Day: August 4, 2016

Lawsuits Filed Over Donald Trump’s Privatization of Pennsylvania Avenue, ‘America’s Main Street’

Civil Rights Group Challenges Buffer Zone that Restricts Free Speech at New Trump International Hotel; PCJF sues D.C. and federal government to force release of documents related to turnover of historic quintessential public space Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 4, 2016. Defending the right to protest, the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund has gone[Read More…]

Attorney General Madigan Announces Settlement with Drugmaker Cephalon

Anticompetitive Conduct Delayed Generic Competition Causing Illinois Consumers to Pay More for Provigil Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–August 4, 2016.   Attorney General Lisa Madigan today joined with her counterparts in 47 other states and Washington, D.C. to announce a $125 million settlement with Cephalon Inc., a subsidiary of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.,[Read More…]

U.S. State Dept. Updates Honduras Travel Warning, August 4, 2016

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 4, 2016.  The Department of State continues to warn U.S. citizens that the level of kidnapping, crime, and violence in Honduras remains critically high. This Travel Warning supersedes the October 2015 Travel Warning. Criminal activity is a serious problem throughout the country and the Government of Honduras lacks sufficient[Read More…]

Justice Department Files Suit Against Harris County, Texas, Over Polling Place Accessibility for Voters with Disabilities

TEXAS–(ENEWSPF)–August 4, 2016.  The Justice Department filed a complaint today in the Southern District of Texas alleging that Harris County, Texas, violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by failing to provide accessible polling places for voters with disabilities.  Many polling places in Harris County have architectural barriers – such[Read More…]

Broad Coalition of Senate Democrats Call on Top Consumer Agency to Limit Unfair Arbitration Agreements in Everyday Financial Contracts

WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–August 4, 2016.  Today, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and a group of nearly 40 Democratic senators—including Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Senators Al Franken, D-Minn., Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio—called on one of the nation’s top consumer advocacy agencies to quickly finalize an[Read More…]

Study: Prevalence Of Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Not Influencing Current Youth Use Patterns

San Diego, CA–(ENEWSPF)–August 4, 2016.  The availability of medical marijuana dispensaries is not positively associated with an increase in the number of adolescents currently using cannabis, according to data published online ahead of print in the journal Preventive Medicine. An investigator at the University of California, San Diego assessed the[Read More…]

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