguing that if Sandoz wanted to litigate block... (more story)

Feds Push 3rd Circ. To Restore ACA Birth Control Exemptions

Lawyers for the Trump administration and a Catholic religious order Tuesday asked the Third Circuit to restore broad exemptions to the Affordable Care Act's birth control coverage mandate, arguing federal agen... (more story)

DOJ Backs Private Claims Against NewYork-Presbyterian

The U.S. Department of Justice has thrown its support behind claims from union benefit funds in New York federal court that mirror the government's own case accusing NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital of blocking c... (more story)