Law
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A D.C. federal court ruled Friday that Surescripts LLC can’t kill a case brought by the Federal Trade Commission, which accused the company of using contract terms and other tactics to illegally maintain its monopoly over electronic prescription services… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The Third Circuit denied a bid by the former mayor of Reading, Pennsylvania, to slash an eight-year federal prison sentence stemming from his 2018 conviction on charges that he took campaign contributions from contractors in exchange for promises of work with the city… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A handful of tech companies launched a proposed class action against Facebook on Thursday in California federal court, alleging the social media giant intentionally set out to destroy app developers it deemed as potential rivals in “the most brazen, willful anti-competitive scheme in a generation”… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Golf legend Jack Nicklaus filed a lawsuit Thursday in Florida federal court alleging that a Sunshine State sports company is using his image and his trademarks without permission to promote a device meant to enhance one’s golf swing… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The Fifth Circuit ruled on Tuesday that a lower court was right to refuse to take up BP PLC’s challenge to Walmart’s bid to collect $15 million from a settlement program linked to the 2010 explosion and spill aboard BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico… Read this piece in its entirety…
Mike LaSusa 