A Sixth Circuit appeals panel gave few hints Thursday on whether it would send back to state court a lawsuit from Ohio alleging that pharmacy benefit managers were driving up prescription prices through rebate schemes. www.law360.com/artic...

The U.S. Supreme Court said a Louisiana appeals court incorrectly found that a state law bars an HIV patient from alleging federal discrimination claims after being denied aquatherapy during the COVID-19 pandemic. www.law360.com/artic...

RELEASE: NewsGuild journalists are sounding the alarm – media companies are undermining public trust with unethical AI in the newsroom. Today, we launch #NewsNotSlop, a national campaign kicking off a Week of Action on AI, December 1–5. newsguild.org/release-stan...

New: An Eleventh Circuit panel ruled Thursday that no Alabama state law prevents a county from facing liability for an incarcerated person's death due to substandard healthcare from a third-party medical provider the county hired. www.law360.com/health/artic...

Five years after suing state officials over a denied "certificate of need" application, a North Carolina eye surgeon was back in court to challenge a state medical control spending law. www.law360.com/healt... #HealthcareAuthority

A Washington federal judge rejected the Trump administration's bid to halt a temporary injunction, which blocks federal officials from withholding federal healthcare funds to hospitals in four states that provide gender-affirming care.

New analysis: Legal experts fear an inconsistent patchwork of state court rulings, which fail to establish a uniform approach to complex pre-embryo legal disputes, promises to generate more difficult decisions for judges as the number of people relying on egg freezing and IVF continues to grow.

A Massachusetts doctor and a group of public health trade associations want the federal government to break up a key vaccine committee tasked with nationwide vaccine policy, arguing that the panel has been tainted with anti-vaccine sentiment. www.law360.com/artic...

New: A Mass. doctor and a group of health trade associations want the federal government to break up a key vaccine committee tasked with nationwide vaccine policy, arguing in an amended lawsuit Thursday that the panel has been tainted with anti-vaccine sentiment. www.law360.com/healthcare-a...

A First Circuit panel seemed poised to uphold a district court decision finding that the Trump administration lacks the authority to cap indirect costs for research grants at the National Institutes of Health.

New: A First Circuit panel seemed poised on Wednesday to uphold a district court decision finding that the Trump administration lacks the authority to cap indirect costs for research grants at the National Institutes of Health. www.law360.com/articles/240...

New analysis: A Minnesota investigation promises to answer a key question for doctors across the state, along with the hospitals and practices that employ them: When do changes to employment contracts amount to a new contract? www.law360.com/healthcare-a...

New: Colorado appellate judges have upheld a state trial court finding that a nonmarried couple must donate their cryogenically preserved pre-embryos that were created before the dissolution of their relationship. www.law360.com/healthcare-a...

Over the past few months, with help and guidance from @law360.bsky.social feature reporter Cara Bayles, I dug into the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court's Medina decision, which empowers states to axe Planned Parenthood from state Medicaid programs. Below is more about the data gathering process.

Over the past few months, with help and guidance from @law360.bsky.social feature reporter Cara Bayles, I dug into the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court's Medina decision, which empowers states to axe Planned Parenthood from state Medicaid programs. Below is more about the data gathering process.

New analysis: Since the Supreme Court's Medina Decision in June, four states have taken action to either remove Planned Parenthood from their public benefits or revisit litigation that could block its Medicaid reimbursements, even though Medicaid can't be used to pay for abortions.

New analysis: A new $100,000 fee for healthcare worker visas is sowing confusion in the medical community and raising concerns that the price tag could block thousands of doctors from practicing in underserved and rural communities. www.law360.com/healthcare-a...

The Supreme Court asked for the solicitor general to weigh in on a case involving the regulation of nonprofit healthcare-sharing ministries that provide cheap, Christian-friendly health insurance options but aren't legally bound to pay for medical care. www.law360.com/artic...

New: The Supreme Court Tuesday asked for the Solicitor General's input on a "lightning rod" of a case over the regulation of healthcare-sharing ministries that provide cheap, Christian-friendly health insurance options but aren't legally bound to pay for healthcare. www.law360.com/articles/239...

Colorado's drug price regulation board put a first-of-its-kind cap on a pricey autoimmune disease drug. Law360 Healthcare Authority breaks down the Colorado announcement and other moves by state regulators. www.law360.com/healt...

New: Last week, Colorado became the first state to set a hard cap on the price of a prescription medication. It likely won't be the last. www.law360.com/healthcare-a...

Covington Police arrested CityBeat photo intern Lucas Griffith during a march on the Roebling Bridge in July. The case has made national headlines and drawn protest from press freedom groups. www.lpm.org/news/2025-10...

New analysis: Abortion activists from across the political spectrum will be watching as South Carolina lawmakers meet Wed. to consider an abortion ban that would make no exceptions for rape or incest and allow lengthy prison sentences under federal conspiracy law. www.law360.com/healthcare-a...

New: The civil rights office at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is moving to cut off Harvard University from future funding, a maneuver legal experts say could stymie healthcare and biomedical research. www.law360.com/healthcare-a...

On Trial for Journalism in Kentucky: Two months after their arrests while covering a protest, a pair of local reporters face criminal charges. By @liamjscott.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/news/madelin...

“I can’t think of anything more chilling to First Amendment activity, or more designed to prevent coverage of high-profile, newsworthy events, than to criminally charge reporters for being present on the scene.”

As legal losses pile up for drug manufacturers in their fight to overturn the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation program, pharma giant AstraZeneca is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to decide if the program infringes on its constitutional rights. www.law360.com/artic...

New: As legal losses pile up for drug manufacturers in their fight to overturn the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation program, pharma giant AstraZeneca is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to decide if the program infringes on its constitutional rights. www.law360.com/articles/239...

New analysis: Lawmakers are including lengthy statutes of limitations — often decades-long — in new bans on transgender care for minors. Advocates say long time frames for lawsuits make sense if a child is involved. Others see a "chilling" effect for providers. www.law360.com/healthcare-a...

New: The states argued that while they don't directly receive mental health grants, slashing the funding will harm K-12 public schools and universities in those states that receive money for mental health programs that support students after school shootings.

The largest provider of reproductive healthcare in Kansas will face off with state officials this week at a trial outside Kansas City focused on a slate of state restrictions and requirements on abortion services, some of which long predate Dobbs.

BREAKING: President Donald Trump asks the Supreme Court to allow the Department of State to stop issuing passports with "X" sex designations, arguing a lower court order requiring it "has no basis in logic or law." #SCOTUS www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

Andy Wolfson, journalist whose beat was justice, dies in Louisville @dyetter.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2025/09/18/a...

Prosecutors must drop charges against two Cincinnati journalists arrested while covering a protest. Their jury trials are scheduled in just a couple weeks. A coalition of rights groups and journalism professors explained why this prosecution is so dangerous.

Two circuit courts issued notable rulings over the past week upholding federal and state laws aimed at lowering prescription drug prices. Law360 Healthcare Authority looks at these and other key cases you might have missed over the last week. www.law360.com/healt...

There are 10,000 rare diseases and only 46 gene therapies approved by the FDA. When New York Atty John MacGregor found out his son had Dravet Syndrome, a rare form of epilepsy, he set out to advocate in courts for better access to rare drugs. (No Paywall) www.law360.com/access-to-ju...

A group of former Wells Fargo employees is heading back to federal court this week with allegations it mismanaged their prescription drug benefits, leading to millions in overpayments. Law360 Healthcare Authority looks at what you should know. www.law360.com/artic...

A group of health law experts told the U.S. Supreme Court that Colorado's conversion therapy ban doesn't violate healthcare providers' First Amendment rights. www.law360.com/artic...

New: A group of health law experts told the Supreme Court that Colorado's conversion therapy ban doesn't violate healthcare providers' First Amendment rights, arguing that the law is consistent with states' and the federal government's ability to regulate healthcare. www.law360.com/healthcare-a...

In South Carolina, Planned Parenthood filed a new complaint challenging a state policy kicking the provider out of the state's Medicaid program for providing abortions. Law360 Healthcare Authority reviews this and more Medicaid and Medicare litigation. www.law360.com/healt...

New: This week, a federal court in Hawaii will hear arguments in a challenge to changes to the safety review process for the abortion drug mifepristone and whether they went beyond the scope of U.S. Food and Drug Administration authority. Here's 3 things to know. www.law360.com/healthcare-a...

New: A New York federal judge has given the green light to allow the state to revamp its Medicaid mental health services for children to expand greater in-home and crisis care to prevent the institutionalization of kids. www.law360.com/healthcare-a...

The HHS is restarting a 1980s-era childhood vaccine task force that aims to improve safety and oversight, months after an anti-vaccine group previously headed by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sued the agency to reinstate the panel. www.law360.com/artic...

New: HHS said on Thursday it is restarting a 1980s-era childhood vaccine task force that aims to improve safety and oversight, months after an anti-vaccine group previously headed by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sued the agency to reinstate the panel. www.law360.com/health/artic...

A Kentucky county prosecutor is moving forward with misdemeanor charges against 2 Cincinnati journalists who were arrested while covering a protest that crossed a bridge from Ohio to Kentucky in July. A felony rioting charge was dismissed. On Aug. 14, a judge set trial dates for late Sept. and Oct.

New analysis: With the U.S. Supreme Court expanding religious protections, a groundswell of lawsuits challenging state abortion bans on free-exercise grounds has emerged. (Photo via Getty Images) www.law360.com/healthcare-a...

New: Since the pandemic, concerns over vaccines have spread at the federal and state levels. More than 2,500 vaccine-related bills have been introduced in statehouses across the country since 2021, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

New: A Texas federal court dealt another blow to the pharmaceutical industry Thursday when it ruled in favor of Medicare's Drug Price Negotiation Program, turning away arguments that the program is unconstitutional — the third such decision in two days. www.law360.com/articles/237...

New analysis: U.S. District Judge Daniel Domenico concluded that Colorado's law didn't meet the strict scrutiny required of the state government to prove it has a compelling interest. Instead, he found the plaintiffs' "religious practice has been singled out for differential treatment."

New analysis: A Texas man's decision to sue in federal court, as opposed to state court, is an attempt to bypass California shield law protections by claiming a doctor violated the 150-year-old federal Comstock Act.