News tagged with legal loophole
Movie studios win lawsuit against Zediva
The nation's biggest movie studios have won a copyright infringement lawsuit against video-streaming startup Zediva.
Oct 31, 2011 |
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Judge tells Zediva to stop web streaming of movies
(AP) -- A federal judge in Los Angeles issued a preliminary injunction favoring the Motion Picture Association of America in its copyright infringement lawsuit against video-streaming startup Zediva.
Aug 02, 2011 |
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Amazon.com sales-tax issue taken up by Congress
Congress is weighing into the roiling dispute between states and giant Internet retailer Amazon.com over collecting sales taxes on online purchases.
Jul 30, 2011 |
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Legal loophole exposes Canadians to drug advertising banned in US: UBC research
A legal loophole is counteracting Canada's ban on direct-to-consumer drug advertising and has exposed Canadians to more than $90 million worth of ads, including those for drugs with life-threatening risks, according to a ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 27, 2009 |
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Senator warns FDA on danger of newest painkillers
Following fatal shootings in two New York pharmacy robberies, a U.S. senator is warning that a new batch of "super painkillers" now under review could force repeats of recent violent robberies that left six people dead.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 08, 2012 |
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New powerful painkiller has abuse experts worried
Drug companies are working to develop a pure, more powerful version of the nation's second most-abused medicine, which has addiction experts worried that it could spur a new wave of abuse.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Dec 26, 2011 |
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Climate conference approves landmark deal
(AP) -- A U.N. climate conference reached a hard-fought agreement Sunday on a far-reaching program meant to set a new course for the global fight against climate change.
Dec 11, 2011 |
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World's richest casino exec opposes online wagers
(AP) -- Sheldon Adelson, the world's richest casino executive and chief of the industry's largest publicly traded company, says he opposes online gambling because he doesn't believe available technology is ...
Dec 08, 2011 |
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You're not so anonymous: Medical data sold to analytics firms might be used to track identities
When you visit a pharmacy to pick up antidepressants, cholesterol medication, or birth control pills, you might expect a certain measure of privacy. In reality, prescription information is routinely sold to ...
Oct 19, 2011 |
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Commentary: Drug companies must report clinical trial results, even when they won't lead to a product
Drug companies sponsoring human trials of possible new medications have ethical responsibilities to study participants and to science to disclose the results of their clinical research -- even when product development is ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Sep 28, 2011 |
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Drug pushing in the New Europe
An investigation by academic researchers has revealed how backroom deals and discreet pressure by pharmaceutical corporations are determining which drugs are delivered to hospital patients in Poland.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Sep 23, 2011 |
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2 Calif. insurers to cover therapy for autistic children
Two of California's largest health insurers have agreed to pay for costly behavioral therapy for thousands of autistic children - services the companies have long resisted covering.
Jul 15, 2011 |
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Is ocean garbage killing whales?
Millions of tonnes of plastic debris dumped each year in the world's oceans could pose a lethal threat to whales, according to a scientific assessment to be presented at a key international whaling forum this ...
Jul 10, 2011 |
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Puerto Rico coast still ruled by 1886 law
(AP) -- A Spanish law crafted in 1886 still governs development along Puerto Rico's sprawling coastline, worrying activists and legislators who say the ancient mandate has allowed construction along ecologically sensitive ...
Jul 07, 2011 |
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