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The coronavirus pandemic may be winding down, but there are still pending cases dealing with the legality of executive mandates requiring vaccination for different types of employees. One of them, Georgia v. Biden, is currently before the Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, and its resolution will determine the fate of President Joe Biden's executive order mandating vaccination for federal contractors.
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South Carolina passed a law banning abortions after a heartbeat is detected—generally after six weeks of pregnancy and before many people know that they are expecting. The District Court enjoined the enforcement of the law, and the Court of Appeals affirmed. Governor Henry McMaster has now asked for further review, arguing that the Courts' reasoning on standing and severability was flawed.
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The LSAT was first administered in 1948 and, up until last year, it was the only way to apply for law school. Today, 80% of law schools accept GRE scores instead of the LSAT. And a program to go to law school without taking any standardized test is launching this fall.
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Many multinational companies decided to end their business in Russia since President Vladimir Putin ordered an invasion of Ukraine at the end of February, some in response to the sweeping sanctions imposed by several countries. International law firms have recently joined this movement, severing ties with Russian clients and closing their offices in Russia.
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In 1997, William Dale Wooden and a group of friends unlawfully entered a storage building in Georgia and stole items from 10 storage units, crushing the drywall between the units to move from one to the next. Is that enough to make him a career criminal? The Supreme Court recently said, "no."
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On Feb. 25, President Biden nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, 51, to take the seat which will be left vacant by Justice Stephen Breyer at the end of the current SCOTUS term.
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In December 2021, a jury convicted British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell of child sex trafficking and other crimes related to her relationship with American financier Jeffrey Epstein. A few days later, a juror known as Scotty David revealed that he had been a victim of sexual abuse and shared his experience to convince other jurors about the victims' credibility. He says sharing his experience swayed some jurors in the Maxwell case.
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On Feb. 17, Musk and Tesla's attorney Alex Spiro wrote a letter to Judge Allison Nathan, accusing the SEC of failing to fulfill its promise of distributing the $40 million penalty to Tesla shareholders, deciding instead to focus its energy and resources to muzzle and harass his clients.
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The lawsuit alleged that the publication and its former editorial page editor, James Bennet, defamed Palin when an opinion column incorrectly linked Palin to the 2011 Tucson mass shooting, in which Democratic Representative Gabrielle Giffords was wounded during a constituent meeting at a grocery store parking lot. The Times corrected the mistake the next day, and Bennet took the blame when testifying, adding that he meant no harm to Palin.
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In the past, if a patient got emergency care or was treated by an out-of-network provider, their insurance would cover less than if the care had been in-network, leaving the patient on the hook for the rest. Under the new law, out-of-network facilities and emergency services providers cannot charge patients more than the applicable in-network cost-sharing amount. However, there are certain situations where patients could still face a surprise bill.
