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Oklahoma Supreme Court overturns $465 million opioid ruling against Johnson & Johnson

JURIST

The Oklahoma Supreme Court reversed Tuesday a $465 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson (J&J) for public nuisance through its prescription opioid marketing campaign in the state. The Court applies the nuisance statutes to unlawful conduct that annoys, injures, or endangers the comfort, repose, health, or safety of others.

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US Supreme Court: Hearing in Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. et al. v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos (Mexico). Selling guns comparable to selling beer to teenagers?

Conflict of Laws

23-1141 took place in March 2025 before the US Supreme Court. As previously indicated, this is a much-politicized case brought by Mexico against US gun manufacturers. The proceedings This case before the US Supreme Court is about overcoming a motion to dismiss. The hearing before the US Supreme Court took place on 4 March 2025.

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Supreme Court likely to let vape company’s FDA challenge proceed

SCOTUSBlog

Share At oral arguments earlier this week the Supreme Court was skeptical of the Food and Drug Administrations effort to block a North Carolina-based company from challenging the denial of its application to market e-cigarettes in the conservative U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, based in Louisiana.

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US Supreme Court rules in favor of hospitals in Medicare reimbursement dispute

JURIST

The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) may not cut Medicare drug reimbursement for a specific group of hospitals without a survey of hospitals’ pharmaceutical acquisition costs. Justice Brett Kavanaugh delivered the opinion of the court, reversing the DC circuit.

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Supreme Court hears oral arguments in surveillance and copyright cases

JURIST

The United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in Federal Bureau of Investigation v. In 2019, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed the decision in part, holding that the district court should have reviewed the information in camera to determine whether the surveillance was lawful.

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District Court Finds Use of a Method to Manufacture a Product Does Not Indirectly Infringe a Patented Method to Design A Product

The IP Law Blog

Kronstadt), the Court granted the Defendant’s motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s indirect patent infringement claims for failure to sufficiently allege Defendant “made” the accused product. Plaintiff had argued that using the patented methods in the design process, which guides the subsequent manufacturing process, is sufficient to state a claim.

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Second Circuit Agrees that Copay Assistance Programs May Violate the Anti-Kickback Statute

FDA Law Blog

Kirschenbaum — In a recent decision, the Second Circuit upheld the HHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG)’s position that Pfizer’s proposed copay assistance program for its high-cost heart treatment would violate the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS). The Second Circuit’s Interpretation of the Anti-Kickback Statute. Pfizer, Inc.

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