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How Not to Negotiate an ESI Protocol? Say it is “Mandatory”; and, Demand That Discussions be Recorded

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Pyramid Healthcare, Inc., 20, 2025), the court wrote: From the inception of this action, Counsel for the parties could not agree on the scope and methodology for ESI discovery. In Wilbert v. 2025 WL 873947 (W.D.

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How Do Lawyers Plan for Retirement?

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The article also states, “It is critically important to understand the labyrinth of potentially applicable ethics rules that intertwine with certain court rules on retirement.”. According to Law.com , attorney retirement in New York is “remarkably complex” with “variations of ‘retire’… used in different contexts.”

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Georgia Court Strikes Down Abortion Ban Again

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Opponents of the abortion ban challenged the law in state court, arguing that it could not have legal effect because it was unconstitutional when enacted and that it violated the privacy rights protected by the Georgia Constitution. The court found that the six-week ban was not narrowly tailored for multiple reasons.

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Laws Banning Trans Students from School Sports Will Soon Be Before Supreme Court

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After a federal district court ruled for the state of West Virginia, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed , ruling that the law cannot be lawfully applied to Becky. SCOTUS Soon to Settle Things Unsurprisingly, both Idaho and West Virginia appealed the circuit courtsrulings to the U.S. Stay tuned.

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Physician-Assisted Suicide: Exploring the Legal Landscape

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Physician-assisted suicide is a medical practice where a qualified healthcare professional aids a terminally ill patient who wishes for their life to end. While legal challenges to physician-assisted suicide have occurred, Courts in states where it is legal have upheld the right to physician-assisted suicide under certain circumstances.

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Admissibility of Internet Searches About Terminating Pregnancy

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Appellant claims that any probative value was substantially outweighed by the potential for evidence of use or consideration of abortion services to inflame strong prejudice in jurors due to the “divisive and emotional” nature of debates around reproductive healthcare services, which include abortion. The Court ruled for the State.

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Supreme Court Upholds State Bans on Gender-Affirming Care for Minors

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There has been an increasingly heated debate across the nation over the right to access transgender healthcare, particularly for children. Supreme Court handed down a landmark decision upholding a Tennessee law that bans certain medical treatments for transgender minors. It all culminated this past Wednesday, when the U.S.