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Court endorses private Section 1983 enforcement of spending clause enactments

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FNHRA, a law enacted under Congress’s spending clause powers, requires nursing facilities participating in Medicare and Medicaid to “protect and promote the rights of each resident” as a condition of receiving funds. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote for a seven-justice majority. HHC argued that spending clause enactments are unique.

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Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) 2/2022: Abstracts

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As a consequence of its application, all claims are governed by the same applicable law, thereby fostering the effectiveness of collective redress. Lehmann: Locating Financial Loss and Collective Actions in Case of Defective Investor Information: The CJEU’s Judgment in VEB v BP. Unlike the Principles, however, Law No.