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| Public Rarely Knows Full Reason FDA Rejects New Drugs |  | Drug companies generally don't disclose all the reasons new medicines fail to win U.S. marketing approval, even though regulators often reject treatments over concerns about safety or effectiveness, a study finds. Researchers compared the details companies made public in press releases with confidential documents from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration known as complete response letters, which explain why a new medicine can't be sold.
Lisa Rapaport, Reuters, Yahoo News 06/17/2015    | | Read Article: Yahoo News |
| Abbott Signs Bill to Limit Pollution Lawsuits | | Gov. Greg Abbott has signed legislation that could make it tougher for local governments to sue big-time polluters - an effort that largely targets Harris County prosecutors. House Bill 1794, set to become law on Sept. 1, will set a five-year statute of limitations and cap payouts at about $2 million when counties sue companies that have fouled their water or air. It's another win for a wide range of business groups in a rough legislative session for environmental advocates.
Jim Malewitz, Texas Tribune 06/17/2015 | | Read Article: Texas Tribune |
| Uber Driver is Employee, Not Contractor: CA Labor Commission | | A San Francisco-based driver for smartphone-based ride-hailing service Uber is an employee, not a contractor, according to a ruling by the California Labor Commission. The ruling, filed on Tuesday in state court in San Francisco, was the latest in a host of legal and regulatory challenges facing Uber and other highly valued start-ups in the United States and other countries. The commission said Uber is "involved in every aspect of the operation."
SARAH MCBRIDE & DAN LEVINE, Reuters 06/17/2015 | | Read Article: Reuters |
| Lawsuit Against Sony Over Hacking to Continue | | A judge has declined to dismiss a lawsuit against Sony by several of its employees whose personal data was compromised in last year's hacking related to the movie "The Interview." Sony Pictures had requested that the lawsuit be dismissed but the federal judge ruled that the plaintiffs could pursue claims that the Sony Corp unit was negligent and violated a California confidentiality law. The lawsuit was filed by nine Sony employees and alleges that the plaintiffs suffered economic harm as a result of the hacking incident.
Jonathan Stemple, Reuters 06/16/2015 | | Read Article: Reuters |
| Car Regulator Probes Complaints on Brakes | | Automatic braking systems, a relatively new safety feature in some vehicles and a critical part of autonomous cars of the future, are facing complaints from drivers who say some are activating for no apparent reason. U.S. safety investigators recently started looking at complaints from 2014 model year Jeep Grand Cherokees drivers who said their automatic brakes deployed even though there was no evidence of danger. That follows a May recall by Honda Motor Co. for 2014 and 2015 Acura sport-utility vehicles that could unexpectedly brake hard if they were driving next to an iron fence while a car in front of them simultaneously accelerates.
MIKE RAMSEY, Wall Street Journal - $$ Subscription Required 06/17/2015 | | Read Article: Wall Street Journal - $$ Subscription Required($) |
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