A Susman Godfrey team obtained a near total victory in a long-running skirmish with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services over its regulations on medical billings.

In an opinion delivered by U.S. District Judge Jeremey D. Kernodle of the Eastern District of Texas, DHHS and its related federal agencies were stripped of seven medical provider rules that critics said were being used to delay payment, increase the cost of billing and ultimately compensate providers at below-market rates.