Healthcare & Pharmaceutics

Supreme Court allows gender transition care for federal prisoners for now

The Trump administration must continue providing transition care to inmates with gender dysphoria, at least for now, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday.

Oct 21, 2026 1:28 PM CDT

Hofstra University says it had no responsibility to help bar candidate in cardiac arrest

Hofstra University has asked a New York judge to dismiss the lawsuit of a July 2025 bar candidate who suffered cardiac arrest while taking the bar exam at the Long Island, New York, school last year, stating that it didn’t have a responsibility to help her.

Oct 21, 2026 9:42 AM CDT

Law firm announces new policy for employees with NICU babies

Lowenstein Sandler has announced a new paid parental leave policy for employees whose newborns require extended stays in the neonatal intensive care unit.

Oct 14, 2026 10:46 AM CDT

Judge’s CPR rescue leads to courthouse training

The 67th District Court in Flint, Michigan, had a CPR training Monday for court employees following Michigan Judge Herman Marable Jr.’s experience last October, when he saved a man’s life with the skills that he first learned as a child.

Oct 13, 2026 9:48 AM CDT

Attorney sentenced in Medicaid fraud scheme involving Rolls-Royce collection

An Iowa attorney was sentenced earlier this month to six months in federal prison after pleading guilty to a Medicaid fraud charge involving phony sales from his Rolls-Royce collection to elderly clients.

Sep 29, 2026 10:01 AM CDT

Plastic surgeon found guilty of murdering ‘beloved’ lawyer

A prominent Florida plastic surgeon was found guilty of murder charges in the death of a “beloved” lawyer who went missing in March 2023.

Sep 24, 2026 10:55 AM CDT

I planned my retirement; then cancer filed an objection

At the time, I thought I had created a logical sequence. Examine your life. Make a plan. Prepare financially. Retire with purpose. Enjoy what follows. It was a sound outline—until life called a witness I had not anticipated.

Sep 21, 2026 1:34 PM CDT

Judge disciplined for requiring COVID-19 vaccination for parents in custody case

A Texas judge was publicly admonished last week for requiring that parents in a family law custody dispute receive the COVID-19 vaccination or produce a negative test 72 hours before the father visited his children.

Sep 15, 2026 9:41 AM CDT

Prominent Florida plastic surgeon on trial for allegedly killing ‘beloved’ lawyer over billing dispute

A prominent Florida plastic surgeon is set to go to trial Monday on murder charges in connection with the death of a lawyer who went missing in March 2023.

Sep 14, 2026 9:37 AM CDT

Catholic groups sue state over new assisted-suicide law

The state of Illinois is being sued over a new law that would allow medically assisted suicide, according to the Chicago Tribune.

Sep 9, 2026 10:46 AM CDT

State supreme court justice has medical incident on bench

The West Virginia Supreme Court canceled oral arguments Wednesday after one of the justices “experienced a medical incident” while on the bench, court officials said.

Sep 3, 2026 10:36 AM CDT

Judge should be benched for suing eye doc employee who filed complaint against him, agency says

A New York agency recently found that Judge Frank M. Mora should be removed from the bench, after he filed a defamation action against an ophthalmology practice employee who complained about him creating “a huge scene” at her office.

Aug 27, 2026 7:50 AM CDT

Troutman Pepper Locke associate files discrimination lawsuit against firm

An associate with Troutman Pepper Locke has sued the law firm, alleging that it discriminated against him and derailed his career after he had a heart attack and had to take time off, and then it retaliated against him after he later raised questions about billing practices by his supervising partners.

Aug 21, 2026 12:47 PM CDT

Former public defender faces sentencing for healthcare fraud

A former public defender from Iowa who had previously been arrested for shoplifting will be sentenced in September for defrauding Medicaid and cancer patients.

Aug 21, 2026 9:44 AM CDT

7th Circuit sides with Planned Parenthood over sharing abortion information with minors

The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at Chicago on Tuesday rejected an Indiana “aid-or-assist” law, which prohibits physicians from helping minors obtain an abortion without first meeting the state’s parental consent requirements.

Aug 19, 2026 9:47 AM CDT