WASHINGTON—The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc.’s challenge to a $235 million award to GlaxoSmithKline LLC in a patent dispute over generic drugs involving a heart medication. The justices turned away Israel-based Teva’s appeal of a lower court’s ruling reinstating the jury award for U.K.-based GSK. The case involves…
Supreme Court Rejects Teva Challenge to $235 Million GSK Award in Patent Dispute
House GOP Requests Testimony From Durham as Report on FBI Probe Into Trump Campaign Released
May 16, 2023
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House Judiciary Republicans requested congressional testimony from Special Counsel John Durham, whose investigative report on the FBI’s 2016-2017 probe into the Trump campaign was published on Monday. “We’ve reached out to the Justice Department to have Special Counsel John Durham testify next week,” Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, wrote in…
Supreme Court Sides With Inmate Who Wants to Be Executed With Nitrogen Gas
May 16, 2023
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The Supreme Court sided on May 15 with a condemned man in Alabama who wants to be executed by nitrogen gas instead of lethal injection, refusing to set aside a stay of execution by lethal injection previously granted by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit. Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissented…
House Panel Advances Police Bills in Party-Line Vote After Contentious Hearing
May 15, 2023
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The House Rules Committee approved three resolutions to kick off National Police Week on Monday, May 15. While committee members unanimously voiced support for the police, the vote was split along party lines. The Republican majority outvoted the Democrats 8 to 3. The Democrats accused the Republicans of ingratitude toward law enforcement. The Republicans accused…
Musk’s Request to Modify Deal Requiring Vetting of His Twitter Posts Denied by Appeals Court
A federal appeals court has rejected Elon Musk’s plea to dismiss or amend the 2018 fraud settlement he reached with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The settlement, which established a consent decree mandating that Musk’s tweets be vetted by a lawyer before posting, will remain in effect. The decision raises questions about Musk’s compliance…
Supreme Court to Consider If GOP Lawmakers Racially Gerrymandered South Carolina District
The Supreme Court will consider whether the South Carolina legislature racially gerrymandered the congressional seat currently held by Rep. Nancy Mace, a Republican. The case will be closely watched, given the Republicans’ thin current majority in the U.S. House of Representatives. Mace was elected to her second term in 2022 with 56.4 percent of the…
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Dispute Over Trump’s Former DC Hotel
May 15, 2023
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The Supreme Court decided on May 15 to take up a long-running dispute between former President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats over the former Trump International Hotel in the nation’s capital. The case goes back to 2017, when Trump had just become president, and Republicans controlled both houses of Congress. At that time, several Democrats…
Planned Parenthood Chief Wants More Justices in Supreme Court
Planned Parenthood CEO Alexis McGill Johnson wants the number of justices in the Supreme Court to expand, a proposal some experts believe will compromise trust in the judiciary. “We need to see expanded courts from the lower courts all the way up to the Supreme Court. We need to see term limits,” Johnson said in…
Biden DOJ Asks Supreme Court to Dismiss Major GOP Election Lawsuit
May 14, 2023
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The Biden administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court to dismiss a high-profile case in which Republicans want the court to recognize state legislatures’ power to regulate federal elections without interference from state courts, which they say the U.S. Constitution requires. At issue is the once-obscure independent state legislature doctrine, under which Republicans argue that the…
Fired Teachers Who Refused COVID Vaccine to Get Full Reinstatement and Back Pay
May 14, 2023
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Three Rhode Island teachers who were fired for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine have been offered their jobs back with full back pay after reaching a settlement with the school district. Teachers Stephanie Hines, Brittany DiOrio, and Kerri Thurber were terminated from their positions in Barrington Public Schools after they had requested a religious exemption after the…
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