April 16, 2021 6:10 AM By Brandon Lee
Lawmakers seeking to lower drug costs should take a comprehensive approach rather than focus solely on manufacturersâ pricing practicesâa strategy thatâs only created disparities in the marketplace, policy analysts say.
Drug pricing will come back to the forefront of policy discussions in the coming months as Covid-19 vaccines become more readily available and lawmakers turn to other issues. But many of the roughly two dozen bills floating around Congress primarily address the prices drug companies set and ignore other aspects of the supply chain, including the pharmacy middlemen that control how insurance pays for medications.
A Virginia Defamation lawyer appeared unlikely to link some of the nation’s largest media outlets to a conspiracy to deprive his Russian-born client of a book deal.
In this June 24, 2019 file photo, Michael Flynn departs a federal courthouse after a hearing, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
RICHMOND, Va. (CN) A Virginia defamation lawyer appeared unlikely to convince the Fourth Circuit Wednesday afternoon that a handful of the country’s largest media companies were behind a conspiracy to snatch a book deal away from a woman adjacent to General Michael Flynn and the Russian investigation.
“These allegations are extremely defamatory and they were made intentionally to destroy the reputation of General Flynn and plaintiff,” argued Charlottesville-based attorney Steven Biss, who represented Congressman Devin Nunes in several failed defamation claims in the state.
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Immigration Judges Ask 4th Circ. To Block Muzzling Policy
Law360 (December 17, 2020, 7:00 PM EST) An immigration judges union urged the Fourth Circuit Wednesday to block the Justice Department s prior restraint policy prohibiting them from speaking publicly about immigration, arguing their constitutional claims must be resolved by federal courts and not administratively, and that the claims aren t impacted by the union s collective bargaining status.
In a 34-page brief, the National Association of Immigration Judges slammed the U.S. Department of Justice s argument that the union doesn t have standing to pursue free speech claims on behalf of immigration judges in light of the Federal Labor Relations Authority s recent decision to decertify the union s collective bargaining status. The union.