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US Supreme Court refuses to reinstate West Virginia ban on transgender athletes

JURIST

The US Supreme Court Thursday refused to reinstate West Virginia’s ban on transgender athletes. The justices also reproached the lower courts for staying the law without explanation. In 2021, West Virginia passed a law that prohibited people assigned male at birth from competing on girls sports teams. .

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West Virginia AG announces $83M opioid settlement agreement with Walgreens

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West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced Wednesday that pharmacy retailer Walgreens has agreed to pay an $83 million settlement over its opioid distribution practices within an 8-year period. The litigation against Kroger is scheduled for trial in June.

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West Virginia local governments secure $400M settlement from opioid distributors

JURIST

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey Monday announced cities and counties across the state agreed to a $400 million settlement with three opioid distributors. of fueling the opioid crisis in West Virginia. West Virginia has a long history of litigation with opioid distributors.

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Guest Post: Third-Party Litigation Funding: Disclosure to Courts, Congress, and the Executive

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Stroud is General Counsel at Unified Patents – an organization often adverse to litigation-funded entities. [1] litigation finance boom of the past 20 years—as has been widely reported, private equity now undergirds huge swaths of U.S. Guest post by Jonathan Stroud. Patent assertion finance today is a multibillion-dollar business. [2]

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Self-Help Information by the Courts in 2021

CourtTechBulletin

We were curious as to the status of online court help to the self-represented litigants as a good 2021 year-end wrapup article for the CTB? Colorado courts have a dedicated page for "Efiling for Non-Attorneys" at: [link] There are links to forms and video/written tutorials listed. We share what we found below.

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Design-Around Victory: Amgen’s Self-Buffering Innovation Regeneron’s Claims

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This latest ruling stands in contrast to the court's January 2025 decisions upholding preliminary injunctions against Samsung Bioepis and Formycon, effectively blocking their biosimilar launches. All three cases are part of consolidated multi-district litigation in the Northern District of West Virginia.

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Justices take up Native health care funding cases and a dispute over sentencing guide

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Share The Supreme Court on Monday morning added two additional hours of argument, in cases involving federal funding of health care services for Native Americans and the Armed Career Criminal Act, to its docket for the 2023-24 term. The court designated six cases as bellwether cases. du Pont de Nemours v.