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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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Healthcare Companies Screwed Over So Many People That It’s Hard To Find Luigi Mangione A Neutral Jury

Above The Law

People haven’t just been voicing their support, they’ve been throwing their dollars in too — Luigi recently used $ 300k raised by grassroots supporters to help fund his legal team. But it doesn’t stop there! What if one of those paying supporters ends up on the jury somehow?

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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. The present situation must end.

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Alberta premier considers circumventing Canadian Charter of Rights to enforce transgender health restrictions

JURIST

Your Premier” that her provincial government is prepared to invoke the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms’ “notwithstanding clause” as a “last resort” to enforce proposed restrictions on transgender healthcare and related policies, circumventing rights enshrined in the Charter.

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How the Pending Supreme Court Decision on Preventive Care Could Affect the Healthcare Industry

Above The Law

The Supreme Court will soon hear oral arguments for a case that threatens coverage of preventive services without cost-sharing. The post How the Pending Supreme Court Decision on Preventive Care Could Affect the Healthcare Industry appeared first on MedCity News.

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UK High Court rules ban on puberty blockers is lawful

JURIST

A UK High Court ruled Monday that a ban on puberty blockers issued in May 2024 in the UK was lawful. The claim failed on all three of its grounds, with the court concluding that the secondary legislation banning puberty blockers for under eighteens was in fact, lawful. TransActual condemned the court’s decision to uphold the ban.

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26 countries support legal action against Taliban for violations of women’s rights

JURIST

Twenty-six countries expressed on Thursday their support for a legal initiative to hold the Taliban accountable at the International Court of Justice for systematic human rights violations against women and girls in Afghanistan.

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