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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. As Christians, some objected to insurance plans that covered abortifacient contraception or PrEP drugs, which they associated with behaviors contrary to their faith.

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Is a Web Bug a Wiretap?

E-Discovery LLC

The information at issue in Vita did not include private patient records or messages to nurses, doctors, or other healthcare providers. Reviewing Massachusetts case law, the court found no precedent for Ms. It also focused on the word “any” that preceded the word “communication.” Vita’s more expansive definition. at *21, 23.

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Pentagon Introduces AI Rapid Capabilities Cell to Propel Defense AI Adoption

Complex Discovery

Task Force Lima, an initiative established in August 2023, laid the groundwork for the AI RCC before being sunset as its objectives transitioned to the new cell. The insights gained are now fueling the AI RCC’s strategy to implement AI solutions rapidly and at scale across the DoDs vast operational landscape.

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AI Oversight in Virginia: Understanding the High-Risk AI Developer and Deployer Act

Complex Discovery

If signed into law, HB 2094 would introduce stringent requirements for AI system developers and deployers, aiming to mitigate algorithmic discrimination and enhance transparency in sectors such as employment, finance, healthcare, and legal services.

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Admissibility of Internet Searches About Terminating Pregnancy

E-Discovery LLC

The Court described the context of the internet searching as follows: At trial, the State introduced evidence, over objection, that between March of 2018 and May of 2018, Appellant performed the searches listed above using her phone. At no point during Dr. Waldrop’s testimony did Appellant make any objection or motion to strike.

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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. Intermediate scrutiny applies to sex-based classifications and requires that the law serve important governmental objectives and use means substantially related to those objectives.

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Upcoming SCOTUS Term has Impactful Cases for America's Youth

Law and Daily Life

Tennessee's law, enacted earlier that year, prohibited healthcare providers from prescribing puberty blockers and hormone therapies and from performing reassignment surgeries on gender-dysphoric minors, with limited exceptions. She cited professional endorsements of gender-affirming care and recent Supreme Court precedent.