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FTC Files Suit To Block Amgen’s $28B Buyout Of Horizon Therapeutics

The Federal Trade Commission is suing to stop Amgen’s acquisition of Horizon Therapeutics. But rather than claiming product overlap, the agency contends Amgen will use its influence to keep at bay competition for Horizon’s products. The post FTC Files Sui

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The morning read for Wednesday, May 17

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Wednesday morning read: How SCOTUS gutting Chevron could haunt Republicans (Pamela King, E&E News) The Brutal Past a

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Court rejects request to temporarily block Illinois assault-weapon bans

The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a request to block state and local laws barring the sale of assault-style weapons in Illinois while a group of challenges to those laws continues in the lower courts. There were no dissents publicly recorded from th

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The shadow docket with Steve Vladeck

Since 2017, the Supreme Court has significantly increased its use of the process by which the justices hear and resolves emergency appeals, sometimes known as the shadow docket. These decisions are made without oral argument and often come in short unsign

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