A federal appeals court dismissed a proposed class action alleging the Illinois Medicaid program unlawfully rejected elderly patients’ admission documents for long-term care services because the plaintiffs could not prove they were directly harmed by the state’s actions.

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer is setting its sights on Texas as part of the transatlantic law firm’s plan to double its US revenue to $1 billion in the next five years.

Ching-Lee Fukuda and Tom Broughan joined Morrison Foerster as partners in its intellectual property litigation group and life sciences + healthcare industry practice, the firm announced Tuesday. Fukuda joined the New York office, while Broughan joined the Washington, D.C. office.

A patient care ombudsman filed a report warning about the “devastating impact” to local residents from the potential closure of one of Alabama’s largest healthcare institutions.

Ryan Tansey joined King & Spalding as a partner in its business litigation practice in New York, the firm announced Tuesday.

Davis Polk & Wardwell, Slaughter and May, Ropes & Gray and Sidley Austin steered GSK Plc’s plans to purchase Nuvalent Inc. for $10.6 billion.