Monthly Archives: December, 2020

U.S., New Hampshire Sue to Block Merger of Health Insurance Suppliers

The United States and New Hampshire have filed a civil antitrust action in the District of New Hampshire to halt the proposed merger of...

California City Files Lawsuit Against Chemical Manufacturers After Finding TCP in its Water System

A southern California municipality has sued to recover costs it will have to spend restoring the health of its water supply after tests revealed...

Government Asks to use Discovery in Chicken Antitrust Civil Suit for Criminal Investigation

The United States filed an unopposed motion on Friday asking the Northern District of Illinois to amend the confidentiality order which was previously agreed...

FTC Requests Nine Social Media Companies Disclose Information About Data Collection, Advertising

On Monday, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it issued orders pursuant to Section 6(b) of the FTC Act, which gives the agency...

FDA Approves Gene Alteration in Pigs for Food and Medical Uses

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on Monday that it had, for the first time, approved an intentional genomic alteration (IGA) for an...

Lyft Opposes Trademark for Fliplyft Phone Stands

On Friday, Lyft filed an opposition before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board against the applicant’s FLIPLYFT mark, citing consumer confusion with the LYFT...

Ohio Treatment Facility Files Suit After Zoning Challenges

Baymark Health Services of Ohio filed a complaint Friday regarding an allegedly discriminatory application of zoning laws by the City of Parma Heights, Ohio....

ADM Disputes Suit for Damages Based on Injury at its Iowa Corn Sweetener Plant

On Thursday, Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (ADM) removed a lawsuit against it alleging that its negligence caused a serious personal injury at ADM’s Cedar Rapids, Iowa...