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  FTC Accuses Drug Middlemen Of Raising Insulin Prices

  By Matthew Perlman

  The Federal Trade Commission on Friday accused the three largest pharmacy benefits managers, Caremark Rx, Expres...(read more)

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  Publishers 'Did Not Trust Google,' Former Ad Tech Exec Says

  By Bryan Koenig

  A former Google executive acknowledged Thursday that at least some website publishers sought a workaround to the...(read more)

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• CFTC Issues Final Guidance On Carbon Credit Markets

  By Jessica Corso

  The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Friday put forth guidelines it says will help foster transparency and deter manipulation in the emerging market for voluntary carbon credits by, among other things, encouraging derivatives exchanges to assess the environmental benefits associated with the credits.

• 2 SEC Commissioners Object To Whistleblower Award Secrecy

  By Katryna Perera

  U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissioners Mark Uyeda and Hester Peirce have objected to the agency's recent decision to hand out a total of $122 million in two awards to four whistleblowers and issued a statement taking issue with the regulator's policy of saying little to nothing about why the rewards are issued.

• Sheriff Who Shot Judge Had Depo Scheduled In Rape Suit

  By Cara Bayles

  The county sheriff who fatally shot a Kentucky state judge Thursday is a defendant in a federal lawsuit alleging one of his deputies repeatedly raped a woman in the judge's chambers.

• Cardinal Health Pays $1.12B For Integrated Oncology Network

  By Jade Martinez-Pogue

  Ropes & Gray LLP-advised Cardinal Health on Friday announced that it has agreed to buy the physician-led independent community oncology entity Integrated Oncology Network for $1.115 billion in cash, in a deal that Cardinal says builds on its commitment to helping community healthcare providers hold on to their independence.

• Federal Judges In Texas, Louisiana Taking Senior Status

  By Lynn LaRowe

  U.S. District Judge Lee H. Rosenthal of the Southern District of Texas and U.S. District Judge Lance Africk of the Eastern District of Louisiana announced this week that they are taking senior status in the coming months.

• Trump Again Asks To Delay Evidence In DC Election Suit

  By Elliot Weld

  Attorneys for former President Donald Trump again asked the Washington, D.C., federal judge overseeing his election interference case to push back a highly anticipated evidentiary filing from prosecutors, saying special counsel Jack Smith's office shouldn't be allowed to publicly lay out evidence until the court addresses Trump's concerns about the scope of discovery.

• High Court Refuses To Put Jill Stein Back On Nevada Ballot

  By Katie Buehler

  The U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Nevada Green Party's request to have Jill Stein's name reinstated on the state's presidential ballot Friday, allowing the Silver State to exclude the minor party from its general election after it filed the wrong form at the direction of state officials.

• Kentucky Sheriff Arrested In Courthouse Killing Of Judge

  By Lauren Berg

  A judge was shot and killed in his Kentucky courtroom Thursday afternoon, and the local sheriff has been charged with his murder, Kentucky State Police said.

• Dechert Settles Aviation Exec's Hack Cover-Up RICO Claims

  By Dorothy Atkins

  An airline mogul has cut a confidential deal with Dechert and two former partners of the firm to let them off the hook in his sprawling civil Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act lawsuit in New York federal court, the settling parties announced Thursday.

• Ex-George Mason Law Prof Can't Stop Title IX Investigation

  By Lauren Berg

  A former George Mason University law professor can't stop the school or its Title IX coordinator from investigating sexual misconduct claims lodged against him, but he can pursue some of the claims in his suit over the university's handling of the sexual misconduct accusations, a Virginia federal judge ruled Thursday.

• Why Justice Thomas' Gifts Probe Is Likely Taking So Long

  By Katie Buehler

  The federal judiciary's governing body has spent more than a year reviewing complaints alleging U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas unlawfully failed to disclose decades of luxury gifts and travel. Ethics watchdogs argue it's time to wrap up the investigation, but politics — in every sense of the word — may cause further delay.

• CFTC Warns Of 'Profound' Harm In Election Betting Appeal

  By Ali Sullivan

  The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission fought Thursday to prevent an online trading platform from offering betting on election outcomes while the agency appeals a trial court ruling that allowed the futures contracts to go live, warning the D.C. Circuit that the "high-stakes" event contracts threaten serious harm to election integrity.