Expert Analysis

Where DOJ's Fraud Priorities Memo May Actually Matter

The U.S. Department of Justice’s recently released memo outlining priorities for its newly created fraud division ... (more story)

DOJ Healthcare Declination Offers Self-Disclosure Checklist

The U.S. Department of Justice's declination of criminal charges against Campus Eye Management signals that its ne... (more story)

Correctional Healthcare Requires Clearer Legal Standards

As the correctional healthcare industry increasingly faces financial instability due to litigation, the U.S. Burea... (more story)

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CMS Must Revisit $57M Contract Over Conflicting Labor Hours

The Court of Federal Claims has ordered the reevaluation of a $57 million contract to process Medicare claims for equipment, finding the winning proposal had conflicting estimated labor hours that the Centers ... (more story)

Biopharma Co. Brass Sued Over 'Channel Stuffing' Disclosures

The top brass of pharmaceutical company ADMA Biologics Inc., among other things, failed to disclose certain related-party transactions the company engaged in and a channel-stuffing scheme to create the appeara... (more story)

Cytek Hit With $56M Verdict For Infringing Cell-Sorting Patent

A Delaware federal jury Friday awarded roughly $36 million in damages to biomedical testing manufacturer Beckman Coulter after finding that Cytek Biosciences infringed one of its patents covering a technology ... (more story)

Canadian Bioscience Cos. Settle 'Fake' Fuel Trading Suit

A Colorado state judge agreed to issue a stay and administratively close a case brought by two Canadian bioscience companies alleging that a Denver resident defrauded them out of nearly $1 million through "fak... (more story)

BioMarin Buying Alesta Therapeutics For Up To $490M

Jones Day-advised BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. said Tuesday it has agreed to acquire Alesta Therapeutics for $275 million upfront and up to another $215 million tied to the development and regulatory progress ... (more story)

Medical Device Exec Cashed In On Bad Quarter, Feds Charge

A former Treace Medical Concepts executive was arrested on insider trading charges Tuesday, after New York federal prosecutors said he exploited secret warnings about the Florida medical device company's sales... (more story)

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DaVita, Patients Get Early Nod In $15M Data Breach Deal

A Colorado federal judge has given the initial green light to DaVita Inc.'s proposed $15 million settlement with millions of past and present patients who claim the healthcare company didn't adequately protect... (more story)

Patients Drop Data Breach Suit Against Medical Billing Co.

A group of patients has dropped a lawsuit accusing a Georgia-based medical billing practice of failing to properly secure the personal information of patients and employees ahead of a September data breach.

UnitedHealthcare Beats User's Data Privacy Suit, For Good

UnitedHealthcare Services Inc. permanently beat a proposed class action alleging that its website's third-party tracking pixels shared information about its visitors, after a California federal judge said Wedn... (more story)

AI Chatbot's Medical Claims Highlight Enforcement Risks

The Pennsylvania State Board of Medicine's recent lawsuit against Character Technologies, arguing that an artificial intelligence chatbot engaged in the unlicensed practice of medicine, may provide other state... (more story)

Medtech Group Faults Fed. Circ. Trade Secret Timing Rule

A medical technology trade group and a University of Texas law professor are urging the full Federal Circuit to revisit a decision that wiped out Insulet Corp.'s trade secret win against EOFlow Co. Ltd. after ... (more story)

Medtronic Rival Seeks Injunction After $382M Antitrust Win

Medical device company Applied Medical Resources Corp. has urged a California federal judge to issue final judgment and impose a permanent injunction against Medtronic Inc. that would block contracts a jury fo... (more story)

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Judge Allows Hospital Groups To Fight AbbVie 340B Suit

A D.C. federal judge will allow hospitals and health center groups to intervene on the side of the government as it fights AbbVie's challenge to the definition of "patient" in the 340B drug discount program, r... (more story)

7-Eleven Reaches Deal To End Worker's Tobacco Fee Suit

7-Eleven struck a deal to settle a proposed class action claiming it didn't give workers who used tobacco but agreed to quit an adequate chance to avoid paying a $720 annual health plan fee, according to a fil... (more story)

Vedder Adds Benefits And Exec Comp Pro From Winston Taylor

Vedder has added a seasoned employee benefits and executive compensation partner from Winston Taylor LLP to join its practice as a new shareholder in Chicago, where she will advise clients on a wide range of r... (more story)

'So What?': Albertsons Judge Skeptical Of Wash. Opioid Suit

A Washington state judge considering Albertsons' mid-trial motion to dismiss allegations it fueled the state's opioid epidemic told lawyers for the state Monday that while they might have shown the pharmacy ch... (more story)

Merck Loses HHS Suit Over Medicare Drug Price Program

A D.C. federal judge shot down Merck's challenge to the Inflation Reduction Act's Drug Price Negotiation Program on Monday, ruling that the pharmaceutical giant's voluntary participation in connected Medicare ... (more story)

Colo. Judge Certifies Class In Hospital Gender Care Suit

A Colorado state judge granted class certification in transgender adolescents' lawsuit seeking to have Children's Hospital Colorado resume providing gender-affirming medical care for them and other transgender youth patients.