Litigation

Health-Care Judges Hold Industry Stocks

By Peter Hardin

Three federal judges hearing challenges to the new federal health law hold shares of companies in the industry, a Bloomberg article quoted the watchdog group Center for Public Integrity as reporting.

They are District Judge Keith Starrett, weighing a Mississippi lawsuit challenging the law; District Judge Gladys Kessler in Washington; and District Judge Michael Schneider, based in Tyler, Texas.

?If a conflict arises, I will divest myself either of the case or of the stock,? Judge Starrett said.

Gavel Grab has mentioned earlier that District Judge Henry Hudson of Virginia, who recently struck down a key section of President Obama’s health care law, holds an ownership interest in a Republican consulting firm, Campaign Solutions Inc.

Full post as published by The Gavel on December 29, 2010 (boomark / email).