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  • July 22, 2025

    Employers, Plans Force Freeze Of Iowa's PBM Law

    A federal judge slapped a temporary hold on parts of an Iowa law that aims to limit pharmacy benefit managers' power to set drug prices, ruling that provisions barring discrimination against certain pharmacies and pushing cost-saving strategies are preempted by federal benefits law.

  • July 22, 2025

    4th Circ. Backs Medicaid Fraud Conviction, 17-Year Sentence

    A North Carolina lab owner lost his bid Tuesday to overturn his healthcare fraud conviction after the Fourth Circuit found evidence against him to be sufficient and the terms of his sentence reasonable.

  • July 22, 2025

    NC Hospital Says Dropped Malpractice Claim Dooms 2004 Suit

    A North Carolina hospital is asking state appellate judges to determine whether a hospital can face claims of negligently credentialing a doctor if the plaintiffs have dropped the underlying medical malpractice allegation against the physician.

  • July 22, 2025

    Lawmakers Consider Case Of Would-Be Donor's 'Signs Of Life'

    The nation's organ transplant system is again under the microscope of federal lawmakers after聽a federal investigation found that a Kentucky organ procurement organization moved forward with the transplant process despite the patient showing "signs of life."

  • July 22, 2025

    Rising Star: King & Spalding's Ariana Fuller

    Ariana Fuller of King & Spalding LLP helped a California hospital win a $105 million jury verdict against Kaiser Foundation Health Plan over its reimbursement for out-of-network emergency care, earning her a spot among healthcare attorneys under age 40 honored by 极速赛车 as Rising Stars.

  • July 22, 2025

    Judge Blocks Some Planned Parenthood Cuts In Partial Ruling

    A Massachusetts federal judge partially blocked a measure passed by Congress this month stripping Medicaid funding from Planned Parenthood-affiliated facilities, but only as it applies to those that do not provide abortions or that receive minimal federal support.

  • July 22, 2025

    Ala. Pot Regulators Seek Dismissal Of Retaliation Suit

    Alabama medical cannabis regulators have urged a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit from a prospective medical marijuana business that was denied a license, or abstain from the matter entirely, because similar cases are pending in state court.

  • July 21, 2025

    Meta Took Data Of 30M Women From Menstrual App, Jury Told

    Meta illegally took private health information from over 30 million women who used Flo Health's menstrual cycle app, a lawyer for the plaintiffs told a California jury Monday during opening statements in their privacy class action against the social media giant and the app-maker.

  • July 21, 2025

    J&J Unit's Catheter Rival Nears Injunction After $442M Win

    A California federal judge indicated Monday he will issue a permanent injunction banning Johnson & Johnson's Biosense Webster from conditioning the provision of cardiac mapping services on purchases of cardiac catheters following Innovative Health's $442 million win on its antitrust claims, although he expressed doubt about some aspects of Innovative's request.

  • July 21, 2025

    Nonprofits Take Aim At New HUD Grant Rules

    A coalition of nonprofit groups filed suit Monday in Rhode Island federal court, challenging new conditions for U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development grants that target diversity, equity and inclusion programs; abortion access; and transgender individuals.

  • July 21, 2025

    Cigna Beats Most Of Conn. Doc's COVID Test Payment Suit

    Cigna Health and Life Insurance Co. has beaten a Connecticut medical practice chain's unfair trade practices claims, but it must still face allegations 鈥� at least for now 鈥� that it didn't reimburse for millions of dollars' worth of COVID-19 tests and other pandemic-related services.

  • July 21, 2025

    Wash. Plastic Surgeon Can't Get $13M Jury Verdict Overturned

    A Washington appeals court panel refused on Monday to undo a $13 million jury verdict against a plastic surgeon in a medical malpractice case, rejecting the doctor's argument that the lower court wrongly allowed evidence of state regulators' unrelated disciplinary proceedings against her.

  • July 21, 2025

    Walgreens Accused Of Failing To Provide Meal, Rest Breaks

    Walgreens flouted Washington state law and Seattle's wage theft ordinance by failing to provide employees with meal and rest breaks and then automatically deducting time for breaks that workers never took, a former pharmacy employee said in a proposed class action in federal court.

  • July 21, 2025

    How GOP Judges Teed Up 4th Circ.'s Supreme Court Shutout

    No appeals court found the U.S. Supreme Court's latest term less endearing than the Fourth Circuit, where a supersize shutout accentuated a multiyear slump for the once-favored circuit and repeatedly vindicated conservative dissenters on the left-leaning bench.

  • July 21, 2025

    Son Of Convicted Mich. Doc Ditches Fraudulent Transfer Case

    The son of a Michigan doctor accused of fraudulently selling property and sending money to his family to avoid paying a $35 million forfeiture and $5.2 million restitution related to his healthcare fraud conviction was dismissed from the government's fraudulent transfer lawsuit against his father on Monday.

  • July 21, 2025

    Pa. Hospital Can Shield Some Docs In Birth Injury Suit

    A Pennsylvania state appeals panel won't force a hospital to turn over all of its internal reports in a suit by parents alleging that the hospital's negligence led to their son's injuries at birth, finding that the hospital sufficiently showed that two of the three contested files are privileged.

  • July 21, 2025

    States Say Noncitizen Benefit Restrictions Are Creating Chaos

    A coalition of 20 Democratic-led states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration on Monday for "upending" noncitizens' access to publicly funded programs like Head Start and food banks.

  • July 21, 2025

    HealthOne Faces Class Action From Nurses Over Missed Breaks

    A group of nurses filed a proposed class action in Colorado state court Friday claiming that HealthOne violated state employment laws by failing to ensure employees took 30-minute meal breaks during their shifts.

  • July 21, 2025

    Aetna's Price-Fixing Suit 'Like Forum Shopping,' Judge Says

    Aetna Inc.'s lawsuit alleging 23 pharmaceutical companies fixed prices for generic drugs seems like an attempt to work around a pause in similar Pennsylvania litigation, a Connecticut state judge said Monday, appearing sympathetic to the defendants' argument for dismissal or a stay.

  • July 21, 2025

    Dentist Can't Shake $11.4M Verdict Over Patient's Cancer

    A Pennsylvania Superior Court on Monday affirmed an $11.4 million verdict against a dentist who allegedly ignored signs of skin cancer during appointments, rejecting her argument that the evidence didn't support the verdict.

  • July 21, 2025

    Latham And Cravath Steer $730M ZimVie Take-Private Deal

    Latham & Watkins LLP is advising healthcare investment firm ArchiMed on an agreement to purchase Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP-led dental implant company ZimVie Inc. at a roughly $730 million valuation, ZimVie announced Monday.

  • July 21, 2025

    Uber Sues LA Law Firms Over Alleged Crash Fraud Scheme

    Uber Technologies Inc. filed a lawsuit Monday against two Los Angeles personal injury firms, two of their attorneys and others, alleging the ride-sharing company is being targeted by a scheme involving fraudulent personal injury claims arising from motor vehicle accidents.

  • July 21, 2025

    Rising Star: Reed Smith's Jason Mayer

    Jason Mayer of Reed Smith LLP helped secure influential decisions last year on the enforcement of arbitration awards in medical-billing disputes and the venue considerations for proposed class actions, earning him a spot among the healthcare law practitioners under age 40 honored by 极速赛车 as Rising Stars.