September 20, 2024
FTC Takes Legal Action Against Three Largest PBMs Over High Insulin Prices
"Millions of Americans with diabetes need insulin to survive, yet for many of these vulnerable patients, their insulin drug costs have skyrocketed over the past decade thanks in part to powerful PBMs and their greed," said Rahul Rao, deputy director of the FTC's Bureau of Competition.
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'Top Priority': Senate Democrats Push Biden's Judicial Nominees Forward
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September 19, 2024
DC Circuit Weighs Copyright Protection for AI-Generated Image
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James G. Sammataro of Pryor Cashman has entered an appearance for record label Mr. 305 Inc. in a pending copyright infringement lawsuit. The action, filed Aug. 8 in New York Southern District Court by the Sanders Law Group on behalf of All Surface Publishing, is brought in connection with the song 'I Feel Good' by recording artist Pitbull featuring DJWS and Anthony Watts. The complaint alleges that the song incorporates copyrighted elements of 'Samir’s Theme' by musician Debonair Samir and therefore constitutes an infringement of the plaintiff’s registered work. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil, is 1:24-cv-06039, All Surface Publishing, Inc. v. Universal Music Group et al.
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Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan partner Stephen A Broome has entered an appearance for Snowflake, a cloud data platform, in a pending data breach class action. The action, filed Aug. 5 in California Central District Court by Francis Mailman Soumilas; Laukaitis Law; and Kohn, Swift & Graf, is part of a string of cases arising from a massive data breach targeting Snowflake and impacting customer data held by Ticketmaster and other significant Snowflake customers. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Stephen V. Wilson, is 2:24-cv-06604, Williams Yarbough et al v. Ticketmaster, LLC et al.
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Aetna Life Insurance Co. has retained attorney William B. Wahlheim Jr. of Maynard Nexsen PC to defend a pending ERISA lawsuit. The action, filed Aug. 9 in Tennessee Middle District Court by Eric Buchanan & Associates on behalf of Blair Hill, contends that Aetna failed to provide the plaintiff with information necessary to have a reasonable opportunity to appeal the underpayment of health care benefits. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw Jr., is 3:24-cv-00977, Hill v. Aetna Life Insurance Company.
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Norton Rose Fulbright partner Brian A. Sun has entered an appearance for AT&T in a pending patent infringement lawsuit. The case, filed Aug. 7 in California Central District Court by Zuber Lawler LLP on behalf of Spada Innovations, asserts two patents related to a passive optical network. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald, is 2:24-cv-06703, Spada Innovations, Inc. v. At and T Inc.
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Lauren S. Colton of Hogan Lovells has entered an appearance for Novartis, a Swiss-based pharmaceutical company, and Novartis Gene Therapies in a pending lawsuit. The action, filed Aug. 5 in Maryland District Court by Seeger Weiss; Ben Crump Law; and the Law Office of Kim Parker on behalf of the estate of Henrietta Lacks, contends that tissue from the plaintiff's cervix was removed without consent for medical research in 1951 and claims that those cells have been fundamental to many modern day medical innovations that include the polio vaccine, gene-mapping and in-vitro fertilization. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Deborah L. Boardman, is 1:24-cv-02267, Lacks v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation et al.
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