The US Department of Justice (DOJ) joined a whistleblower lawsuit on Thursday against UnitedHealth Group . The suit claims that the country’s largest health insurer, and its affiliates, were overcharging the Medicare program millions of dollars. The suit also alleges that UnitedHealth Group was defrauding Medicare by claiming that their insurance members were treated for [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Cistrict on Thursday overturned Florida’s 2011 Firearms Owners’ Privacy Act (FOPA) , also referred to as the “Docs vs. Glocks” law. The law prohibited doctors from entering information on gun ownership into a patient’s medical record if it is not relevant to medical care or safety, prohibited [...]
An Oklahoma County District Judge on Thursday ordered Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt , the recently confirmed head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) , to release thousands of e-mails between his office * and fossil fuel companies by the close of business on February 21. The order by Judge Aletia Haynes Timmons is the [...]
US President Donald Trump signed legislation on Thursday, rolling back the Stream Protection Rule , or SPR, enacted during Barack Obama’s term in December. In a press release from the Office of the Press Secretary, the White House administration said the SPR was an “overly burdensome regulation” that harmed “coal workers and the communities that [...]
The three-member UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan called Friday for the establishment of an independent system to investigate violations in South Sudan. The establishment of the system would help with the integration of the hybrid court, according to UN Commission, which was mandated by the Peace Agreement of 2015 . According to [...]
The Electric Power Supply Association (EPSA) and several electricity generators filed a lawsuit Tuesday in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against the Illinois Power Agency (IPA) over the enactment of the Future Energy Jobs Act (FEJA) . FEJA enacts Zero Emission Credits (ZECs) for two nuclear power plants in Illinois [...]
The US House of Representatives voted in favor of a bill that would overturn the Obama administration’s rule prohibiting states from denying federal funding to Planned Parenthood . The bill passed in the House with a vote of 2300188. This legislation is viewed as the first step in the process of defunding Planned Parenthood. The [...]
Samsung‘s would be head Lee Jae-yong (Jay Y Lee) was arrested in Seoul on Friday on charges of bribery and undue influence in connection with a scandal involving South Korea President Park Geun-hye. In approving the warrant for the arrest, the Seoul Central District Court stated in a text message released to the press: “The [...]
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday welcomed The Gambia’s decision to remain in the International Criminal Court (ICC) . According to a statement Guterres issued through a spokesperson, he “welcomes that The Gambia will remain a State Party to the International Criminal Court’s founding instrument.” The statement went on to note that The Gambia played [...]
The Parliament of Finland voted 120-48 on Friday to confirm a law allowing same-sex marriage . The law faced opposition from the Genuine Marriage Initiative , a conservative group that sought to keep the definition of marriage as “between a man and a woman” in Finland, the last Nordic country to adopt a same-sex marriage [...]
