The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or Department) on Dec. 4, 2025, released its 21-page artificial intelligence (AI) strategy as a continuation of its nearly year-long AI effort and follow-up to several...more
With only two weeks left of U.S. Congress in session, a final push for a consensus on healthcare is underway. Both Democrats and Republicans are hoping to secure political wins for their parties and constituencies while the...more
Thompson Coburn’s Higher Education Litigation Summary is your resource for legal updates on key rulings and ongoing cases shaping the higher education sector. This installment covers updates related to Gainful Employment, the...more
Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies,...more
CMS has a skin substitute problem. Skin substitutes are wound coverings that are used for burns, trauma, or chronic conditions like wounds associated with diabetes, leg ulcers, etc. According to the National Institutes...more
The National Institutes of Health (“NIH”) has become the latest federal agency to impose obligations that go beyond those required by the watershed U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) data security program (“DSP”) with its new...more
Welcome to TC’s IP Corner® Halloween edition. We are excited to share this quarterly newsletter with our clients, colleagues, and friends as we examine hot topics, interesting cases, and weird yet entertaining happenings in...more
The Long Life Family Study (LLFS) is a multi-decade, multicenter research program designed to uncover the genetic and biological factors that contribute to exceptional human longevity and healthy aging. First launched in the...more
As of October 1st, the federal government is officially shut down after Congress failed to pass funding legislation. While the biggest direct impact will certainly be on furloughed federal workers and government agencies, if...more
On September 24, 2025, the National Institutes of Health (“NIH”) published a policy entitled “Enhancing Security Measures for Human Biospecimens” (the “Policy”). The Policy is based on Executive Order 14117, “Preventing...more
The Supreme Court issued a fractured, 4-1-4 ruling on its emergency docket in National Institutes of Health v. American Public Health Association, No. 25A103, 606 U.S. ____ (2025) (per curiam) (“NIH”) on August 21, 2025....more
On September 9, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the release of the Make Our Children Healthy Again Strategy (MAHA Strategy) issued by the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission....more
The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission was established by President Donald Trump's Feb. 13, 2025, executive order (EO) 14212 titled "Establishing the President's Make America Healthy Again Commission." As Holland &...more
Key Takeaways - What Happened: The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission has released its final Make Our Children Healthy Again Strategy report. The Strategy outlines extensive executive branch actions intended to...more
The Bayh-Dole Act provides that the federal government retains certain rights in inventions it funds. Many have sought to use those rights as a way to lower the cost of prescription drugs for consumers and for the federal...more
The Supreme Court recently ruled for the second time that federal district courts likely lack jurisdiction under the Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”) to hear challenges to terminations of federal grants. The first such...more
U.S. Congress returns from the August 2025 recess for a short session. Both chambers will be forced to address a looming to-do list, namely potentially extending government funding beyond Sept. 30, 2025....more
Key Takeaways - What Happened: A leaked draft of the Make Our Children Healthy Again Strategy (the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission’s action plan) is circulating. The draft outlines extensive executive branch...more
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed last week to permit the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to terminate hundreds of grants related to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives worth approximately $800 million. The...more
Organizations challenging an agency’s termination of a grant or government contract based on an allegedly illegal government policy need to master a two-step dance, according to a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision. Under the...more