Religious Liberty Claims Spread In Abortion Ban Challenges
With the U.S. Supreme Court expanding religious protections, a groundswell of lawsuits challenging state abortion bans on free-exercise grounds has emerged.
3 Firms Advise As Cardinal Health Makes $1.9B Urology Push
Cardinal Health said Tuesday that one of its specialty platforms has agreed to acquire a top urology company known as Solaris Health from Lee Equity Partners and Solaris' physician owners for $1.9 billion, in a deal steered by three law firms.
'Shocked' By Eye-Watering Fines, Fed. Judges Redo FCA Math
District courts handling big-dollar False Claims Act cases are increasingly wrestling with the Eighth Amendment ban on excessive fines as more defendants go to trial and face whopping jury verdicts. An order last month in a New York case reducing an FCA penalty was the third of its kind in 18 months.
Religious Liberty Claims Spread In Abortion Ban Challenges
With the U.S. Supreme Court expanding religious protections, a groundswell of lawsuits challenging state abortion bans on free-exercise grounds has emerged.
3 Firms Advise As Cardinal Health Makes $1.9B Urology Push
Cardinal Health said Tuesday that one of its specialty platforms has agreed to acquire a top urology company known as Solaris Health from Lee Equity Partners and Solaris' physician owners for $1.9 billion, in a deal steered by three law firms.
'Shocked' By Eye-Watering Fines, Fed. Judges Redo FCA Math
District courts handling big-dollar False Claims Act cases are increasingly wrestling with the Eighth Amendment ban on excessive fines as more defendants go to trial and face whopping jury verdicts. An order last month in a New York case reducing an FCA penalty was the third of its kind in 18 months.
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