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Issues We’re Tracking
- 340B Program 21 cases
- Affordable Care Act 76 cases 6 Topics
- Anticompetitive Practices 27 cases 3 Topics
- Artificial Intelligence 3 cases
- Consumer Protections 18 cases 3 Topics
- Cost Containment 16 cases
- Equity 52 cases 1 Topics
- ERISA 18 cases
- Federal Health Funding 56 cases 5 Topics
- Medicare Advantage 37 cases 4 Topics
- Medicare Drug Price Negotiation 24 cases
- No Surprises Act 58 cases 4 Topics
- Prescription Drug Affordability 22 cases 5 Topics
- Reproductive Health 54 cases 5 Topics
- Site-Neutral Payments 9 cases
- Transparency 8 cases

Our Team
We’re the experts on health care litigation. We’re here to make the process of navigating and understanding health care litigation easy.

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-14051
State of Illinois et al. v. Department of Health and Human Services et al.
- Filed:
- September 2, 2026
- Status
- Briefing is ongoing
- Court
- Massachusetts
- Goal
- Block enforcement of an agency action +2 additional goal(s)
- Status
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Case Stayed
Preliminary Injunction Granted In Part
- Court
- District of Columbia
- Goal
- Block enforcement of an agency action +2 additional goal(s)
1:25-cv-11816
State of New Jersey et al. v. Office of Management and Budget et al.
- Filed:
- June 24, 2025
- Status
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Decision issued
Motion for Summary Judgment Granted in Part
- Court
- Massachusetts
- Goal
- Block enforcement of an agency action +2 additional goal(s)
- Status
- Briefing is ongoing
- Court
- New York Southern
- Goal
- Award damages
8:25-cv-02751
Society of General Internal Medicine et. al. v. Kennedy et. al.
- Filed:
- August 21, 2025
- Status
- Briefing is ongoing
- Court
- Maryland — Northern
- Goal
- Compel agency action +2 additional goal(s)
- Status
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Appeal Filed
Case Stayed Pending Appeal
- Court
- Massachusetts
- Goal
- Block enforcement of an agency action +2 additional goal(s)
- Status
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Briefing is ongoing
Motion to Dismiss Counterclaims Granted
- Court
- Texas Southern — Corpus Christi
- Goal
- Award damages
- Status
- Briefing is ongoing
- Court
- Fourth Circuit
- Goal
- Block enforcement of an agency action +3 additional goal(s)
1:26-cv-01684
National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association et al. v. Kennedy et al.
- Filed:
- June 18, 2026
- Status
- Briefing is ongoing
- Court
- Pennsylvania Middle
- Goal
- Block enforcement of agency action +2 additional goal(s)
- Status
- Briefing is ongoing
- Court
- Eighth Circuit
- Goal
- Award restitution +4 additional goal(s)
2:26-cv-01005
Cleveland Bakers and Teamsters Health and Welfare Fund v. OhioHealth Corporation
- Filed:
- August 19, 2026
- Status
- Briefing is ongoing
- Court
- Ohio Southern — Western
- Goal
- Award damages +4 additional goal(s)
- Status
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Appeal Filed
Motion for Stay Pending Appeal Granted
- Court
- Fifth Circuit
- Goal
- Compel agency action +2 additional goal(s)
Key Dates
Defendants’ Response to Discovery Related Brief Due
Intervenors’ Reply Re: Motion to Dismiss Due
Amended Answer Due
Plaintiffs’ Response to Supplemental Brief Due
Defendant Cooprider’s Response to Motion for Pre-Motion Conference Due
Plaintiffs’ Response to Motion to Dismiss Due
Joint Status Report Due
Oral Argument
Defendant’s Opening Brief Due
Status Conference
Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Due
Oral Arguments
Defendants’ Response Brief Due
Hearing on Motions to Compel and Strike
Plaintiff Status Update Due
Plaintiffs’ Brief Due
Plaintiff’s Opening Brief Due
Hearing on Motion to Dismiss
Notice of Appeal or Joint Status Report Due
Defendant’s Answer Due
Plaintiff’s Reply Re: Motion for Summary Judgment Due
Plaintiff’s Reply Re: Motion for Summary Judgment Due
Plaintiff’s Expert Disclosure Due
Defendants’ Response to Motion to Complete Administrative Record Due
Defendant’s Brief Due
Joint Status Report or Joint Notice of Dismissal Due
Defendants’ Response to Motion to Strike Due
Joint Status Report Due
Joint Discovery Plan Due
Discovery Deadline
Joint Report Due
Joint Status Report Due
Defendants’ Reply Re: Motions to Dismiss Due
Scheduling Conference
Motions to Seal Due
Joint Status Report Due
Defendants’ Response Brief Due
Oral Argument
Plaintiffs’ Opening Brief Due
Hearing on Motions to Strike, Dismiss, and Stay Discovery
Oral Argument
Hearing on Motions to Dismiss
Plaintiff’s Reply Brief Due
Oral Argument
Defendants’ Brief Due
Joint Status Report Due
Plaintiffs’ Motion for Class Certification Due
Plaintiff’s Opening Brief Due
Defendant’s Response to Complaint Due
Joint Status Report Due
Hearing on Motion for Summary Judgment
Oral Argument
Hearing on Motion to Dismiss
Oral Argument
Plaintiff’s Response Brief Due
Joint Status Report Due
Discovery Deadline
Defendants’ Opening Brief Due
Plaintiff’s Response Brief Due
Rule 26(f) Report Due
Case Management Conference
Joint Status Report Due
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