Economics
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Nestlé and Cargill told the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday that they can’t be held liable for claims they aided child slavery on African farms, arguing the alleged atrocities occured completely outside the U.S. with no connection to its jurisdiction… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he signed an executive order revoking Hong Kong’s preferential trade status with the U.S., in addition to signing legislation aimed at bolstering sanctions against China amid persistent tensions between the two nations… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Universal Health Services has promised to pay $122 million to end 19 suits under the False Claims Act that had accused the behavioral health hospital company of cheating federal health care subsidy programs and putting profit over patient care, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Boeing told an Illinois federal court Tuesday that it has inked deals to resolve more than 90% of wrongful death claims stemming from the October 2018 Lion Air crash involving the now notorious 737 Max 8 model airplane, which killed all 189 passengers on board… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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GlaxoSmithKline is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to upend a Third Circuit ruling in a case over the marketing of the diabetes medication Avandia, saying the appeals court had taken an “impossibly capricious view” of the drug company’s duty to provide information to regulators… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 