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Human rights group says Israel attacks on healthcare providers in Lebanon must be investigated as war crimes

JURIST

Amnesty International’s investigation focused on four Israeli attacks in Beirut between October 3 and 9, 2024, which killed 19 healthcare workers, wounded 11 more, and destroyed multiple ambulances and two medical facilities. It serves as the primary healthcare provider in areas that Israel repeatedly attacked.

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Tobacco companies proposes $32.5B settlement for Canada smoking risk cases

JURIST

The proposal remains subject to further negotiation and court approval. A mediator, appointed by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice to coordinate the tobacco-related claims and facilitate the negotiations, filed the proposed settlement arrangement. In 2019, the Quebec Court of Appeal ordered the defendant companies to pay $6.8

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Insurer Spending On Lawyers Rather Than, You Know, Healthcare

Above The Law

If United Healthcare considered spending more on a cancer patient and less on lawyers to sue doctors for pointing out they didn’t spend on the cancer patient they wouldn’t be getting so thoroughly dragged online. And the ABA thinks the Supreme Court needs ethical rules.

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“Montana Supreme Court Upholds Injunction, Allows Transgender Minors to Access Certain Healthcare Procedures; The state failed to demonstrate that access to hormone therapies and other treatments presents a bona fide risk to minors, the Court wrote in a Wednesday morning decision”

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“Montana Supreme Court Upholds Injunction, Allows Transgender Minors to Access Certain Healthcare Procedures; The state failed to demonstrate that access to hormone therapies and other treatments presents a bona fide risk to minors, the Court wrote in a Wednesday morning decision”: Denali Sagner of Flathead Beacon has this report.

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Native Americans allocated further healthcare funding following US Supreme Court dispute with Federal Government

JURIST

The US Supreme Court decided Thursday that when Native Americans administer healthcare through their own programs, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Indian Health Service must pay for costs associated with the operation of the healthcare program. billion from fiscal year 2023’s budget.

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Federal court orders Arizona Department of Corrections to trial over inadequate healthcare

JURIST

The US District Court for the District of Arizona Friday ordered the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Recovery (ADC) to trial for failure to make agreed-upon progress toward prison healthcare reforms. The remedies and tolerance by the Court have proven ineffective. million nor the second sanction of $1.1

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US Supreme Court rules in favor of healthcare provider in identity theft dispute

JURIST

The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday in Dubin v. United States that in order to constitute aggravated identity theft, the use of a person’s identity must be at the “crux” of what makes the conduct criminal, reversing a lower court decision.