Aug 7 (Reuters) - (Billable Hours is Reuters' weekly report on lawyers and money. Please send tips or suggestions to [email protected].) UnitedHealth's ( UNH ) pharmacy benefits manager is trying again to get prominent plaintiffs law firm Motley Rice booted from a lawsuit over the company's alleged role in the U.S. opioid crisis, citing the firm's past work for state...

12:32 PM EDT, 08/07/2025 (MT Newswires) -- E.l.f. Beauty (ELF) has a glass half full on product pricing dynamics, benefits from the Rhode skin care brand acquisition and a resilient margin outlook, despite tariff turmoil and significant base business volatility, Morgan Stanley said Thursday in a report. Morgan Stanley reiterated its equalweight rating on e.l.f. stock with pricing a large...

12:39 PM EDT, 08/07/2025 (MT Newswires) -- UnitedHealth Group ( UNH ) has reached a proposed settlement with the US Justice Department and several states to resolve antitrust concerns over its $3.3 billion acquisition of Amedisys ( AMED ) , the department said Thursday. As part of the agreement, UnitedHealth ( UNH ) and Amedisys ( AMED ) must divest...

SYDNEY, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Google agreed on Monday to pay a A$55 million ($35.8 million) fine in Australia after the consumer watchdog found it had hurt competition by paying the country's two largest telcos to pre-install its search application on Android phones, excluding rival search engines. The fine extends a bumpy period for the Alphabet-owned internet giant in Australia,...