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February 27, 2025
DOJ Says It Will No Longer Defend DEA Admin Judges
The U.S. Department of Justice told a Rhode Island federal judge Thursday it would no longer defend the federal policy that protects administrative law judges from removal in a lawsuit challenging the Drug Enforcement Administration's internal proceedings.
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February 27, 2025
Defunct School's $5M Deal For Students Gets Final OK
A Connecticut judge on Thursday approved a $5 million class action settlement between a shuttered nursing school and students affected by its sudden shutdown, also awarding at least $1.25 million to the Milford firm that spearheaded the litigation.
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February 27, 2025
Cedars-Sinai Strikes Deal To End Retirement Plan Suit
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Inc. and a group of retirement plan participants agreed to settle a proposed class action alleging the healthcare system loaded the plan with excessive recordkeeping fees and underperforming investment options, according to a California federal court filing.
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February 27, 2025
USAA, Mich. Clinics Resolve Billing Fraud Row
United Services Automobile Association said Wednesday that it has resolved its claims against physical therapy providers the insurer alleges solicited car crash victims to refer and bill them for unnecessary medical care.
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February 27, 2025
Polsinelli Blocked From Repping BCBS Settlement Opt-Outs
An Alabama federal judge has disqualified Polsinelli PC from representing hospitals that opt out of a landmark $2.8 billion Blue Cross Blue Shield antitrust settlement, even as other firms are licking their lips at the prospect of a multibillion-dollar bonanza of opt-out litigation.
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February 27, 2025
Anthropic Could Hit $62B Valuation, And More Deal Rumors
AI startup Anthropic is close to securing funding at a $61.5 billion valuation, Bain Capital is mulling a sale of Rocket Software at a $10 billion valuation, and various additional private equity players are considering transactions across food, healthcare and finance. Here, Law360 breaks down these and other notable deal rumors from the past week.
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February 27, 2025
NC Pharmacy Settles Feds' Suit Over Opioid Records
A North Carolina pharmacy has agreed to pay $204,000 to resolve allegations that it violated federal recordkeeping requirements for controlled substances, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of North Carolina announced Thursday.
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February 27, 2025
Harvard Pilgrim To Pay $16M To Settle Data Breach Claims
Healthcare company Harvard Pilgrim and its parent company Point32Health Inc. have agreed to pay $16 million to settle a class action over a 2023 data breach that affected nearly 3 million individuals and providers, according to a filing late Wednesday.
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February 26, 2025
High Court Halts Trump's Wed. Night Deadline To Restore Aid
The U.S. Supreme Court late Wednesday paused a Washington, D.C., federal judge's late-night deadline ordering the Trump administration to restore nearly $2 billion in foreign assistance funding.
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February 26, 2025
Merck, Glenmark Trim United Healthcare's Zetia Antitrust Suit
A Minnesota federal judge has trimmed a United Healthcare unit's antitrust suit claiming that Merck and Glenmark conspired to delay a generic version of the anti-cholesterol drug Zetia, throwing out non-Minnesota state-law claims he called a "bare and conclusory pleading."
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February 26, 2025
Judge Says VA Could Exclude $14B Consulting Deal Bid
A Court of Federal Claims judge has rejected a protest over a company's exclusion from a $14 billion multiaward consulting contract, saying the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs appropriately determined the firm wasn't qualified for the deal.
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February 26, 2025
Trump Orders Fed Agencies To Plan For Large Layoffs
The White House is telling federal agencies to submit plans for "large-scale" layoffs by mid-March, accusing them of siphoning funding for "unproductive and unnecessary programs" and "not producing results for the American public."
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February 26, 2025
Planned Parenthood Immune From FCA Suit, 5th Circ. Says
Planned Parenthood is entitled to attorney immunity, the Fifth Circuit said Wednesday in a case that had accused the organization of improperly billing Medicaid programs for millions after losing its Medicaid credentials.
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February 26, 2025
CBD Co. Sues Rivals Over Topical Treatment Patents
CBD product maker Metronome LLC on Wednesday filed three complaints against competitors in Colorado and Wisconsin, alleging that the other companies' products infringe their patents for topical treatments that use cannabis derivatives.
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February 26, 2025
CVS Ordered To Comply With FTC's PBM Subpoena
A D.C. federal judge is ordering CVS to turn over new materials in the Federal Trade Commission's investigation into its pharmacy benefit manager Caremark Rx, saying that just because producing updated documents would cost the company more doesn't mean it faces an "undue burden."
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February 25, 2025
Trump Admin Must Restore Aid By Wed. Night, Court Says
A Washington, D.C., federal judge on Tuesday gave the Trump administration until the end of Wednesday to restore hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign assistance funding, granting aid organizations' second request in a week to enforce the temporary restraining order.
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February 25, 2025
Walgreens Inks $595M Deal To End COVID-19 Testing Suit
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. has agreed to pay $595 million to a lab testing and diagnostics company to put to rest a dispute over COVID-19 tests, according to a Monday filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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February 25, 2025
San Francisco Must Face Airline Group's Suit Over Health Law
San Francisco lost its bid to escape an airline industry group's challenge to a healthcare ordinance Tuesday, with a California federal judge ruling that the city and county must face claims that the Healthy Airport Ordinance is preempted by three federal statutes.
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February 25, 2025
DC Judge Blocks Trump's Federal Funding Freeze
A D.C. federal judge on Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from implementing a federal spending freeze while a group of nonprofits challenge the freeze, calling the measure "ill-conceived from the beginning."
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February 25, 2025
Wage-Fixing Jury Should Hear Of DOJ Pivot, Exec Says
A nursing executive headed for trial next month on wage-fixing charges has urged a Nevada federal judge to let the jury hear that before 2016 the Justice Department didn't view such conduct as criminal, in the lone remaining test of the DOJ's labor antitrust enforcement initiative.
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February 25, 2025
Trump Says Transgender Order Shields Kids From Danger
President Donald Trump's administration said Tuesday that Washington, Colorado and two other states can't block his executive orders targeting transgender people and federal funding for gender-affirming care, because the president has the power to protect children from "potentially dangerous, ineffective" treatments.
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February 25, 2025
How To Track Trump's Legal Battles
President Donald Trump has issued a historic number of executive orders and other actions during his first five weeks back in the White House, eliciting more than 80 legal challenges and setting the stage for major courtroom battles over birthright citizenship, presidential power, the federal government's structure and more. Law360 has created a database to keep track of them all.
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February 25, 2025
Trump Demands Enforcement Of Healthcare Price Disclosures
President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered federal agencies to step up enforcement of regulations requiring hospitals and health plans to publish price information designed to help patients shop for the best deal.
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February 25, 2025
Lab Owner Pleads Guilty In $36M COVID Tests Scheme
A laboratory owner pled guilty Tuesday to running a $36 million scheme to submit false COVID-19 testing claims to healthcare benefit programs just one week before his co-defendants are set to go to trial.
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February 25, 2025
4th Circ. Shuts Down HHS Chemist's 'Grinch' Harassment Suit
The Fourth Circuit shut down a chemist's bid Tuesday to revive his suit claiming he faced sex bias and retaliatory harassment within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services when a colleague called him the "Grinch," ruling his case is devoid of proof of discrimination.
Expert Analysis
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Top 10 Whistleblowing And Retaliation Events Of 2024
From a Florida federal court’s ruling that the False Claims Act’s qui tam provision is unconstitutional to a record-breaking number of whistleblower tips filed with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, employers saw significant developments in the federal and state whistleblower landscapes this year, say attorneys at Proskauer.
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When US Privilege Law Applies To Docs Made Outside The US
As globalization manifests itself in disputes over foreign-created documents, a California federal court’s recent trademark decision illustrates nuances of both U.S. privilege frameworks and foreign evidentiary protections that attorneys must increasingly bear in mind, say attorneys at Hunton.
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2024 IPO Market Trends, And What To Expect Next Year
The initial public offering market returned to historically typical levels on a deal count basis in 2024 but continued to lag based on proceeds raised due to a larger number of smaller IPOs this year, and signs point to continued ongoing momentum in the next year, say attorneys at Paul Hastings.
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What 2024 Trends In Marketing, Comms Hiring Mean For 2025
The state of hiring in legal industry marketing, business development and communications over the past 12 months was marked by a number of trends — from changes in the C-suite to lateral move challenges — providing clues for what’s to come in the year ahead, says Ben Curle at Ambition.
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How Trump's Tariff Promises May Play Out In 2nd Term
While it is unclear which of President-elect Donald Trump's promised tariffs he intends to actually implement in January, lessons from his first administration, laws governing executive action and U.S. trade agreements together paint a picture of what may be possible, say attorneys at Butzel.
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Series
Group Running Makes Me A Better Lawyer
The combination of physical fitness and community connection derived from running with a group of business leaders has, among other things, helped me to stay grounded, improve my communication skills, and develop a deeper empathy for clients and colleagues, says Jessica Shpall Rosen at Greenwald Doherty.
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Marketing Messages Matter In State AG Consumer Protection
Attorneys general interpret marketing claims far more broadly than many companies may realize, so to mitigate potential risk, businesses should be vigilant about all consumer messaging, including communications that may not traditionally be considered advertising in the colloquial sense, say attorneys at Cozen O'Connor.
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How White Collar Defense Attys Can Use Summary Witnesses
Few criminal defense attorneys have successfully utilized summary witnesses in the past, but several recent success stories show that it can be a worthwhile trial tactic to help juries understand the complex decision-making at issue, says Jonathan Porter at Husch Blackwell.
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Opinion
6 Changes I Would Make If I Ran A Law School
Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner identifies several key issues plaguing law schools and discusses potential solutions, such as opting out of the rankings game and mandating courses in basic writing skills.
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Nutraceutical Patent Insights As Market Heats Up
Companies entering the expanding nutraceutical market and seeking patents to protect their innovations should evaluate successful nutraceutical claim language and common patent challenges in this field, say attorneys at Sterne Kessler.
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How White Collar Attys Can Use Mythic Archetypes At Trial
A careful reading of a classic screenwriting guide shows that fairy tales and white collar trials actually have a lot in common, and defense attorneys would do well to tell a hero’s journey at trial, relying on universal character archetypes to connect with the jury, says Jack Sharman at Lightfoot Franklin.
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Firms Still Have The Edge In Lateral Hiring, But Buyer Beware
Partner mobility data suggests that the third quarter of this year continued to be a buyer’s market, with the average candidate demanding less compensation for a larger book of business — but moving into the fourth quarter, firms should slow down their hiring process to minimize risks, say officers at Decipher Investigative Intelligence.
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Reviewing 2024's State Consumer Privacy Law Enforcement
While we are still in the infancy of state consumer privacy laws, a review of enforcement activity this year suggests substantial overlaps in regulatory priorities across the most active states and gives insight into the likely paths of future enforcement, says Thomas Nolan at Quinn Emanuel.
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What 2024 Election Means For Drugs, Medicare And Medicaid
With Republicans running the White House, U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, the incoming administration is likely to provide pathways — through new initiatives and others returning from Trump's previous presidency — for a range of potential changes to drug pricing, Medicare and Medicaid, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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Think Like A Lawyer: 1 Type Of Case Complexity Stands Out
In contrast to some cases that appear complex due to voluminous evidence or esoteric subject matter, a different kind of complexity involves tangled legal and factual questions, each with a range of possible outcomes, which require a “sliding scale” approach instead of syllogistic reasoning, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.