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How Data-Based Policies Can Help the Formerly Incarcerated Get a ‘Second Chance’

The Crime Report

Kentucky has also taken major strides towards de-felonization , introducing two new laws to reduce the number of people convicted of felonies. And Colorado is supporting prisoner reentry into society with a “Ban the Box” provision that removes the question, “Have you ever been convicted by a court?”

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Supreme Court to Clarify What Constitutes Identity Theft

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court recently agreed to consider a case that is expected to define the scope of federal identity theft law. The specific issue before the Court in Dubin v. He was subsequently charged with healthcare fraud, as well as aggravated identity theft under 18 U.S.C. Issues Before the Supreme Court. Facts of the Case.

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Supreme Court will decide appeal timeliness issue

At the Lectern

At the Supreme Court’s conference yesterday, a double one, actions of note included: Supreme Court will answer Ninth Circuit products failure-to-warn questions Justice Liu separate statements on parole, sentencing rights. The court granted review in Meinhardt v. The court denied review in Crenshaw Subway Coalition v.

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Supreme Court will hear resentencing case in which Court of Appeal rejected Attorney General’s concession in favor of a district attorney’s amicus brief

At the Lectern

Yesterdays Supreme Court conference might be better remembered for what wasnt ruled on , but the court did grant review in a case with an unusual procedural context. The court agreed to hear People v. Robinson , where not only were the Third District Court of Appeal justices in disagreement, so were prosecutors.

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Could the Road to an AKS Violation Be Paved with Good Intentions? Pfizer Asks SCOTUS

FDA Law Blog

Now, after an unfavorable HHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG) advisory opinion and two defeats in court, Pfizer has appealed the Second Circuit’s decision to the Supreme Court. If SCOTUS takes up this case, it could have significant and far-reaching implications across the healthcare fraud and abuse landscape. Background.

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Four-case October calendar will be heard in Fresno

At the Lectern

The Supreme Court today announced it will hear just four arguments in October. On Wednesday, October 9, in Fresno, the court will hear the following cases (with the issue or issues presented as summarized by court staff or limited by the court itself ): Capito v. The court granted review in July 2023.

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Second Circuit Agrees that Copay Assistance Programs May Violate the Anti-Kickback Statute

FDA Law Blog

That court granted summary judgment to the government on the APA claim and rejected Pfizer’s narrower reading of the AKS, which would require an element of “corrupt” intent to impose AKS liability. Similarly, the Court drew on the plain meaning of “willfully” to reject Pfizer’s argument that the term suggests “an element of corruption.”

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