Shocking the conscience: The Tipline for 21 February 2018

Today’s briefing is full of controversy. The Department of Justice has beaten AT&T’s attempt to obtain communications with President Donald Trump about the company’s merger with Time Warner. The Ultimate Fighting Championship claims that what fighters are paid as a percentage of other events’ revenue is irrelevant to what the UFC should pay. And in a battle currently awaiting resolution at the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Maryland’s law banning pharmaceutical price-gouging imports the unconscionability standard from contract law.