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CONTINUED AGAIN: DEA Announces A Second Extension of its “Temporary Rule” Addressing Telemedicine Flexibilities After the End of the COVID-19 Pandemic Emergency

FDA Law Blog

By Karla L. Palmer — On Friday, October 6, 2023, DEA announced a second extension of telemedicine flexibilities concerning the prescribing of controlled substances, which were originally set to expire after the end of the COVID-19 pandemic emergency. As a reminder, back in February 2023, HPM blogged about DEA’s two proposed rules for prescribing (1) controlled substances generally and (2) for buprenorphine use in opioid treatment.

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Law School is No Picnic: Environmental Law Society Pulls References to a Picnic as Offensive

JonathanTurley

We have been following the gradual elimination of common terms deemed offensive or microaggressive. The latest is the word “picnic.” After the University of Nevada Las Vegas law school’s Environmental Law Society announced a picnic, it was renamed “Lunch by the Lake” due to “diversity and inclusion” concerns. The ELS was able to avoid a second correction with a “Lunch in the Field” since “field” has also been found to be offensive at other schools.

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US federal judge allows Oklahoma ban on gender-affirming care for minors to take effect

JURIST

A federal judge allowed Oklahoma’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors to take effect on Thursday. In the opinion , Judge John Heil, III stated that the plaintiffs asking for injunctive relief “failed to show a likelihood of success on the merits” of their multiple constitutional claims. The plaintiffs challenged the law, SB 613 , on several constitutional grounds.

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Rubin and Tribe Under Fire for Using the Massacre in Israel for Bizarre Attacks on Political Figures

JonathanTurley

In academia, one of the most common criticisms in research and discussions is that correlation does not mean causation. It refers to the logical fallacy for some who draw a cause-and-effect relationship between two events. The logical fallacy is captured in the Latin phrase cum hoc ergo propter hoc (‘with this, therefore because of this’).

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What Your Financial Statements Are Telling You—And How to Listen!

Speaker: David Worrell, CFO, Author & Speaker

Your financial statements hold powerful insights—but are you truly paying attention? Many finance professionals focus on the income statement while overlooking key signals hidden in the balance sheet and cash flow statement. Understanding these numbers can unlock smarter decision-making, uncover risks, and drive long-term success. Join David Worrell, accomplished CFO, finance expert, and author, for an engaging, nontraditional take on reading financial statements.

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Israel dispatch: a day of mourning and resilience follows a day of terror

JURIST

Israeli law students are reporting for JURIST on law-related developments in and affecting Israel. This dispatch is from Tamar Silam, a law student in the Buchmann Faculty of Law at Tel Aviv University. Imagine waking up to a morning marred by ceaseless blaring sirens. Yesterday morning at 6:30 AM, the ominous echoes of rocket explosions pierced the tranquility as Hamas launched a massive attack on Israel.

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New Mexico judge rejects Republican challenge to congressional map

JURIST

On Friday, New Mexico District Judge Fred T. Van Soelen rejected a Republican challenge to the state’s congressional map that argued the map favors Democratic candidates. The case was in the New Mexico County of Lea Fifth Judicial District Court. Soelen concluded that the congressional map does not violate Article II, Section 18 of the New Mexico Constitution.