State Rep. Pricey Harrison, D-Guilford, doesn’t often get her way in the GOP-dominated General Assembly. She’s hoping for better luck with the GOP-dominated U.S. Supreme Court. Harrison recently joined 35 other state legislators from around the country in signing a friend-of-the-court brief that urges the court to rule against Monsanto and its parent company, Beyer […]
Trump administration officials are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to shelve Duke Energy’s appeal of a lower-court ruling that went against it in an antitrust case. The case “arises out of a campaign by an established monopolist” — i.e. Duke — “to stop a more efficient rival from disturbing its long-dominant hold over a regional […]
UNC Health has sued two of the country’s top health insurers, seeking to recoup alleged shortfalls in Medicare Advantage reimbursements. Lawyers for the Chapel Hill-based health system filed complaints against Humana and Aetna in a Winston-Salem federal court on June 10. Both lawsuits allege the insurers “improperly and unilaterally” shortchanged UNC Health in reimbursements for drugs purchased under the […]
Duke Energy has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn an appellate decision that reinstated a competing power provider’s antitrust lawsuit against the Charlotte-based utility. Its petition for review contends that a 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel led by Judge Paul Niemeyer last summer ignored the high court’s three-decade overhaul of antitrust precedent […]
