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The FDA calls it 'unreliable,' but drug-testing lab that kickstarts class actions scores contract with Defense Dept.
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A laboratory criticized by the Food and Drug Administration of having “scientific deficiencies” and accused by pharmaceutical companies as being in league with plaintiff attorneys has announced a contract with the Pentagon to perform quality testing on drugs for the Defense Department.
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Trump can't show CNN compared him to Nazis, federal judge rules
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - Former President Donald Trump has lost his defamation lawsuit against CNN that claimed the news outlet likened him to Adolf Hitler.
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Teva wants to appeal key ruling in feds' kickback Copaxone case
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - Before the federal government's kickback lawsuit against it proceeds, Teva Pharmaceuticals wants an appeals court to handle the issue of causation.
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$8.9 billion talc settlement offer at stake in J&J's LTL bankruptcy
J&J previously committed only $2 billion to resolve talc claims
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Judge rejects Teva's attempt to get out of Copaxone kickback case
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge's ruling is bad news for Teva Pharmaceuticals, which is accused of violating kickback laws by donating funds to groups that helped patients make co-payments on its multiple sclerosis drug Copaxone.
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As court losses mount, Khan remakes FTC with like-minded hires
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan will face a hostile audience tomorrow morning when she appears before the Republican-run House Judiciary Committee to explain, as the committee puts it, her “record of enforcement actions and politicized rulemakings.”
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Cryptocurrency expert on SEC's Binance lawsuit: "It makes sense to prosecute specious claims"
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - As the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance pushes back against Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) claims it is operating in the U.S. unlawfully, an industry expert says the agency's action is sure to benefit Wall Street.
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Federal judge halts American Airlines-JetBlue alliance in New York and Boston
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - Saying airline economic experts were biased, a federal judge ordered American Airlines and JetBlue to end an alliance at the Boston and New York airports that the carriers argued would help each mount more effective competition dominant against Delta Air Lines.
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Transportation Department's delayed response to Ohio train derailment probed
Functional Government Initiative wants to know why Pete Buttigieg waited three weeks to visit site.
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IRS, Treasury Department aim to classify NFTs as collectibles
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued its first guidance last week on cryptocurrencies since October 2019.
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Circuits split on whether Elizabeth Warren's CFPB is constitutional, leaving SCOTUS to decide
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - A federal appeals court ruled the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s funding mechanism is constitutional as the U.S. Supreme Court considers a Fifth Circuit decision that went the other way.
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Postal Service defeats white employee's racism, retaliation lawsuit
ST. LOUIS (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Postal Service has won judgment in a lawsuit brought against it by a white employee who sued over his Black co-workers' use of the "N" word.
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EPA puts out PFAS limits despite critics' 'serious concerns with the underlying science'
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - After a years-long wait, the federal Environmental Protection Agency has decided limits in drinking water for chemicals known as PFAS.
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No harm, no foul, Dept. of Education says while fighting class action over forged loan application
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The Department of Education is fighting back against a class action lawsuit brought by a plaintiff who says his father took out more than $300,000 in fraudulent student loans in his name.
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Over objections, judge stays lawsuit against EPA during PFAS rulemaking
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Groups wanting the Environmental Protection Agency to make a move regulating chemicals known as PFAS will have their lawsuit against the agency stayed.
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Watchdog explores link between U.S. Interior Department Secretary and her daughter's lobbying
Somah Haaland is the daughter of Deb Haaland whom U.S. Pres. Joe Biden appointed as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Interior.
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CDC is the subject of an IG complaint alleging scientific integrity violations
PPT accuses the CDC of refusing to track known serious side effects of the COVID-19 vaccine, such as myocarditis
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Education Department deputy is subject of an Inspector General complaint
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A federal watchdog filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s (DOE) inspector general against a top deputy of Secretary Miguel Cardona and asked for an ethics investigation.
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Federal watchdog sues U.S. Interior Department over FOIA noncompliance
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A federal watchdog sued the Department of the Interior (DOI) last week for non-compliance with a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request that targeted high-ranking officials in the U.S. agency.
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Federal watchdog says it's discovered John Kerry's climate office connection to 'CCP-linked NRDC'
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A transparency lawsuit filed against John Kerry’s Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate (SPEC) at the State Department has yielded information suggesting ties to hostile foreign governments, according to a federal watchdog.