Expert Analysis

HHS Enforcement Restructuring Signals Compliance Risks

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' recent restructuring of its Office for Civil Rights suggests tha... (more story)

AG Watch: Oregon's Strategic Civil Enforcement Approach

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield’s recent antitrust litigation activity and proposed staffing increase are the... (more story)

A Decade Later, Escobar Is Still Shaping FCA Cases

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision 10 years ago in Universal Health Services v. U.S. ex rel. Escobar changed the wa... (more story)

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Goodwin, Latham Lead Biotech Kardigan's $400M IPO

Venture-backed Kardigan Inc., a biotechnology firm developing therapies for cardiovascular diseases, hit the public markets on Thursday after raising $400 million in its initial public offering.

Eli Lilly Settles Mounjaro TM Suit Against Seattle Area Clinics

Eli Lilly has agreed to drop a lawsuit accusing two Washington clinics of ripping off its trademarks for the weight loss drugs Mounjaro and Zepbound, according to a voluntary dismissal motion filed in federal ... (more story)

Taxation With Representation: Gibson Dunn, Davis Polk, S&C

In this week's Taxation With Representation, SpaceX prices a $75 billion initial public offering at its designated price range, Apollo Global Management leads a capital commitment for a Broadcom initiative to ... (more story)

Cancer Diagnostics Firm Ignite Inks $150M SPAC Merger

Precision oncology startup Ignite Proteomics LLC will merge with special purpose acquisition company Copley Acquisition Corp. in a deal valuing Ignite at a pro forma enterprise value of $150 million, the compa... (more story)

Judge Won't Certify Class Of Health Workers In No-Poach Suit

An Illinois federal judge on Wednesday refused to certify a class of former healthcare employees claiming that their wages were suppressed by alleged no-poach agreements among DaVita, UnitedHealth Group's Surg... (more story)

Catalyst Investor Sues Over Proposed $4.1B Angelini Buyout

An investor of rare disease treatment company Catalyst Pharmaceuticals Inc. is attempting to stop a buyout by Italian rival Angelini Pharma SpA, saying Catalyst's deficient proxy statement omits relevant infor... (more story)

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Novo Nordisk Sued Over Data Hack Tied To Extortionist Group

Novo Nordisk was hit with a proposed negligence class action in New Jersey federal court on Wednesday alleging the pharmaceutical giant failed to have adequate data security measures in place to protect sensit... (more story)

Full Fed. Circ. Skips DePuy Bid To Redo Spine Patent Dispute

The full Federal Circuit won't revisit a panel decision that gave new life to an inventor's suit accusing DePuy Synthes Cos. of infringing his spinal realignment method patents, letting stand the decision that... (more story)

ITC, Masimo Tell Full Fed. Circ. To Skip Apple Watch Review

Masimo Corp. and the U.S. International Trade Commission have pushed back on Apple's request for full Federal Circuit rehearing of a panel decision finding an older version of the Apple Watch infringes Masimo'... (more story)

6th Circ. OKs 30-Month Medical Fraudster Kickback Sentence

The Sixth Circuit has ruled in a published opinion that a 30-month prison sentence was correctly calculated for a Tennessee man who was convicted of violating federal anti-kickback laws with his fraudulent doo... (more story)

Remote Workers Tell 6th Circ. Boot-Up Time Compensable

Remote call center workers handling inbound patient calls from home have argued before a Sixth Circuit panel that their employer failed to pay them in accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act for pre-shift... (more story)

Cognizant, Infosys Can't Shield Execs From Depositions

Infosys Ltd. and Cognizant TriZetto Software Group Inc. will each have to produce executives to speak on certain topics for depositions in a Texas federal lawsuit over claims that Infosys stole Cognizant's tra... (more story)

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RFK Jr. Urges 1st Circ. To Reinstate His Vaccine Advisers

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told the First Circuit a Boston federal judge's decision to freeze his vaccine committee appointments lacks a legal foundation and has left the government paralyzed ... (more story)

Gibson Dunn Hires Ropes & Gray Health Regulatory Atty In DC

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP has hired a former Ropes & Gray LLP partner, who works on a myriad of health regulatory and drug pricing matters, advising pharmaceutical manufacturers, investors and other entities ... (more story)

5 Big ERISA Litigation Developments From 2026's First Half

The U.S. Supreme Court's acceptance of a petition challenging Intel's 401(k) investment lineup and a Fourth Circuit ruling unraveling a class of Genworth Financial retirement plan participants headlined the co... (more story)

Health System Strikes Deal To End Tobacco Fee Suit

Nonprofit health system Advocate Aurora Health reached a deal to close a proposed class action claiming it hit workers with an unlawful fee through their health plan if they used tobacco, according to a filing... (more story)

High Court Bars Federal Review Of State Court Appeals

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a legal doctrine designed to curtail duplicative litigation prevents parties who lose in state court from appealing in federal district court even if the state case is still pending.

Mental Health Co. To Face Wage Class Damages Trial

A North Carolina federal judge ruled Wednesday that the mental healthcare company JMJ Enterprises LLC must face a second-phase damages trial after a jury found in February in favor of a collective of employees... (more story)