Congress has returned to Capitol Hill from summer recess. Lawmakers in both chambers have a full slate of policy priorities to attend to not least among them funding the government and averting a shutdown before the Sept. 30 deadline.
The city of Rockford, Illinois, is pushing two law firms that represent pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts and drug manufacturer Mallinckrodt PLC in antitrust litigation and a related bankruptcy proceeding to comply with subpoenas the city issued over disputed contractual documents that concern alleged price-fixing of a seizure medication.