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Issues We’re Tracking
- 340B Program 21 cases
- Affordable Care Act 73 cases 6 Topics
- Anticompetitive Practices 24 cases 3 Topics
- Artificial Intelligence 3 cases
- Consumer Protections 17 cases 3 Topics
- Cost Containment 16 cases
- Equity 49 cases 1 Topics
- ERISA 18 cases
- Federal Health Funding 46 cases 4 Topics
- Medicare Advantage 33 cases 4 Topics
- Medicare Drug Price Negotiation 22 cases
- No Surprises Act 52 cases 4 Topics
- Prescription Drug Affordability 21 cases 5 Topics
- Reproductive Health 49 cases 5 Topics
- Site-Neutral Payments 9 cases
- Transparency 6 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
- Status
- Briefing is ongoing
- Court
- District of Columbia
- Goal
- Block enforcement of an agency action +2 additional goal(s)
3:25-cv-01399
H. et al. v. University of California Board of Regents et al.
- Filed:
- February 11, 2025
- Status
- Case Dismissed
- Court
- California Northern
- Goal
- Declaration that a program is unlawful
- Status
- Briefing is ongoing
- Court
- Third Circuit
- Goal
- Block enforcement of an agency action +2 additional goal(s)
- Status
- Briefing is ongoing
- Court
- Texas Northern — Fort Worth
- Goal
- Block enforcement of agency action +2 additional goal(s)
- Status
- Briefing is ongoing
- Court
- California Northern
- Goal
- Block enforcement of an agency action +2 additional goal(s)
- Status
- Briefing is ongoing
- Court
- First Circuit
- Goal
- Block enforcement of an agency action +2 additional goal(s)
- Status
- Briefing is ongoing
- Court
- Maryland — Northern
- Goal
- Block enforcement of an agency action +2 additional goal(s)
4:23-cv-04398
Electrical Medical Trust et al. v. U.S. Anesthesia Partners Inc. et al.
- Filed:
- November 20, 2023
- Status
- Briefing is ongoing
- Court
- Texas Southern — Houston
- Goal
- Award damages +3 additional goal(s)
- Status
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Appeal Filed
Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment in Part
- Court
- Maryland — Northern
- Goal
- Block enforcement of an agency action +1 additional goal(s)
3:24-cv-01051
Estuary Transit District et al. v. Hartford HealthCare Corporation et al.
- Filed:
- June 14, 2024
- Status
- Briefing is ongoing
- Court
- Connecticut
- Goal
- Award damages +3 additional goal(s)
- Status
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Briefing is ongoing
Motion to Dismiss Denied
- Court
- Michigan Western — Southern
- Goal
- Award damages +2 additional goal(s)
- Status
- Case Stayed
- Court
- Fifth Circuit
- Goal
- Block enforcement of a law +1 additional goal(s)
Key Dates
Plaintiffs’ Response to Motion to Amend Judgment Due
Discovery Hearing
Defendants’ Response Due
Plaintiff’s Response to Motion to Dismiss Due
Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Due
Deadline for Seeking Leave to Amend
Plaintiffs’ Brief Due
Joint Status Report Due
Joint Status Report Due
Deadline for Fact Discovery
Case Management Plan and Proposed Scheduling Order Due
Hearing on Motion for Summary Judgment
Plaintiff’s Expert Disclosure Due
Joint Status Report Due
Defendants’ Reply Brief Due
Plaintiffs’ Opening Brief Due
Status Conference
Response Due
Plaintiffs’ Response Brief Due
Scheduling Conference
Fact Discovery Cut Off
Joint Status Report Due
Hearing on Motion to Dismiss
Plaintiffs’ Opening Brief Due
Oral Argument
Defendants’ Brief Due
Plaintiffs’ Response to Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings Due
Status Report Due
Plaintiffs’ Opening Brief Due
Plaintiff’s Brief Due
Plaintiffs’ Response Brief Due
Plaintiffs’ Response to Motion to Dismiss Due
Plaintiffs’ Response to Motion to Dismiss Due
Plaintiffs’ Opening Brief Due
Deadline to Amend Pleadings
Defendants’ Response to Motion to Strike Due
Oral Argument
Defendant’s Brief Due
Hearing on Motion to Dismiss
Declarations Re: Class Certification Due
Joint Status Report Due
Joint Status Report Due
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