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Pennsylvania top court rules for gas drilling firms in antitrust lawsuit

JURIST

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the attorney general’s office does not have authority under the consumer protection law to sue natural gas exploration firms over their leasing practices. Therefore, the defendants asserted that they were not subject to action under the UTPCPL.

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The other Supreme Court ruling with big repercussions for U.S. health care

SCOTUSBlog

Jackson Women’s Health Organization , the Supreme Court issued another important decision on a pressing health care issue. It’s a seemingly technical opinion interpreting a single phrase of a federal law on the prescription of controlled substances, and it garnered little attention amid the court’s end-of-term sturm und drang.

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Morning Docket: 02.22.24

Above The Law

at a time when AI continues to hallucinate like a romantic poet on a laudanum bender some company actually thought "let's use this to see if applicants are lying!" [ Law.com ] * As expected , Alabama fertility providers are shutting off access to hopeful families after court ruling. [ appeared first on Above the Law.

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Alabama House of Representatives passes bill defining sex based on reproductive systems

JURIST

The bill explains, however, that individuals with “intersex conditions” or “differences in sex development” must be accommodated in compliance with state and federal law. Alabama is one of 23 states , including Louisiana and Texas , that have enacted laws criminalizing gender-affirming care for transgender minors.

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Arizona dispatch: student delegates to Model Constitutional Convention pass proposed amendments on equal rights, tribal sovereignty, gerrymandering and eminent domain limits

JURIST

JP Leskovich is a rising 3L at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and JURIST’s News Managing Editor. This is the third in a series of dispatches he’s filed as an embedded reporter for JURIST at the Model Constitutional Convention sponsored by the Center for Constitutional Design at ASU Law. New London.

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Policing Pregnancy: Wisconsin’s ‘Fetal Protection’ Law Forces Women Into Treatment or Jail

The Crime Report

Today, 44 states and the District of Columbia have laws aiming to protect fetal development from drugs or alcohol. Its legal proceedings take place out of public view, under seal, with a low standard of evidence and often a court-appointed attorney for the fetus — but none for the person gestating it.

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Doubts About Lethal Injection Drugs Reignite Capital Punishment Debate

The Crime Report

Supreme Court ruled that certain cocktails of the lethal injection drugs produce results that are “cruel and unusual punishment” — particularly citing a case in Missouri where an inmate had a rare disease that following a reaction to the injection, he suffocated as his blood filled his airway, according to the DPIC.