The US Medicare agency will seek about $4.7 billion over 10 years in clawback payments from private insurers that manage its programs under a long-awaited rule finalized Monday, a blow to the industry that sets up a likely court fight.

Brookdale Senior Living Inc. shareholders can proceed with just one claim in a derivative suit accusing company directors of adopting a strategy that resulted in poor staffing and ultimately financial harm to the company.

A class settlement requiring Raytheon Co. to pay $640,000 and maintain expanded coverage for speech therapy services in its employee health plan received final approval from a federal court in Massachusetts.

Johnson & Johnson can’t use bankruptcy to resolve more than 40,000 cancer lawsuits over its baby powder, a federal appeals court ruled.

The chief judge of the District of New Jersey shook off a lawsuit brought by an attorney challenging her standing order designed to deter the spread of Covid-19, which included showing proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test result to enter court facilities.

The Eight Circuit won’t reconsider its decision to dismiss a case brought by 13 Republican-led states challenging the Biden administration’s use of interim estimates on the harms of greenhouse gases.