Dispatch From JPM: Fewer Health Deals Don't Dampen Mood
Despite an unusual dearth of big deal announcements, attorneys at the annual J.P. Morgan healthcare conference in San Francisco are still feeling positive about 2026.
Epic Systems Alleges Data Cos. Stole Records To Sell To Attys
Epic Systems, the nation's largest electronic health records company, told a California federal court on Tuesday that a health information network and a group of "bad actors" stole over 300,000 confidential patient records from health information exchange frameworks to illegally sell to third parties, including personal injury lawyers.
Blip Or Trend? FDA Guidance Fell Off Steeply In 2025
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued far less industry guidance last year after President Donald Trump returned to office. The change has pharmaceutical attorneys bracing for more unpredictability.
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New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday sued the former CEO of healthcare contractor Emergent BioSolutions Inc., alleging insider trading amid troubles manufacturing a COVID-19 vaccine, while signi... (more story)
Internal documents from Atrium Health Inc. show the company never intended to follow through on a partnership for a new Medicare Advantage health plan with a plan provider who spent tens of millions of dollars... (more story)
Prospect Medical Holdings Inc. has asked a Texas bankruptcy judge to order the buyer of its California hospitals to cough up $11.6 million owed under an asset purchase agreement inked last year, saying it's at... (more story)
Sidley Austin-advised Smith & Nephew said Monday it will acquire Gunderson Dettmer-led U.S. sports medicine company Integrity Orthopaedics and its Tendon Seam rotator cuff repair technology in a deal valued at... (more story)
The former chief revenue officer of publicly traded medical professional networking platform Doximity pled guilty Friday in New York federal court to securities fraud in connection to allegations that he illeg... (more story)
A biopharmaceutical company is entitled to coverage for a suit alleging its board breached fiduciary duties under a pair of primary and excess directors and officers policies, a Delaware state court ruled, say... (more story)
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An Illinois federal judge has released dental support organization Heartland Dental LLC and its contractor from a proposed class action accusing them of illegally using an artificial intelligence-powered note-... (more story)
Advertisements that ask South Dakota drivers two questions — "Pregnant? Don't want to be?" — have ignited an unusual First Amendment fight now underway in state and federal courts. Here's what to know about the issue.
A Kentucky federal judge on Monday granted preliminary approval of a nearly $5.3 million settlement between PharMerica Inc. and a proposed class of patients and employees who alleged the company failed to impl... (more story)
The Ninth Circuit on Friday reversed a decision tossing one of two classes in litigation accusing consulting firm Milliman of peddling inaccurate information by using a strategy known as "fuzzy" data matching ... (more story)
The Washington Supreme Court has taken up a group of parents' bid to revive their proposed class action accusing Seattle Children's Hospital of sharing their private data with Facebook parent company Meta by i... (more story)
Cooley LLP-advised private equity shop Eir Partners Capital LP on Thursday announced that it wrapped its third fund with $1 billion of investor commitments, which will be used to invest in health technology an... (more story)
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The Fifth Circuit on Wednesday revived Allstate's racketeering suit alleging doctors and personal injury lawyers unleashed a barrage of unnecessary treatments for car accident patients and caused Allstate to p... (more story)
The Trump administration is fighting an effort by a coalition of U.S. states to preserve at least six months of funding for K-12 mental health grants meant to help students process gun violence, arguing that a... (more story)
The Colorado attorney general's office announced Thursday that it reached a settlement totaling $520,000 with two eye care clinics that the state claimed were double-billing a Medicaid vision program for more than five years.
Two attorneys who said they had "irreconcilable differences" with nurse practitioners who did not meet their contractual financial obligations can withdraw their representation in a minimum wage lawsuit agains... (more story)
A Fifth Circuit panel has largely sided with CVS Pharmacy and its Caremark affiliate by preserving a district court's dismissal of federal antitrust claims over a Mississippi pharmacy's rejection from particip... (more story)
Eli Lilly & Co. and Novo Nordisk are using their dominant positions in the market for weight loss and diabetes medications to squash potential competitors, including through unlawful exclusivity agreements wit... (more story)