Expert Analysis

A Look At FDA's Plans To Establish New OTC Drug Category

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's recently finalized rule, creating a new over-the-counter pathway for drugs... (more story)

2024 Was A Significant Year For HIPAA Compliance

The Office of Civil Rights' high level of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act activity in 2024 and... (more story)

How 2025 NDAA May Affect DOD Procurement Protests

A bid protest pilot program included in the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act shifts litigation costs onto u... (more story)

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Calif. Appeals Court Reinstates Nurses' Wage Suit

A California appeals court upended a hospital operator's win on some claims in nurses' wage and hour lawsuit, saying the nurses put forward enough evidence to show their employer's rounding policy resulted in ... (more story)

Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year

Law360 would like to congratulate the winners of its Practice Groups of the Year awards for 2024, which honor the attorney teams behind litigation wins and significant transaction work that resonated throughou... (more story)

Law360 Names Firms Of The Year

Eight law firms have earned spots as Law360's Firms of the Year, with 54 Practice Group of the Year awards among them, steering some of the largest deals of 2024 and securing high-profile litigation wins, incl... (more story)

PE Firm Resolves FTC's Antitrust Anesthesia Roll-Up Case

Private equity firm Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe agreed to limit its involvement, entanglement and ownership rights with its portfolio company U.S. Anesthesia Partners Inc. to resolve allegations they engaged... (more story)

Crown Labs Tops Rival Bid In Quest To Buy Biotech Revance

Skincare product company Crown Laboratories Inc. has offered to raise its all-cash bid to buy healthcare biotech company Revance Therapeutics Inc. from $3.10 per share to $3.65 per share as it seeks to beat ou... (more story)

EpiPen Direct Buyers, Mylan Ink $75M Antitrust Deal

Mylan Pharmaceuticals has agreed to pay $73.5 million to resolve claims it worked with Pfizer to inflate the price of the latter's popular auto-injecting emergency allergy medication EpiPen, a proposed class o... (more story)

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NC Biz Court Bulletin: Judge Bids Adieu, TikTok Wants Out

The North Carolina Business Court's former chief judge hung up his robes for the last time as the court entered the new year with a ruling that shapes the fate of beset real estate company MV Realty's consumer... (more story)

Henry Ford Patient Drops Data-Scraping Claims

Henry Ford Health has resolved a proposed class action accusing the health system of sharing patients' data with Meta Platforms Inc. and Google Inc. via tracking software embedded in the hospital system's webs... (more story)

Robo Surgery Co. Caused $140M In Lost Profits, Jury Told

Surgical Instrument Service suffered lost profits of up to $140 million because Intuitive Surgical Inc. blocked it from providing a service that extends the life of an Intuitive da Vinci surgery robot componen... (more story)

Quest Diagnostics Gets Meta Data-Share Suit Tossed For Now

Quest Diagnostics got allegations that it unlawfully shared patient data with Meta Platforms through ad tracking software dismissed Tuesday, after persuading a New Jersey federal judge to reconsider his earlie... (more story)

Atrium Health Accused Of Giving Patient Data To Google

Atrium Health installed trackers in its mobile app and website to collect patients' data without their consent and then shared that personal information with Google and Facebook for targeted advertising, accor... (more story)

Liability Risk For AI In Medical Devices Demands Greater Care

As regulators push for legal reform surrounding artificial intelligence and cases implicating product liability for AI in medical technology continue to rise, manufacturers must adapt and implement new strateg... (more story)

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4th Circ. Won't Undo Doctor's Conviction For Reusing Devices

A former North Carolina ear, nose and throat doctor staring down 25 years in prison for healthcare fraud lost an appeal Tuesday seeking to overturn her conviction, with the Fourth Circuit finding that the lowe... (more story)

What To Know About Trump's Medicare Drug Price Order

In his first day in office, President Donald Trump rescinded a Biden directive for health officials to create new drug-pricing models for Medicare and Medicaid recipients. Here's what you need to know about th... (more story)

Minn. Agency Beats Worker's COVID Testing Policy Suit

A Minnesota state agency defeated a Catholic employee's lawsuit claiming it unlawfully refused to grant him a religious exemption from its COVID-19 vaccination and testing policies, with a federal judge ruling... (more story)

Outgoing HHS Official On The Thorny Issues Of Child Welfare

In an interview with Law360 Healthcare Authority, the now-former head of HHS' Administration on Children, Youth, and Families stresses the importance of preventive services and weighs in on the promise and per... (more story)

DACA Health Coverage, Gilead IP Deal And PBM Insulin Case

Several state attorneys general are looking to defend immigrants' Affordable Care Act coverage, while a group of pharmacy benefit managers failed to oust the FTC's Democratic members from a case alleging collu... (more story)

With Circuits Split, Mass. Judge Backs Tough Fraud Standard

An influential judge with a history of shaping False Claims Act litigation weighed in decisively on a debate that has split circuit judges and may eventually reach the Supreme Court. Attorneys across the count... (more story)