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MultiPlan, Health Insurance Firms Face Deluge of Antitrust Complaints

"We believe this lawsuit has no merit, and we look forward to disproving the baseless allegations," a MultiPlan spokesperson said of the latest antitrust filing. "MultiPlan plays a vital role in helping to reduce healthcare costs across the entire healthcare ecosystem, benefiting payors, providers, employers, and patients."
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National Law Journal

4th Circuit Finds Baltimore Violated Evicted Tenants' Due Process Rights

"In sum, we think it eminently fair to hold a municipality responsible for harm caused by a failure of due process when it passes a confiscatory ordinance that fails to provide for the process due," Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III wrote for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in affirming a district court's summary judgment in favor of the plaintiffs.
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National Law Journal

Arnold & Porter Defends Baby Formula Company Perrigo in Antitrust Class Action

Ian S. Hoffman, Matthew Tabas and C. Scott Lent of Arnold & Porter represent Perrigo in the antitrust class action filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, according to the case docket.
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National Law Journal

Google Prevails in South Carolina Subpoena Fight Amid State-Led Antitrust Lawsuit

"When South Carolina, through its attorney general, joined the action against Google, it voluntarily invoked federal jurisdiction," Judge G. Steven Agee wrote for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. "That invocation, Supreme Court precedent plainly instructs, resulted in a complete and irrevocable waiver of the State's Eleventh Amendment immunity as to all matters arising in that lawsuit, including the State-endorsed Rule 45 subpoena issued to SCPRT."
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National Law Journal

Florida Jury Weighs Chiquita Case Linked to Terrorist Financing

Jurors are expected to start deliberating Friday in a class-action case sparked decades ago by the banana grower's self-report of payments to a Colombian terrorist group.
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National Law Journal

Proposed Amicus Disclosure Standard Open for Comment After Rules Committee Vote

Members of the public will now have an opportunity to comment on a proposal that would require amicus briefs in appellate cases to disclose certain information, including whether a party or its counsel "has a majority ownership interest in or majority control of a legal entity submitting the brief."
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National Law Journal

4th Circuit Reverses Qualified Immunity Award in Police Excessive Force Suit

The Fourth Circuit in a 2-1 decision reversed a district court award of qualified immunity to a police officer, finding he had violated a U.S. lieutenant's civil rights during a December 2020 traffic stop in Virginia.
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National Law Journal

Union Publication Can't Cite Free Speech Right in Rejecting Campaign Ad, Split DC Circuit Panel Rules

A postal worker's request to publish campaign materials in multiple editions of the Postal Record as a candidate for president of the NALC labor union is supported by Section 401(c) of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit found in a 2-1 decision reversing a lower court ruling.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

'Pretty Persuasive'?: Experts Say DOJ Has Alleged 'Strong Case' Against Live Nation, but Warn of Difficulties

Meanwhile Live Nation is expressing confidence that the antitrust monopoly lawsuit filed in Manhattan will be turned back.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Ex-Maryland Judge Files Federal Complaint After Removal From Office

The Maryland Supreme Court took the extremely rare step of removing Judge Ademiluyi from office "based on the egregious nature of the misconduct in this case," the court said in its order. Ademiluyi has filed a federal lawsuit against her former colleagues alleging retaliation.
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