Judge Probes Cert. For Diverse Worker Class In No-Poach Suit
An Illinois federal judge considering whether to certify a class of former health care employees claiming their wages were suppressed by alleged no-poach agreements between DaVita, UnitedHealth Group's Surgica... (more story)
10x, Harvard Sue Sequencing Co. Over Biology Patents
10x Genomics Inc. and Harvard have sued Element Biosciences Inc. in Delaware federal court, accusing the San Diego sequencing company of infringing four Harvard-owned patents through Element's AVITI24 platform... (more story)
Alto Says Investors Use Hindsight In Suit Over Drug Trial
Alto Neuroscience has urged a California federal judge to toss an investor suit alleging the psychiatric biotech company and its top brass overstated the efficacy of their lead drug candidate for treating majo... (more story)
Ex-CEO Gets 5 Years In Prison For $212.5M Fraud Case
A New Jersey federal judge on Tuesday sentenced the former CEO of a now-defunct medical billing company to five years in prison, the statutory maximum penalty, for his role in a $212.5 million scheme to inflat... (more story)
Judge Shuts Down Invalidity Theory In Abiomed IP Case
A Massachusetts federal judge has foreclosed one of Abiomed's invalidity defenses in a case brought by rival medical technology firm Maquet over alleged infringement of a patent covering blood pump technology.
Twist Bioscience Investors Seek $17M Stock Fraud Deal OK
Twist Bioscience Corp. and two executives asked a California federal court to give preliminary approval to a $17 million deal they inked with investors to resolve class allegations the company misrepresented t... (more story)