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ENFORCEMENT & COMPLIANCE
FTC Says Fla. Co. Destroyed Evidence In Fake ACA Suit
By David Minsky
A Florida federal judge postponed a preliminary injunction hearing Wednesday for a company accused by the Federal Trade Commission of selling $91 million of fake Affordable Care Act plans, but ordered two siblings connected to the scheme to explain why they allegedly destroyed evidence in violation of a temporary restraining order.
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LITIGATION
AbbVie Seeks Early Win Over HHS In Botox Drug Price Suit
By Mark Payne
When the federal government included Botox in Medicare's drug price negotiation program, which allows Medicare officials to negotiate for lower drug prices, it overstepped its authority, drugmaker AbbVie Inc. told a D.C. federal court, arguing the cosmetic drug and migraine treatment is a "plasma-derived" product ineligible for price controls.
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LEGAL INDUSTRY
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Comey Indictment Built On Bad Legal Foundation, Experts Say
By Phillip Bantz
The criminal indictment of former FBI Director James B. Comey over an alleged threat against President Donald Trump by way of a social media post of seashells appears to be based on either an outdated or flawed understanding of the legal standard required to prove the charges in the case, which could sink the prosecution, according to experts.
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Justices Limit Voting Rights Act Suits While Voiding La. Map
By Katie Buehler
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down Louisiana's congressional map containing two majority-Black voting districts Wednesday and further limited the Voting Rights Act's use in challenging racial discrimination in legislative redistricting — a decision the dissent claims completes the conservative majority's "demolition" of the seminal civil rights law.
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