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Friday, April 13, 2018

“Maryland law against price-gouging by drug companies is unconstitutional, appeals court rules”: Ian Duncan of The Baltimore Sun has this report.

Peter Loftus of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Appeals Court Strikes Down Maryland’s Drug-Price-Gouging Law; Judges say law ‘would impose a significant burden on interstate commerce involving prescription drugs.’

And Nate Raymond of Reuters reports that “U.S. appeals court strikes down Maryland drug price-gouging law.”

You can access today’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at this link.

Posted at 10:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“10 minutes at Supreme Court cost Wisconsin $60K”: Scott Bauer of The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Wisconsin taxpayers footed a previously unknown $60,000 bill for an attorney to argue for 10 minutes before the U.S. Supreme Court in the state’s defense of a redistricting lawsuit, records obtained by The Associated Press show.”

Posted at 3:51 PM by Howard Bashman



“Court Upholds Removal of Tigers & Lemurs From Roadside Zoo”: Matt Reynolds of Courthouse News Service has this report.

And the Animal Legal Defense Fund, a prevailing party on appeal, issued a news release titled “Precedent Setting Decision: Endangered Species Act Protects Captive Animals; Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals affirms roadside zoo’s substandard care of endangered animals violated federal law.”

You can access Wednesday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit at this link.

Posted at 2:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Court will provide the audio recording and transcript of the oral argument in 17-965, Trump, President of U.S. v. Hawaii, on an expedited basis through the Court’s website.” So begins a news release that the Public Information Office of the U.S. Supreme Court issued today.

Posted at 1:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“Now, a two-front legal war over teen abortions”: Lyle Denniston has this post at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

Posted at 1:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“Make No Law Podcast Episode Five: Crush.” Legal Talk Network yesterday posted online episode five of the “Make No Law” podcast from Ken White of “Popehat.” You can access the preceding four episodes of the podcast via this link.

Posted at 11:02 AM by Howard Bashman