Court Dashes Teens’ Hopes, Says Suit Can’t Force Climate Action by Government January 20, 2020 By Edvard Pettersson, Andrew Harris, Bloomberg and Kartikay Mehrotra Climate change should be addressed by Congress and the electorate, not the courts, a federal appeals panel ruled in ending...
E-Cigarette Makers Lose Legal Challenge to FDA’s Regulatory Authority December 10, 2019 By Andrew Harris, Bloomberg U.S. rules for marketing e-cigarettes withstood a legal challenge by a maker of the devices and an industry group. A...
D.C. Judge Lets Cambridge Analytica Privacy Suit Against Facebook Proceed June 4, 2019 By Andrew Harris, Bloomberg and Daniel R. Stoller Facebook Inc. must defend itself in a District of Columbia lawsuit accusing the social network of failing to safeguard users’...
Trump Deregulation Plan Facing Court Challenge by 3 States April 5, 2019 By Kartikay Mehrotra and Andrew Harris, Bloomberg California, Oregon and Minnesota sued President Donald Trump and several top cabinet officials over the administration’s requirement that federal agencies...
Oklahoma Alters Suit Against Opioid Drugmakers Before Trial April 5, 2019 By Andrew Harris, Bloomberg and Jef Feeley The state of Oklahoma narrowed its case against drug makers including Johnson & Johnson, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and Allergan...
Trump Now Sides With Those Hoping to Pull Plug on All of Obamacare March 27, 2019 By Sahil Kapur and Andrew Harris, Bloomberg The Trump administration is siding with Obamacare opponents who argue that it is unconstitutional and should be scrapped entirely, initiating...
Liability Test Case Against Opioid Makers Allowed to Move Forward October 8, 2018 By Andrew Harris, Bloomberg, Jef Feeley and Jared S. Hopkins A lawsuit seeking to hold drugmakers and distributors responsible for a nationwide opioid epidemic should be allowed to move forward,...
Court Upholds Consumer Financial Bureau Structure Over Trump, Business Complaints January 31, 2018 By Andrew Harris, Bloomberg The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director’s job regained a measure of security Wednesday when a U.S. appeals court said the...
At Trial, Anthem-Cigna Merger Called Harmful to Competition November 29, 2016 By Andrew Harris, Bloomberg Anthem Inc.’s proposed $48 billion merger with Cigna Corp. could give the insurer the power to raise prices for employers...
Court Limits Director’s Power But Lets U.S. Consumer Protection Bureau Survive October 12, 2016 By Andrew Harris, Bloomberg and Elizabeth Dexheimer The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau survived a constitutional challenge and will remain in business, though a federal appeals court took...