Tracking the most important health care lawsuits in U.S. courts today
October 2, 2026 | Federal court allows unions to continue antitrust lawsuit against NewYork-Presbyterian
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Issues We’re Tracking
- 340B Program 22 cases
- Equity 54 cases 1 Topics
- Federal Health Funding 61 cases 5 Topics
- Health Care Affordability 65 cases 8 Topics
- Medicare Advantage 39 cases 5 Topics
- Prescription Drug Pricing 43 cases 5 Topics
- Private Health Insurance 116 cases 13 Topics
- Reproductive Health 54 cases 5 Topics
- Transparency and Quality 9 cases

Our Team
We created the Health Care Litigation Tracker to make it easier to monitor the cases you care about and understand how courts are shaping health policy.

Katie Keith
Director of the Center for Health Policy and the Law at the O’Neill Institute

Andrew J. Twinamatsiko
Director of the Center for Health Policy and the Law at the O’Neill Institute
Latest Updates
1:26-cv-00150
CareFirst Advantage PPO Inc. v. Department of Health and Human Services et al.
- Filed:
- January 20, 2026
- Status
- Briefing is ongoing
- Court
- District of Columbia
- Goal
- Compel agency action +2 additional goal(s)
- Status
- Briefing is ongoing
- Court
- Eleventh Circuit
- Goal
- Award damages +4 additional goal(s)
- Status
- Briefing is ongoing
- Court
- Seventh Circuit
- Goal
- Award damages +2 additional goal(s)
1:26-cv-03550
Alignment Healthcare Inc. et al. v. Department of Health and Human Services et al. (Alignment II)
- Filed:
- October 9, 2026
- Status
- Briefing is ongoing
- Court
- District of Columbia
- Goal
- Compel agency action +2 additional goal(s)
- Status
- Briefing is ongoing
- Court
- Maine
- Goal
- Block enforcement of an agency action +1 additional goal(s)
4:26-cv-00748
Federal Trade Commission et al. v. World Professional Association for Transgender Health Inc. et al.
- Filed:
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Briefing is ongoing
- Court
- Texas Northern — Fort Worth
- Goal
- Award restitution +2 additional goal(s)
- Status
- Briefing is ongoing
- Court
- Pennsylvania Western
- Goal
- Award damages +3 additional goal(s)
- Status
- Briefing is ongoing
- Court
- Kentucky Western
- Goal
- Award damages +2 additional goal(s)
- Status
- Briefing is ongoing
- Court
- Maryland — Northern
- Goal
- Block enforcement of an agency action +2 additional goal(s)
1:26-cv-09746
PatientRightsAdvocate.org, Inc. v. American Medical Association
- Filed:
- August 13, 2026
- Status
- Briefing is ongoing
- Court
- Illinois Northern — Eastern
- Goal
- Block defendant action +2 additional goal(s)
- Status
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Briefing is ongoing
Motion to Dismiss Granted in Part
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- Texas Southern — Houston
- Goal
- Award damages +4 additional goal(s)
- Status
- Briefing is ongoing
- Court
- Seventh Circuit
- Goal
- Block enforcement of a law +1 additional goal(s)
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