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Texas Supreme Court places hold on lower court order allowing woman to obtain an abortion

JURIST

The Texas Supreme Court placed an administrative stay on Friday on a lower court’s temporary restraining order (TRO) that barred the enforcement of the state’s strict abortion bans on a pregnant woman whose fetus was recently diagnosed with a fatal condition. This is not the only abortion-related case in the Texas Supreme Court.

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Ohio grand jury declines to charge woman with abuse of corpse after at-home miscarriage

JURIST

The Trumbull County prosecutor’s office stated that, after evaluating the case, they believed Watts did not violate the Ohio Criminal Statute of Abuse of a Corpse. Watts had initially been charged with felony abuse of a corpse in October after Warren County police found the remains of her pregnancy in her toilet and trash.

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Second Circuit Agrees that Copay Assistance Programs May Violate the Anti-Kickback Statute

FDA Law Blog

Kirschenbaum — In a recent decision, the Second Circuit upheld the HHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG)’s position that Pfizer’s proposed copay assistance program for its high-cost heart treatment would violate the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS). The Second Circuit’s Interpretation of the Anti-Kickback Statute. Pfizer, Inc.

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Supreme Court to Clarify What Constitutes Identity Theft

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court recently agreed to consider a case that is expected to define the scope of federal identity theft law. The specific issue before the Court in Dubin v. He was subsequently charged with healthcare fraud, as well as aggravated identity theft under 18 U.S.C. Issues Before the Supreme Court. Facts of the Case.

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Restrictions on gender-affirming medical care – and assault weapons

SCOTUSBlog

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. After going two conferences without any new relists, the Supreme Court ended the relist drought this week with a vengeance. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit to lift those orders while they appealed.

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Court Leak on Abortion Sends Tremors Through African-American Community

The Crime Report

As the repercussions of the leaked draft of the Supreme Court’s preliminary ruling on Roe v. The charges have since been dropped , but health advocates warn that more people who manage their own healthcare using U.S. Supreme Court, reports Bloomberg News. Wade continue to shake U.S. Curley, the Marshal of the U.S.

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Could the Road to an AKS Violation Be Paved with Good Intentions? Pfizer Asks SCOTUS

FDA Law Blog

Gaulkin — We previously blogged about Pfizer’s copay assistance lawsuit, which sought to challenge HHS’s interpretation of the Federal health care program anti-kickback statute (AKS) and position that the company’s proposed copay assistance program would violate the AKS. Background.