Expert Analysis

10 Practical Takeaways From FDA's Biopharma AI Guidance

Recent guidance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration provides much-needed insight on the usage of artificial... (more story)

How Health Cos. Can Navigate Data Security Regulation Limbo

Despite the Trump administration's freeze on proposed updates to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountabili... (more story)

Lawmakers Shouldn't Overlook Rare Disease Therapies' Value

As the ORPHAN Cures Act is pending in Congress, policymakers assessing the value of certain drugs for price regula... (more story)

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Bausch & Lomb Says Amcor Must Pay For Botched Bottles

A packaging company evaded quality controls to deliver defective plastic bottles that caused a slowdown in manufacturing at a Bausch & Lomb facility, the eye care company has claimed in a complaint filed in Mi... (more story)

Judge Won't Let Meijer Appeal Takeda's Arbitration Mandate

A Massachusetts federal judge refused Thursday to let Meijer immediately appeal his order letting Takeda Pharmaceutical force the grocery chain into arbitration and out of its role as a representative of a pro... (more story)

Medical Malpractice Insurers Ink $1.3B Merger Deal

Physician-owned medical malpractice insurer The Doctors Company has agreed to acquire ProAssurance Corp. in a deal valued at approximately $1.3 billion, in what the company said will create a combined entity w... (more story)

AI Chatbot Co. LivePerson Beats Shareholder Suit For Good

A New York federal judge on Wednesday tossed for good a consolidated shareholder class action alleging that chatbot developer LivePerson Inc. misled investors about its post-COVID financial performance and the... (more story)

Sotera Beats Shareholder Suit Over Sterigenics Emissions

Life sciences company Sotera Health has beaten a shareholder suit alleging it made a series of false and misleading statements about its environmental controls and liability exposure from numerous lawsuits aga... (more story)

NC Captive Insurer's Owner Can't Shirk Self-Dealing Claims

North Carolina's business court has largely rejected a majority shareholder's efforts to curtail claims he seized control of a captive insurance company only to run it into the ground, finding the suit suffici... (more story)

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Atrium Health Escapes Privacy Suit Over Meta Data Sharing

A North Carolina federal judge on Thursday tossed a proposed class action accusing Atrium Health Inc. of unlawfully sharing patients' private information with Meta Platforms and Google through browser tracking... (more story)

Law360 Announces The Members Of Its 2025 Editorial Boards

Law360 is pleased to announce the formation of its 2025 Editorial Advisory Boards.

4th Circ. Won't Undo Health Data Access Order

A Fourth Circuit panel issued a ruling Wednesday that affirmed a lower court's order requiring PointClickCare to allow Real Time Medical Systems to access patient data that it uses to provide nursing facilitie... (more story)

Cannabis Tech Co. Seeks Over $1M Interest On $4.2M Verdict

A software company that won a $4.2 million judgment last year on claims that it was wrongly pushed out of a state government contract is urging a Pennsylvania federal court to award more than $1 million in pre... (more story)

VA Did Not Pre-Select Awardee For $257M Telehealth Contract

A Court of Federal Claims judge has rejected a protest over a $256.8 million U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs telehealth program support contract, saying the protester hadn't shown the VA "pre-selected" the... (more story)

Look To Recent FDA Trends For Drug Ad Guidance, Attys Say

Following campaign-season promises about banning drug advertising on television, the pharmaceutical industry is closely watching for signs of tighter enforcement. Food and drug attorneys caution against overlo... (more story)

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NC Top Court Revives Constitutional Claim In Forced Vax Suit

The North Carolina Supreme Court Friday partially revived a family's lawsuit alleging a 14-year-old was given a COVID-19 vaccine without his parents' consent, saying a federal law that shields certain activity... (more story)

New Mexico Lawmakers Approve Medical Psilocybin Bill

New Mexico lawmakers have given final approval to legislation to create a regulated medical psilocybin program, sending the proposal to the governor's desk.

Idaho Hospital Wins Reprieve From State Abortion Ban

Idaho's near-total abortion ban "must yield" to a federal requirement that doctors provide emergency abortions for pregnant women facing severe injuries, an Idaho federal judge ruled Thursday.

Texas Says Planned Parenthood Can't Get Atty Immunity

Texas has urged the full Fifth Circuit to reconsider a panel's decision concluding that Planned Parenthood is entitled to attorney immunity in a whistleblower suit accusing the organization of improperly billi... (more story)

8th Circ. Won't Pause FTC's Insulin Pricing Case

The Eighth Circuit refused Thursday to pause the Federal Trade Commission's in-house case accusing Caremark Rx, Express Scripts and OptumRx of artificially inflating insulin prices while the pharmacy benefit m... (more story)

MiMedx Challenges FDA Classification Of Wound Care Powder

Biomedical company MiMedx Group urged a Georgia federal judge on Thursday to overturn the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's classification of a wound care treatment as a biological product, arguing the agenc... (more story)