Tracking the most important health care lawsuits in U.S. courts today
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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 51 cases 1 Topics
- ERISA 18 cases
- Federal Health Funding 55 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
24-13581
United States ex rel. Zafirov v. Florida Medical Associates LLC et al.
- Filed:
- October 30, 2024
- Status
- Decision issued
- Court
- Eleventh Circuit
- Goal
- Award damages
26-12553
Clover Insurance Company v. Department of Health and Human Services et al.
- Filed:
- July 22, 2026
- Status
- Briefing is ongoing
- Court
- Eleventh Circuit
- Goal
- Compel agency action +2 additional goal(s)
- Status
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Briefing is ongoing
Motion to Dismiss Denied
- Court
- Michigan Western — Southern
- Goal
- Award damages +3 additional goal(s)
- Status
- Decision issued
- Court
- Tennessee Middle — Nashville
- Goal
- Block enforcement of a law +1 additional goal(s)
- Status
- Case Dismissed
- Court
- Sixth Circuit
- Goal
- Block enforcement of a law +1 additional goal(s)
1:26-cv-12638
American Academy of HIV Medicine et al. v. Health Resources and Services Administration et al.
- Filed:
- June 10, 2026
- Status
- Briefing is ongoing
- Court
- Massachusetts
- Goal
- Block enforcement of an agency action +2 additional goal(s)
- Status
- Briefing is ongoing
- Court
- Fourth Circuit
- Goal
- Block enforcement of an agency action +3 additional goal(s)
- Status
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Appeal Filed
Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment Granted
- Court
- Maryland — Northern
- Goal
- Block enforcement of an agency action +3 additional goal(s)
- Status
- Briefing is ongoing
- Court
- Second Circuit
- Goal
- Award damages +1 additional goal(s)
- Status
- Briefing is ongoing
- Court
- New York Southern
- Goal
- Block anticompetitive practices +2 additional goal(s)
1:26-cv-00431
AbbVie Inc. v. Department of Health and Human Services et al.
- Filed:
- February 11, 2026
- Status
- Briefing is ongoing
- Court
- District of Columbia
- Goal
- Block enforcement of an agency action +2 additional goal(s)
1:26-cv-02391
SCAN Health Plan v. Department of Health and Human Services et al.
- Filed:
- July 7, 2026
- Status
- Briefing is ongoing
- Court
- District of Columbia
- Goal
- Block enforcement of agency action +3 additional goal(s)
Key Dates
Defendants’ Response Due
Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss Due
Plaintiff’s Reply Brief Due
Joint Status Report Due
Hearing on Motion to Amend
Joint Status Report Due
Plaintiff’s Response to Motions to Dismiss Due
Status Update Due
Hearing on Motion to Dismiss
Defendants’ Response to Discovery Related Brief Due
Discovery Related Deadline
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
Plaintiffs’ Reply Re: Motion for Class Certification Due
Plaintiff’s Opening Brief Due
Defendant’s Answer Due
Notice of Appeal or Joint Status Report Due
Plaintiff’s Expert Disclosure Due
Plaintiff’s Reply Re: Motion for Summary Judgment Due
Plaintiff’s Reply Re: Motion for Summary Judgment Due
Defendant’s Brief Due
Defendants’ Response to Motion to Complete Administrative Record 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 Status Report Due
Plaintiff’s Response Brief Due
Scheduling Conference
Plaintiffs’ Opening Brief Due
Defendants’ Response Brief Due
Oral Argument
Oral Argument
Hearing on Motions to Dismiss
Hearing on Motions to Strike, Dismiss, and Stay Discovery
Oral Argument
Defendants’ Brief Due
Plaintiff’s Opening Brief Due
Joint Status Report Due
Plaintiffs’ Motion for Class Certification Due
Hearing on Motion for Summary Judgment
Joint Status Report Due
Oral Argument
Hearing on Motion to Dismiss
Joint Status Report Due
Oral Argument
Discovery Deadline
Defendants’ Opening Brief Due
Plaintiff’s Response Brief Due
Fact Discovery Due
Rule 26(f) Report Due
Case Management Conference
Joint Status Report Due
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