As we continue to review legislation passed in the 2021 Regular Session, it is important to note that much of what became law helped to make state government more efficient
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Patents protecting AbbVie s inflammatory disease drug Humira in Europe expired two and half years ago, forcing the company to sharply cut its prices as low-cost competitors flooded the region.
But in the U.S., the world s top-selling drug is protected until 2023 due to broader intellectual property protection and legal settlements with would-be rivals. AbbVie, meanwhile, has kept raising prices.
The company s so-called patent thicket for Humira emerged as the biggest villain in a hearing Tuesday before the House Oversight and Investigations Committee, suggesting an area of potential agreement between Democrats and Republicans on drug pricing legislation.
Reappointment of 3 Commissioners to the Judicial Appointments Commission
Her Majesty the Queen, on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, has approved the reappointment of 3 Commissioners to the Judicial Appointments Commission.
From:
7 May 2021
The following have been reappointed as Commissioners of the Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) for a term of 3 years.
Those reappointed are:
Sarah Lee, (professional solicitor Commissioner)
Her Honour Judge Anuja Dhir QC (circuit judge Commissioner)
Brie Stevens-Hoare QC and Sarah Lee commenced their new terms on 9 April 2021. HHJ Anuja Dhir QC will commence her new term on 9 June 2021.
JAC is an independent body that selects candidates for judicial office in courts and tribunals in England and Wales, and for some tribunals with UK-wide jurisdiction. Candidates are selected on merit, through fair and open competition.
Luokung Announces Receipt of Nasdaq Notification Letter and a Request for Emergency Court Relief
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BEIJING, April 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Luokung Technology Corp. (NASDAQ: LKCO) ( Luokung or the Company ), a leading interactive location-based services and big data processing technology company based in China, today announced that the Company received a notice from Nasdaq informing the Company that as a result of the Company being placed by the U.S. Department of Defense (the DoD ) on a list (the Section 1237 List ) of entities operating directly or indirectly in the United States and deemed to be Communist Chinese military companies ( CCMCs ), which are subject to certain restrictions under Executive Order 13959 (the EO ), that trading of the Company s ordinary shares will be suspended at the opening of business on May 9, 2021, and that trading in the Company s securities will be halted at the end of the trading day
Wednesday, 28 April 2021, 2:16 pm
Kaipara District Council has accepted the recommendation
from the Hearings Panel to approve Private Plan Change 78
after Elected Members voted last month for further time to
consider the Panel’s findings.
The private plan
change application included multiple changes to the Kaipara
District Plan, Chapter 16, which covers Estuary Estates in
Mangawhai. Most specifically it includes an increase to
housing density, which would allow for more houses to be
built. The newly approved plan includes modifications to
some provisions that were requested by Mangawhai Central
Limited in December 2019.
The application was publicly
notified in April 2020. The Council received 208