Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson filed a lawsuit Tuesday in the US District Court for the District of New Jersey alleging insulin manufacturers Sanofi-Aventis US, Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly deceptively raised insulin prices. The complaint alleges the manufacturers raised prices and gave rebates to the pharmacy benefit managers, which were then supposed to go to their [...]
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit Tuesday on behalf of the Georgia Muslim Voter Project and the Asian-American Advancing Justice-Atlanta group challenging a Georgia law that allows the rejection of absentee ballots if signatures do not match other state records. The law makes the election official’s determination regarding the signature final, with no avenue for [...]
PEN America filed a lawsuit against US President Donald Trump on Tuesday in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York alleging several violations of the First Amendment’s protection of freedom of the press. The plaintiffs allege retaliatory actions for unfavorable news reporting, including, “initiating a government review to raise postal rates; [...]
Sears Holdings Corporation (Holdings) filed for bankruptcy in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York on Monday, announcing that it intends to remain in business but will close at least 142 stores by the end of the year. Holdings, the parent company of Sears and Kmart, filed a petition for debt relief [...]
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Monday announced new measures set to fight transnational organized crime. These steps include the forming of a Transnational Organized Crime Task Force, which, along with other government agencies, will be tasked with identifying certain groups that pose a threat to the US. Sessions identified five criminal groups as top [...]
Lambda Legal filed a lawsuit Monday challenging a Kansas birth certificate policy that prevents transgender individuals from changing the gender designation on their birth certificates. Lambda filed the suit on behalf of four transgender Kansas residents. While no specific law prohibits changing the gender designation on birth certificates, the plaintiffs allege that Kansas enforces a policy [...]
The US Supreme Court declined Monday to hear an appeal by two paint manufacturers (Sherwin-Williams Co. and NL Industries, Inc.) seeking to limit their liability for lead poisoning. The paint manufacturers filed their appeal in July asking the court to decide whether the First Amendment allows the state of California to file tort actions against [...]
The Florida Supreme Court ruled Monday that Governor Rick Scott “exceeded his authority by directing the Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission … to submit its nominations to fill” three upcoming Florida Supreme Court vacancies prior to the end of his term. The Florida Supreme Court cited Article 5, Section 11 (c) of the Florida Constitution [...]
An Oregon federal judge on Monday ruled that a group of young Americans can move forward with a lawsuit against the US government for climate change inaction but that President Donald Trump cannot be named as a defendant in the case. The suit was initially filed in 2015 by 21 young people and Our Children’s [...]
The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Friday in a case that will determine whether private operators of public access channels qualify as state actors for First Amendment purposes. In Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck, the Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN) suspended producer Jesus Melendez from a leadership program for allegedly harassing an employee. In response, Melendez and [...]
