Economics
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The Trump administration issued a report on Tuesday slamming the World Trade Organization’s Appellate Body, accusing the panel of “persistent overreaching” amid a tug-of-war over the body’s future… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A unit of the electronic health records giant Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc. engaged in an “abhorrent” scheme to help an opioid company push the dangerous drugs on patients who may not have needed them, according court filings by the U.S. Department of Justice on Monday… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A Seventh Circuit panel on Tuesday swept aside a “flurry of arguments” made by Johnson & Johnson in its unsuccessful bid to convince the court to throw out a $20 million judgment in favor of a woman who claimed she was harmed by the company’s Prolift pelvic mesh device… Read this piece in its entirety
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Uber Technologies Inc. was victorious in its fight against a New York City regulation aimed at reducing traffic congestion in Manhattan by limiting the amount of time drivers for ride-hailing services can spend “cruising” the island’s busiest areas, with a New York state judge on Monday calling the rule “arbitrary and capricious”… Read this piece
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A whistleblower who helped unveil a Michigan doctor’s health care fraud can’t share in a $3.27 million settlement related to the scam because he didn’t allege the specific activities that were tied to that amount, a Michigan federal court ruled Monday… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 