Analysis

HHS To Cut 10,000 Jobs As RFK Jr. Reorganizes Agency

By Dan McKay

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Thursday that it would lay off 10,000 employees as part of a "dramatic" plan to restructure the agency and downsize its workforce by about 24%.

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Fed. Circ. Revives Recor's PTAB Challenge To Medtronic IP

By Adam Lidgett

The Federal Circuit on Thursday revived medical technology company Recor Medical's challenge to a Medtronic Ireland Manufacturing patent on a way to treat heart and renal failure, telling the Patent Trial and Appeal Board to once again review the fight.

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Analysis

New Procedures Expected To Result In More PTAB Denials

By Ryan Davis

Under new procedures where the director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will decide whether petitions challenging patents should be denied for discretionary reasons, such denials will likely increase, although the policy leaves many unanswered questions, attorneys say.

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1st Circ. Denies Gov't Bid To Enforce Funding Freeze

By Julie Manganis

The First Circuit has declined to interfere with a Rhode Island federal judge's order that the government continue releasing federal funds while the Trump administration appeals a ruling blocking its efforts to enforce the freeze.

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Eli Lilly Says Michigan AG's Insulin Pricing Probe Is Baseless

By Carolyn Muyskens

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel's case for investigating Eli Lilly's insulin prices is based on fundamentally flawed premises, such as comparing what consumers pay in Michigan to Canada, the drugmaker has told the Michigan Supreme Court in a new brief. 

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Top EU Court Urged To Uphold €60M Teva Pay-For-Delay Fine

By Jamie Lennox

An adviser to the European Union's top court said Thursday that it should uphold €60.5 million ($70.7 million) in fines against Teva and its subsidiary Cephalon for an alleged conspiracy to keep a generic version of Provigil off the shelves.

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Diopsys Inks $14M Deal Resolving Vision Testing FCA Claims

By Hailey Konnath

Medical device maker Diopsys Inc. has agreed to pay up to $14.25 million to put to rest allegations it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false Medicare and Medicaid claims for certain vision testing services, according to a U.S. Department of Justice announcement Thursday.

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Walgreens To Pay $2.8M For Alleged Medicaid Overcharges

By Elliot Weld

Walgreens will pay $2.8 million under an agreement with federal prosecutors to settle allegations that it submitted inflated prices for some generic medications to Medicaid programs in Massachusetts and Georgia.

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Texas Judge 'Disturbed' By Filings In Weight Loss Drug Case

By Spencer Brewer

A Texas federal judge had stern words for a group of compounding pharmacies while refusing to allow them to manufacture Eli Lilly's lucrative weight loss drug, saying he was "increasingly exasperated" with the pharmacies' attempts to dictate how he manages the case.

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Oura Gets Samsung's Preemptive IP Strike Tossed, For Now

By Lauren Berg

Samsung Electronics cannot yet seek a declaration that its Galaxy Ring brand of wearable, health-tracking devices does not infringe Oura Health's smart ring patents, a California federal judge ruled Thursday, saying Samsung hasn't shown the Finnish company is threatening to sue for infringement.

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Fertility Co. Wants To Pull Device Maker Into Negligence Suit 

By Brian Steele

A fertility products company wants two other companies to share potential liability from a Connecticut state lawsuit alleging that a recalled culture medium was responsible for the loss of embryos a couple were planning to use for in vitro fertilization.

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Vaping Interests Take Challenge To FDA Rule To 5th Circ.

By Sam Reisman

A coalition of vaping interests challenging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's marketing and recordkeeping regulations has taken the dispute to the Fifth Circuit after a lower district judge tossed the lawsuit, which claimed many in the industry were prohibited from seeking FDA approval for multiple products at once because of the high cost of applying.

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Mich. Judge Deflects Criticism Of Atty Fees In $53M Flint Deal

By Danielle Ferguson

A Michigan federal judge on Thursday defended her decision to grant a third of a $53 million settlement to attorney fees for lawyers who represented Flint claimants who alleged a water firm prolonged the water crisis, saying many members of the public don't understand the complexities of the case.

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Fox Rothschild Brings On McCarter & English IP Ace In NJ

By Jake Maher

Fox Rothschild LLP grew its Princeton, New Jersey, office this week with the addition of an intellectual property partner from McCarter & English LLP specializing in patent prosecution for medical devices, technology-enabled hardware and more.

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Patent Drafting Pointers From Fed. Circ. COVID Test Ruling

The Federal Circuit's recent decision in DNA Genotek v. Spectrum Solutions provides several best practice pointers for drafting and prosecuting patent applications, highlighting how nuances in wording can potentially limit the scope of claims or otherwise affect claim constructions, says Irah Donner at Manatt.

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Opinion

Congress Must Reform The PTAB To Protect Small Innovators

Lawmakers must reintroduce the Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership Act or similar legislation to prevent larger companies from leveraging the Patent Trial and Appeal Board to target smaller patent holders, says Schwegman Lundberg's Russell Slifer, former deputy director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

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Series

Baseball Fantasy Camp Makes Me A Better Lawyer

With six baseball fantasy experiences under my belt, I've learned time and again that I didn't make the wrong career choice, but I've also learned that baseball lessons are life lessons, and I'm a better lawyer for my time at St. Louis Cardinals fantasy camp, says Scott Felder at Wiley.

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Judges Block Trump's Jenner & Block, WilmerHale Orders

By Lauren Berg, Ali Sullivan and Alison Knezevich

Jenner & Block LLP and WilmerHale both won temporary restraining orders late Friday blocking President Donald Trump's executive orders targeting the firms, with two Washington, D.C., federal judges determining the firms have shown the orders are likely retaliation for their representation of certain clients.

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Skadden Offers $100M In Pro Bono Work To Avoid Trump Order

By Aebra Coe

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP has reached a deal with President Donald Trump to avert an impending executive order that could have prevented it from taking on work connected to the federal government and its contractors, according to an announcement by the president Friday on social media platform Truth Social.

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Up Next At High Court: Terror Liability, Health Provider Choice

By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Supreme Court will return to the bench this week to consider whether a federal law subjecting Palestinian government organizations to federal jurisdiction violates due process principles and if the Medicaid Act's provider choice provision allows individual benefit recipients to sue states over the disqualification of healthcare providers. 

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Trump Grants Clemency To Ozy Media CEO Carlos Watson

By Hailey Konnath

President Donald Trump has granted clemency to former Ozy Media CEO Carlos Watson, who was facing nearly a decade in prison for lying to banks and investors to secure funding for his now-shuttered multimedia company, the White House confirmed Friday.

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Trump Pardons BitMEX Crypto Co., Four Ex-Executives

By Aislinn Keely

President Donald Trump has pardoned the business entity behind cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX and four of the firm's former executives years after they copped to Bank Secrecy Act violations and lax anti-money laundering controls, the White House confirmed Friday.

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Tubi Says Keller Postman Breached Deal In Arbitration Fight

By Emily Sawicki

The D.C. federal judge overseeing video streaming service Tubi Inc.'s tortious interference suit against Keller Postman LLC over mass arbitration claims ordered the parties on Friday to schedule a status conference for next month, in light of Tubi's claims that the firm violated an agreement.

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Ex-Paralegal Sues Ga. Personal Injury Firm Over 658 OT Hours

By Irene Spezzamonte

An Atlanta-based personal injury law firm didn't pay a former paralegal for 658 hours of overtime, and it erroneously considered her a salaried-exempt employee, according to a lawsuit filed in Georgia federal court.

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Roundup

UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Max Austin

This past week in London has seen sparkling winemaker Nyetimber hit a rival distillery with an intellectual property claim, Newcastle United's former owner Mike Ashley target the club's ex-vice president for damages tied to a fraudulent investment, and a real estate agency file a legal claim against law firm Winston & Strawn LLP. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

As a growing number of companies and their general counsel consider moving their incorporation out of Delaware, the state's governor has quickly signed into law a measure revising its corporation statutes, though there are still critics. And 98% of legal leaders in a recent survey said their budgets are increasing in 2025 to handle the extra work stemming from new diversity risks, tech changes and cybersecurity threats.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

UCLA School of Law's Supreme Court Clinic and Gair Gallo Eberhard LLP head this week's list of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a Seventh Circuit ruling that upheld the conviction of a former Chicago alderman for making false statements about loans from a defunct bank.

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In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360

For those who missed out, here's a look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the most buzz on Law360 last week.

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