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US judge declares California assault weapon ban unconstitutional

JURIST

The California law makes it a felony to manufacture, distribute, import, keep for sale or lend assault weapons. Additionally, Benitez took issue with the fact that the law penalizes law-abiding citizens and “takes away” the choice from California residents to use AR-15s for self-defense.

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Federal Firearms Prosecutions Rose 34% Between 2000-2016: Report

The Crime Report

“Most defendants in federal firearms cases are charged pursuant to the Gun Control Act of 1968, which regulates interstate and foreign firearms commerce and prohibits certain persons, such as those with felony convictions, from possessing a firearm,” the study said. Federal law also penalizes the criminal use of firearms.

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Silence Isn’t Golden: Two Executives Convicted in First Criminal Prosecution Under the Consumer Product Safety Act

FDA Law Blog

the “Gree Companies”), an appliance manufacturer and two of its subsidiaries that were involved in the manufacturing, marketing, and sale of dehumidifiers. It involved Gree Electric Appliances Inc. of Zhuhai, Hong Kong, Gree Electric Appliances Sales Co. and Gree USA Inc. At the time, in 2016, the Gree Companies’ settlement for $15.45

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Second Circuit Agrees that Copay Assistance Programs May Violate the Anti-Kickback Statute

FDA Law Blog

Pfizer manufactures tafamidis, a breakthrough treatment for a rare, progressive heart condition known as transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy. On June 27, 2019, Pfizer sought an OIG advisory opinion to ensure that its proposal would not run afoul of federal law. Background. Pfizer appealed to the Second Circuit.

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NY Announces ‘First-in-the-Nation’ Gun Violence State of Emergency

The Crime Report

Beyond allocating money to local communities and programs, Cuomo also targeted firearm sales and gun manufacturers — aiming to stop the growing violence from the source. A spokesman for the National Shooting Sports Foundation, a firearms-trade association, spoke to the Wall Street Journal, saying they plan to challenge the law in court. .

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Could the Road to an AKS Violation Be Paved with Good Intentions? Pfizer Asks SCOTUS

FDA Law Blog

Pfizer manufactures tafamidis (sold under brand names Vyndaqel and Vyndamax), a breakthrough treatment for a rare, progressive heart condition called transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM). In June 2019, Pfizer sought an OIG advisory opinion to ensure that its proposal would not run afoul of federal law. Background.

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Medical marijuana money and purses without probable cause

SCOTUSBlog

Since 2015 Congress has attached a rider to its appropriations bills barring the Department of Justice from using funds “to prevent [states] from implementing their own laws that authorize the use, distribution, possession, or cultivation of medical marijuana.” In Bilodeau v.

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