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SCOTUS Saves Obamacare's Preventive Care Mandates

Practice of Law

Formally known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA) , the 2010 law was the most significant healthcare legislation since Medicare/Medicaid in 1965. It says the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) “shall convene” the Task Force “to be composed of individuals with appropriate expertise.”

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The Trouble With Trump’s Homelessness Plan

The Marshall Project

EDT 07.28.2025 Q&A The Trouble With Trump’s Homelessness Plan The president’s new executive order defies legal precedent and proven strategies for reducing homelessness, says attorney Jennifer Mathis. There is Supreme Court precedent on civil commitment. If there were, they would not need to try to overturn judicial precedents.

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10 Ways Attorneys Can Leverage AI Legal Prompts for Efficiency

Destination Articles Blog

AI helps draft legal documents, research precedents, and even recommend negotiation tactics—all in seconds. This is particularly useful in healthcare, finance, or technology. HIPAA regulations for healthcare data management and highlight any new compliance requirements for digital health providers].

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Admissibility of Internet Searches About Terminating Pregnancy

E-Discovery LLC

While there were many issues on appeal, one was whether evidence of her internet searches related to termination of a pregnancy was properly admitted on the facts presented. The decision to admit that evidence was affirmed by the intermediate appellate court. See Case No. The facts were awful. Akers was pregnant. On appeal, Ms.

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

Practice of Law

There has been an increasingly heated debate across the nation over the right to access transgender healthcare, particularly for children. The Court pointed to precedent holding that “[c]lassifications that turn on age or medical use are subject to only rational basis review.” It all culminated this past Wednesday, when the U.S.

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Multiple States Rebuked for Denying Transgender Health Care

Practice of Law

Houston County found that the challenged policy was facially discriminatory and creates precedent for the rest of the state and for the other states of the Eleventh Circuit, Florida and Alabama. Folwell , combined the appeals from two similar district court cases and also also sets a precedent for the other states of the Fourth Circuit.