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• January 09, 2026

  Mylan, Aurobindo Must Face Generic Drug Price-Fixing Claims

  A Connecticut federal judge on Friday refused to hand a quick win to Mylan Pharmaceuticals and Aurobindo Pharma USA in sprawling antitrust litigation against 26 total pharmaceutical companies, ruling that a coalition of states has enough evidence to raise a genuine dispute about whether the companies conspired to fix drug prices.

• January 09, 2026

  Wash. AG Aims To Weigh In On Constitutionality Of Email Law

  Washington state's attorney general intends to weigh in on a proposed class action accusing apparel maker Hanesbrands Inc. of flooding consumers' inboxes with misleading marketing emails, responding to Hanes' argument that the state's Commercial Electronic Mail Act is unconstitutional.

• January 09, 2026

  Sens. Urge App Stores To Ban X, Grok Over Sexual Images

  A trio of U.S. Senate Democrats are calling on Apple and Google to remove the apps for the social media platform X and the generative artificial intelligence chatbot Grok from their app stores until the owner of these services, Elon Musk, adequately addresses the AI tool's generation of sexually explicit content, including "harmful and likely illegal depictions" of women and children. 

• January 09, 2026

  Buyer Not Hurt, Cannabis Co. Argues In Dismissal Bid

  No consumer has claimed that they were actually hurt by purchasing Cresco Labs' cannabis oils that were allegedly mislabeled to get around state-mandated THC potency limits, the company told an Illinois federal court, arguing that the proposed class action has "fundamental flaws."

• January 09, 2026

  Wash. Gov. Pitches Bills On AI Chatbots, Vaccines, Housing

  Washington state's governor announced six bills Friday that he's asking lawmakers to pass in the legislative session that kicks off Monday, including measures to increase housing, guard Washingtonians from people posing as law enforcement, reinforce the state's vaccine decision-making authority and establish protections around AI chatbots, particularly for youth.

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