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2 months ago | 
verdict.justia.com | Joanna L. Grossman |Lawrence Friedman |Katherine T. Bartlett |Deborah Rhode
The first week of Trump’s second presidency was head-spinning, and not in a good way. His first batch of executive orders was largely about unleashing harm—in even more reckless and nihilistic ways than in his first administration. For sexual and reproductive health across the globe, this means trouble. One of his first actions was to reinstate the so-called global gag rule, which prevents organizations abroad from even mentioning abortion to patients if they receive any U.S. foreign aid.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
verdict.justia.com | Joanna L. Grossman |Lawrence Friedman |Katherine T. Bartlett |Deborah Rhode
On a whim last December, I decided to create a “Texas Hates Mothers and Children Advent Calendar” on Bluesky, the social media app where millions ended up after Elon Musk turned X (formerly Twitter) into a hate-filled disaster. In the spirit of a season that revolves around mother and child, I posted a not-so-fun fact every day from December 1 to December 25 about the many ways that the State of Texas has shown its total disregard for the well-being of women and children.
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
verdict.justia.com | Joanna L. Grossman |Linda McClain |Lawrence Friedman |Katherine T. Bartlett
The misogyny of Donald Trump is hard to miss. From openly bragging about being able to sexually assault women because he is a celebrity to being held liable by a jury for raping E. Jean Carroll to talking about women in every context in degrading and dehumanizing terms. And while in the White House and on the campaign trail for the 2024 presidential election, Trump has supported a range of laws and policies that are harmful to women. These are, of course, not unrelated facts.
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Jun 6, 2024 | 
verdict.justia.com | Joanna L. Grossman |Lawrence Friedman |Katherine T. Bartlett |Deborah Rhode
Margaret Young was an artist and an art lover. She died in Orlando, Florida, in 2005. She left money in trust for one daughter, Kit Knotts, for life; and she left money in another trust for a second daughter, Dee Miller, also for life. After the death of each daughter, the money left in each trust was to go to the Orlando Museum of Art (OMA).
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May 20, 2024 | 
verdict.justia.com | Joanna L. Grossman |Lawrence Friedman |Katherine T. Bartlett |Deborah Rhode
On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) into law. This bipartisan law provides long overdue protection for people who work while pregnant and need workplace accommodations due to the physical and mental effects of pregnancy. Although there has been some protection against pregnancy discrimination in federal law since 1978, this bill fills a gap in the law that had left many workers without necessary, though often minor and costless, accommodations.
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Apr 16, 2024 | 
verdict.justia.com | Joanna L. Grossman |Lauren Haumesser |Lawrence Friedman |Katherine T. Bartlett
Last week, the Arizona Supreme Court upheld an 1864 law that bans abortions and criminally punishes doctors who provide them. The decision is currently on hold but will likely take effect soon. This will have devastating consequences for women in Arizona, who will be barred from accessing abortion from the moment of conception, including in cases of rape or incest. The only exception is for an abortion that is necessary to save the woman’s life.
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Aug 15, 2023 | 
verdict.justia.com | Joanna L. Grossman |Lawrence Friedman |Katherine T. Bartlett |Deborah Rhode
Earlier this year, the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a lawsuit, Zurawski v. State of Texas, on behalf of several women who needed emergent abortion care when their planned, wanted pregnancies went south either because the pregnancy became non-viable or its continuation threatened the woman’s life or health.
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Jul 25, 2023 | 
verdict.justia.com | Joanna L. Grossman |Lawrence Friedman |Katherine T. Bartlett |Deborah Rhode
You might think that celebrities, who can make millions of dollars singing or playing basketball, would be able and willing to afford a good lawyer, and a good estate plan—a plan that includes a proper will, explaining who gets what after they die; or (more likely today) a solid and well-drafted trust. But it turns out that not every celebrity does this—or does it properly.
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Mar 28, 2023 | 
tmcnet.com | Katherine T. Bartlett
Crash avoidance technology has come a long way in recent years, and is now an important feature in modern cars. These systems are designed to help drivers avoid accidents or reduce the severity of a crash, and include a range of features such as automatic emergency braking, lane departure warning, and blind spot detection. Today, we’re highlighting six different examples of crash avoidance technology (CAT) in use today that can help make drivers like you safer on the road. 1.
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Mar 8, 2023 | 
verdict.justia.com | Joanna L. Grossman |Lawrence Friedman |Katherine T. Bartlett |Deborah Rhode
In June 2022, the Supreme Court eliminated constitutional protection for abortion—forty-nine years after it had first announced that protection in Roe v. Wade (1973). In Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (2022), the Court held that there is no fundamental right to seek an abortion, even before the point of fetal viability. It overturned Roe and every subsequent case that had relied on it.
