/health?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Health Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Fri, 15 Aug 2025 23:59:57 +0000 /health/articles/2377859?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /health/articles/2377859 The U.S. Department of Justice told a New Hampshire federal court Friday that employers are not required under federal anti-discrimination laws to provide medical coverage for gender dysphoria, and that federal religious freedom law protects a turbomachinery company from covering a transgender employee's treatment for the disorder. Fri, 15 Aug 2025 22:12:27 +0000 /health/articles/2377848?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /health/articles/2377848 A Sixth Circuit panel said Friday that Baker Donelson was correctly dismissed from a legal malpractice suit brought by the founder of an urgent care facility because it cannot be established that the underlying shareholder dispute claims that the firm was accused of fumbling would have been successful. Fri, 15 Aug 2025 22:03:33 +0000 /health/articles/2377763?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /health/articles/2377763 The New Jersey State Commission of Investigation on Thursday challenged a federal judge's refusal to protect investigative materials that RWJBarnabas Health Inc. wants to subpoena as it defends an antitrust suit by CarePoint Health Systems Inc., arguing the ruling violates precedent giving such records the same secrecy protections as grand jury materials. Fri, 15 Aug 2025 21:42:50 +0000 /health/articles/2377842?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /health/articles/2377842 A Massachusetts federal judge has preliminarily signed off on an $8.5 million settlement reached between Nuance Communications and more than 1 million patients in multidistrict litigation over a 2023 malware attack that exploited a vulnerability in Progress Software's MOVEIt transfer file tool.  Fri, 15 Aug 2025 20:51:24 +0000 /health/articles/2377280?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /health/articles/2377280 A Delaware federal jury on Friday found that medical technology manufacturer Life Spine Inc. owes $9.5 million for infringing a Globus Medical Inc. patent on parts used to make expandable implant devices used in spinal fusion surgeries. Fri, 15 Aug 2025 19:15:16 +0000 /health/articles/2377841?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /health/articles/2377841 A Michigan federal judge has ruled that a public high school in Ann Arbor did not violate the constitutional rights of conservative students by refusing to air an announcement opposing an abortion rights measure. Fri, 15 Aug 2025 19:14:41 +0000 /health/articles/2377569?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /health/articles/2377569 A recent Oregon law imposes significant restrictions on nonphysicians owning or controlling medical practices, but newly enacted amendments provide some additional flexibility in certain ownership arrangements without scuttling the law's intent of addressing concerns about the rise of private equity investment in healthcare, say attorneys at Debevoise. Fri, 15 Aug 2025 19:08:00 +0000 /health/articles/2377884?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /health/articles/2377884 A technology company behind a brain fitness app told a Delaware federal court Friday that a Zurich unit must defend it in an underlying shareholder suit accusing the company and its directors of misappropriating funds, misleading investors and violating corporate obligations. Fri, 15 Aug 2025 18:26:38 +0000 /health/articles/2377822?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /health/articles/2377822 Executives and board members of Cencora Corp. — formerly AmerisourceBergen — have tentatively settled for $111.25 million a Delaware Court of Chancery stockholder derivative suit accusing them of taking a "devil may care" attitude toward the illegal distribution of opioid painkillers at the center of a nationwide addiction epidemic. Fri, 15 Aug 2025 18:02:40 +0000 /health/articles/2377345?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /health/articles/2377345 Drug wholesalers asked a Delaware federal judge Thursday for the final stamp of approval on a combined $51.4 million in settlements AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP and Handa Pharmaceuticals LLC agreed to pay to resolve allegations AstraZeneca paid off generic-drug makers, including Handa, to protect its brand antipsychotic Seroquel XR. Fri, 15 Aug 2025 17:40:59 +0000 /health/articles/2377780?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /health/articles/2377780 An Illinois federal judge on Friday ruled that AbbVie could move ahead with the bulk of its racketeering, tortious interference and fraud claims against a behind-the-scenes healthcare company that the drugmaker alleges colluded with pharmacy benefit managers to fraudulently obtain drugs meant for patients in AbbVie's charitable programs. Fri, 15 Aug 2025 17:21:27 +0000 /health/articles/2377183?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /health/articles/2377183 A dental insurance provider has agreed to pay a $2 million penalty and undergo an audit of its multifactor authentication controls in order to resolve the New York financial regulator's claims that its failure to implement robust cybersecurity safeguards led to an email phishing attack that exposed customers' sensitive data. Fri, 15 Aug 2025 16:29:22 +0000 /health/articles/2377551?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /health/articles/2377551 Boies Schiller Flexner LLP and related defendants have moved to dismiss a Florida state lawsuit brought by a pharmaceutical mass tort law firm and related parties to block their former counsel from collecting fees after being fired for allegedly insufficient representation.  Fri, 15 Aug 2025 15:50:26 +0000 /health/articles/2377734?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /health/articles/2377734 Biopharmaceutical giants Genentech Inc. and Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. filed a sweeping patent infringement lawsuit over a proposed biosimilar version of Perjeta, a leading drug in the treatment of HER2-positive breast cancer. Fri, 15 Aug 2025 15:02:12 +0000 /health/articles/2375693?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /health/articles/2375693 Amid salacious headlines about lawyers behaving badly and recent polls showing the public’s increasingly unfavorable view of attorneys, we must make meaningful changes to our culture to rebuild trust in the legal system, says Carl Taylor at Carl Taylor Law. Fri, 15 Aug 2025 14:59:23 +0000 /health/articles/2377665?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /health/articles/2377665 A coalition of vaping interests is urging the Fourth Circuit to find that a North Carolina law prohibiting the sale of e-cigarettes not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is blocked by federal policy. Fri, 15 Aug 2025 13:24:08 +0000 /health/articles/2377535?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /health/articles/2377535 This past week in London has seen Transport for London hit with a procurement claim by the operator of Oyster card, while Mastercard and Visa face claims from the Rocco Forte Hotel Group, and Liverpool Football Club lobbed a claim against a security company. Fri, 15 Aug 2025 12:30:51 +0000 /health/articles/2377572?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /health/articles/2377572 The first of what are expected to be multiple wrongful death lawsuits stemming from a July 13 fire that killed 10 elderly and disabled residents of a Fall River, Massachusetts, assisted living facility was filed late Thursday in state court. Thu, 14 Aug 2025 22:52:36 +0000 /health/articles/2377264?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /health/articles/2377264 Lizzo's touring company urged a California federal judge to sanction a former designer for failing to disclose records of receiving mental health treatment to support her emotional distress claim, arguing Wednesday it was forced to hire its own expert to examine her and prepare a rebuttal without those records.  Thu, 14 Aug 2025 22:39:09 +0000 /health/articles/2377174?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /health/articles/2377174 Partners Pharmacy Services LLC, which provides medications to patients in long-term care facilities across seven U.S. states, has filed for Chapter 11 protection in Texas, with plans for an asset sale to its prepetition lender, who is an existing indirect owner, for a $51 million credit bid.