
Organ Procurement's Dilemma: How Do You Diagnose Death?
A Kentucky man nearly had his organs removed for donation despite showing signs of life. Now a federal investigation is putting a spotlight on how doctors diagnose death prior to organ transplants.

9th Circ. Clarifies Kickback Boundaries For Referral Bonuses
A Ninth Circuit opinion affirming a California man's fraud conviction provides some clarity — and a warning — to the owners of medical testing laboratories wondering what sales tactics are allowed under a 2018 kickbacks law.

This Week's Healthcare Earnings: J&J, Elevance, Tenet
Earnings season for the second quarter of the year kicked off recently with results from heavy hitters like Johnson & Johnson and Novartis this past week.
Deals & Corporate Governance More
Biotechnology company Scynexis Inc. has won dismissal, for now, of a proposed investor class action alleging that it triggered a 34% share decline by knowingly misleading investors about manufacturing complian... (more story)
A California federal judge has granted initial approval to a deal ending derivative claims that ImmunityBio executives failed to disclose manufacturing deficiencies that doomed the company's lead cancer drug application.
Biopharmaceutical company Ocugen Inc. on Tuesday won permanent dismissal from an investor's class action accusing it of concealing weak financial controls that led to it refiling accounting statements for seve... (more story)
A host of companies posted their second-quarter financial results this past week, offering a look into how health systems, payors and pharmaceutical companies fared over the past few months.
A pharmaceutical solutions group has assailed its opponent's "hurry-up-court" motion nudging the appointment of a new judge after the previous judge overseeing their contract fight retired, saying its adversar... (more story)
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP announced Monday that it has opened a Seattle office with three former K&L Gates LLP partners, and added a fourth attorney from that firm in New Jersey.
Digital Health & Technology More
Surgical Instrument Service Co. Inc. has received backing at the Ninth Circuit from a trade association and others groups as it looks to revive its case accusing Intuitive Surgical Inc. of blocking third parti... (more story)
The California federal judge overseeing a trial on allegations that Flo Health and Meta Platforms Inc. violated the privacy of millions of women who used Flo's period tracker app said Wednesday he'd likely tos... (more story)
Biotechnology company Illumina Inc. has agreed to pay $9.8 million in a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice to put to rest a first-of-its-kind False Claims Act suit alleging the company violated cyb... (more story)
As hospitals embrace artificial intelligence as part of patient care, they're asking an important question: When and how should patients be told?
The Healthline settlement is the first time California has drawn a clear line in the sand around how website tracking must function in practice, so if your site uses tracking technologies, especially around se... (more story)
A recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to review Chevron v. Plaquemines Parish, a case involving the federal officer removal statute, highlights three other recent circuit court decisions raising federal ... (more story)
Policy & Compliance More
The Trump administration has improperly "weaponized" federal laws against drug misbranding, false claims and female genital mutilation as part of a pressure campaign to undermine state protections for gender-a... (more story)
A coalition of 16 states pressed the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to reject the Trump administration's push to resume the mass termination of scientific research grants, saying a district judge had authority t... (more story)
An Indiana health care network falsified employees' time sheets to avoid paying their overtime, a financial counselor claimed in a proposed class and collective action in federal court.
The North Carolina General Assembly has pushed through another round of hurricane relief aid to help the western swath of the state while lawmakers remain in talks to repeal a long-standing healthcare law that... (more story)
A California federal judge will block Johnson & Johnson's Biosense Webster from refusing clinical support for its Carto cardio mapping systems from hospitals that use competitors' cardiac catheters, requiring ... (more story)
A Delaware federal court must apply a state statute requiring an expert affidavit in all medical malpractice suits, a hospital defendant told the U.S. Supreme Court, as key aspects of the Delaware law and simi... (more story)