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National Law Journal

SCOTUS Bound? After Appellate Ruling, What's Next in 340B Drug Discount Cases?

The statutory question at the center of the appeals could create a circuit split that brings the issue to the U.S. Supreme Court, said one court watcher.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

'So Hostile and Unpleasant': Lawsuit Claims to Reveal How John Ruiz Acquired LifeWallet

John H. Ruiz allegedly told the LifeWallet founder to consider the deal binding as a "gentleman's agreement," because the asset purchase agreement could not yet be signed due to the public offering, according to the lawsuit.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

3rd Circuit Sides With Drug Manufacturers in 340B Contract Pharmacy Case

"Legal duties do not spring from silence. Congress never said that drug makers must deliver discounted Section 340B drugs to an unlimited number of contract pharmacies," Judge Stephanos Bibas wrote. "So by trying to enforce that supposed requirement, the government overstepped the statute's bounds. And HHS did not violate the APA by purporting to withdraw the proposed ADR Rule before later finalizing it."
7 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Judge Issues Preliminary Injunction, Restoring Medicaid Benefits to Nationwide Class

"We were pleased that the court recognized the need to grant relief, both because of the illegality of the rule, and because of the impact, and the court specifically found irreparable harm, for the entire class as defined," counsel for the plaintiffs Sheldon V. Toubman of Disability Rights Connecticut said.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

4 More Troutman Exits Bolster Goodwin's Life Sciences Practice in Phila., NY

A total of 18 lawyers have made the move from Troutman to Goodwin in 2023.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Standing Trips Mental Health Groups' Bid to Block NYC Mayor's Involuntary Hospitalization Plan

U.S. District Judge Paul Crotty denied the motion for a preliminary injunction without prejudice, ruling that he did not have standing over the mental health organizations or the individual plaintiffs, who together filed an amended class action suit against the city in December 2021.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Federal Judge OKs J&J's Suit to Proceed Over Depleted Patient Financial Assistance for Costly Prescription Meds

"The inflated co-pays are key to the alleged scheme because the higher amounts essentially force patients into the program," Judge John Michael Vazquez wrote. "The second part of the purported SaveOnSP Program is to target patients. Plaintiff alleges that defendant uses the threat of the artificially inflated copay to coerce patients into enrolling in the SaveOnSP Program."
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Georgia Senate Weighs Bill to Indefinitely Extend Immunity From COVID-19 Liability

The most recent amendment is different from the previous extensions in that it no longer gives a set expiration date for these grants of immunity.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Phila. Law Firm Leaders Find Opportunity, Not Threat, in Goodwin Procter Arrival

Competitive pressures may tick upward, but the interest from another Am Law 50 player showcases the region's promise as a life sciences hub.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

OIG's Solutions to Reduce Fraud, Waste and Abuse in HHS—2022 Edition

CMS provides direction and technical guidance for the administration of the federal effort to plan, develop, manage, and evaluate health care financing programs and policies, and OIG promotes changes that help CMS to improve such programs. Some of this is done through the annually published recommendations. In this article I provide highlights of what I believe are the most notable recommendations of this year's edition.
8 minute read

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