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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 24, 2024 | 
thehill.com | Lawrence Friedman
Numerous legal commentators have noted that the longer the Supreme Court takes to decide the Trump immunity case, the more suspicious the delay.
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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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Jun 3, 2024 | 
newhampshirebulletin.com | Lawrence Friedman
4:55 Commentary The recent decision by New Hampshire’s federal district court in Local 8027 v. Edelblut, striking down the state’s “divisive concepts” laws, should not have been a surprise. As Judge Paul Barbadoro explained in his written opinion, the laws simply could not be squared with the basic tenets of due process.
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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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Feb 29, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Lawrence Friedman
President Biden has asked the U.S. Department of Commerce to investigate whether Chinese and other “connected vehicles” are a potential risk to U.S. national security. In response, the Commerce Department has issued a Notice of Proposed Rule Making seeking public comment. The concern is the extent to which PRC-based entities and entities that are tied to other foreign adversaries might use connected to vehicles to “capture wide swaths of data or remotely disable or manipulate connected vehicles . .
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Feb 5, 2024 | 
mdedge.com | Paul Martin |Lawrence Friedman
Pathological iron overload with end-organ damage in hemochromatosis occurs in individuals who are homozygous for the major mutation C282Y. Phenotypic hemochromatosis occurs much less frequently in compound heterozygotes with one C282Y mutation and one H63D mutation. Iron overload can be confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging, which shows a loss of signal intensity in affected tissues and avoids the need for liver biopsy.
