Monthly Archives: February, 2021

New York AG Fines Crypto Trading Platforms $18.5M Over False Financial Claims

On Tuesday, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced an agreement with cryptocurrency trading platforms Bitfinex and Tether, requiring them to end all trading...

Suit Challenging FDA Approval of Ammonia-Reducing Cattle Drug Survives Motions to Dismiss

Judge Richard Seeborg of the Northern District of California denied motions to dismiss filed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Elanco...

Pilgrim’s Pride is First Company to Plead Guilty in Antitrust Criminal Lawsuit

Pilgrim’s Pride pled guilty in a District of Colorado criminal lawsuit to price-fixing allegations. The broiler chicken producer was issued a $107.9 million criminal...

Court Grants Motion to Dismiss Out-of-Network Compensation Suit

On Tuesday, a District of New Jersey judge granted a motion to dismiss in a case brought against Aetna that addresses an attempt to...

Roche Settles Diabetic Test Strip Insurance Fraud Case with Southern Pharmacy Network

Yesterday, individual and corporate defendants litigating an insurance fraud dispute related to Roche’s blood-glucose test strips settled the matter for approximately $43.3 million. The...

Government Moves to Cancel Oral Arguments and Remand to HHS in Medicaid Work Requirement Case

In a pair of Supreme Court cases concerning "time-limited experiments to test variations from the statutory requirements for States’ Medicaid plans," the government moved...

Parties Agree to Dismiss Ninth Circuit Appeal in Farmworker Survey Suit

On Monday, the United States Department of Agriculture filed an unopposed motion to dismiss the appeal in a Ninth Circuit court case around a...

Skills Development Platform Co. Sued for Securities Fraud Through Company’s Proposed Sale

On Tuesday, a shareholder filed a complaint in the Southern District of New York against Pluralsight, a “leading cloud-based technology skills development platform,” and...