Ohio Jury Finds Three Pharmacy Chains Liable in Opioids Trial; Judge to Decide on Damages Award in Spring
This is the first opioids jury verdict yet handed down; thousands of opioids cases remain pending.
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Links 11/28/2021
The NRA Could Be Winning Its Long Gun Game Even as It Appears To Be in Dire Straits
The NRA may have done its job. Gun support may not longer depend on its aggressive lobbying.
Read more...‘We Are Fighting Back’: Global Black Friday Strikes and Protests Seek to #MakeAmazonPay
Workers around the world held Make Amazon Pay protests to obtain fair wages, end Amazon’s tax avoidance, and lower its impact on the planet
Read more...Links 11/26/2021
South East Asia’s Biggest Bank (By Assets) Just Suffered Its Biggest Outage in Over a Decade
As lenders increasingly nudge their customers toward online services, the frequency and scale of bank outages raises serious questions about the resilience and reliability of those services.
Read more...Gerrymandering Is a Climate Problem
How the upcoming round of gerrymandering is likely to impact climate change remediation campaigns.
Read more...Links 11/25/2021
Why Don’t We See Headlines Touting the Pentagon’s Hefty Price Tag?
ions on how the press is a reliable Pentagon cheerleader.
Read more...How the Pandemic Helped Spread Fentanyl Across the US and Drive Opioid Overdose Deaths to a Grim New High
The jump in opioid deaths during the pandemic was due significantly to distribution changes that favored fentanyl.
Read more...The “Tesla Financial Complex”: Financial Times Details Wildly Outsized Speculation in Tesla Options
The Financial Times provides insight as to why Tesla stock is so frothy.
Read more...Go Private for the Treatment You Need, NHS Tells Patients
NHS patients are being refused treatment, discharged too early and pushed towards private referrals.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 11/23/2021
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Read more...Among Social Scientists, a Vigorous Debate Over Loss Aversion
Loss aversion, which allegedly explains decision-making — from investor behavior to insurance markets — isn’t ironclad, experts argue.
Read more...Deliveroo Prepares to Quit Spain After New Law Gives Delivery Riders Rights
If other European capitals follow suit, turning a profit is going to become even harder for the food delivery platforms.
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