A generic-drug industry group will wait to be asked by the U.S. Supreme Court before responding to Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh’s request that the justices revive the state’s law aimed at preventing unwarranted price increases for the pharmaceuticals. ...

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Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh on Friday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to revive the state’s law aimed at preventing unwarranted price increases of generic drugs.

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The full 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday refused to disturb a three-judge panel’s decision striking down as unconstitutional Maryland’s law aimed at preventing unwarranted price increases of generic drugs, leaving the state with little options other than to seek review by the U.S. Supreme Court.

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The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last week permitting states to impose sales taxes on online purchases should save a legally embattled Maryland law aimed at preventing excessive price increases by the generic-drug industry, according to the state attorney general’s office.

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Generic-drug makers and distributors have urged the full 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to let stand a three-judge panel’s decision last month striking down as unconstitutional Maryland’s law aimed at preventing unwarranted price increases by their industry.

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Tesla Motors has taken the first step toward challenging a year-old Michigan law that bars direct-to- consumer auto sales in the state. I trust you’ll agree with me that the law is a blatant piece of protectionism, designed to help ...

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A divided U.S. Supreme Court on Monday struck down as unconstitutional a Maryland law that bars Marylanders from deducting from city or county taxes any income tax they paid to other states on money earned there.

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Maryland’s top court ruled last year that the law violates the federal Constitution’s Commerce Clause by discouraging state residents from earning money outside the state

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In a victory for the Maryland tax collector, the Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to consider the constitutionality of a state law that bars Marylanders from deducting, from city or county taxes, any tax they paid to other states on money earned there.

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Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler will likely urge the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a state law that bars Maryland residents from deducting, from city or county taxes, the tax they pay to other states when they earn money there.

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