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With plans to turn motel into shelter, Danbury is on 'forefront' to maybe end homelessness FacebookTwitterEmail 1of6 Dorthy Day Hospitality House drops of 60 meals at theSuper * Motel homeless shelter. Danbury is poised to have a first-of-its kind homeless shelter at the motel. Danbury, Conn.. Wednesday, April 14, 2021.H John Voorhees III / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 2of6 Danbury is poised to have a first-of-its kind homeless shelter at the Super 8 Motel, on Lake Avenue Extension, in Danbury, Conn.. Wednesday, April 14, 2021.H John Voorhees III / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow M...

The Biological Product Patent Transparency Act (“BPPT”) 1 – tucked into Congress’s omnibus spending bill (“Consolidated Appropriations Act,” H.R. 133, Pub. L. No. 116-260) signed into law on December 27, 2020 – is the first-ever provision requiring public listing in the FDA’s “Purple Book” of certain patents associated with biologic drug products ( e.g., monoclonal antibody products and other protein drug products). See the text of the BPPT here. The BPPT sidestepped some of the more controversial approaches to biologics patent listing, by piggybacking off of the patent li...

DoorDash and Grubhub indicated they’ll continue to grow their policy apparatuses even after the pandemic ends. Consumer and small business advocates are lobbying the FTC to investigate alleged anti-competitive practices among the four major apps. In the past year, as restaurants closed their doors to diners during the pandemic and became more reliant on the delivery apps that used to provide a sliver of their annual sales, Silicon Valley’s venture capital-backed food delivery darlings established roots in Washington. In April 2020, DoorDash Inc. hired its first outside lobbying firm and ...

Danbury Homeless Shelter May Be Forced to Shut Down It's been a staple in Danbury since 1983, but now the Dorothy Day Homeless Shelter may be forced to close their doors for good. The shelter lost it's zoning appeal in Danbury Superior Court last week, and may now be forced to close it's 16 bed facility. Zoning laws in Danbury no longer permit shelters in residential neighborhoods. The soup kitchen, which now serves to go meals to between 70-80 people daily, will not be affected by the latest ruling. Since the shelter opened 37 years ago with a one year zoning permit, they have been serving t...

Print this article The Federal Trade Commission is expected to feature more aggressive antitrust enforcement in the Biden era, especially with regard to Big Tech. Former agency officials and anti-monopoly activists say that the agency was already trending toward greater scrutiny of corporate concentration in the Trump years, and it is now set to receive bipartisan support for funding and resources. “We’re traveling on an unmistakable path towards more activism and more aggressive antitrust enforcement at the FTC,” said Bill Kovacic, who was the chairman of the agency under President ...