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Expect More Second Amendment Fights
Goldstein: Expect More Litigation in Wake of Myriad Gene Patent Decision
What's So Funny About The U.S. Constitution? Colin Quinn's Unconstitutional: Off-Broadway
S&C's Cohen: Brown-Vitter Punishes Banks For Being Big
Cohen: Cyprus Is Not A Template For Future Restructurings
D.C. Court Wreaks Havoc on NLRB Pro-Worker Cases
Can You Patent Human Genes? ACLU Says No
Konczal: Dodd-Frank Reforms Get Roughed Up in Court
Journalist Who Changed How SCOTUS Is Covered
Analysis of Oral Arguments in the Two Same-Sex Marriage Cases Before the Supreme Court
Weekly Brief: $350K in Wine Leads to $14M Lawsuit
Viewer's Guide to Gay Marriage Oral Arguments
Why Did Godzilla & James Bond Need Congress' Protection?
Justices Kagan & Sotomayor Do 180s On Video At High Court
With Probable Cause and Drug-Sniffing Dogs, Supreme Court Would Rather Keep Things Fluid
Hot Trends in Federal Enforcement on the Web in 2013 from Ifrah Law Partners
N.Y. Anti-Terror Law Diminishes Pursuit of Terrorism: Lawyer
Newsbreak: Your Rights
Newsbreak: Sexual Predators on Facebook and More
Weekly Brief: DOJ Memo Details Justification For Killing US Citizens
Do you know a "place of public accommodation" when you see it? Federal, state and sometimes local laws entitle persons to the full and equal employment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages and...more
There is a glimmer of hope among the reproductive rights battles in states across the nation: People are starting to open their eyes and get involved. For those who prefer that their personal medical decisions remain between...more
This year could turn out to be the most prolific in three straight years of new abortion restrictions. Anti-abortion legislators have passed dozens of measures since 2011, but this year’s legislation is the most extreme to...more
Even though a majority of the public supports abortion rights, voters in the 2010 midterm elections reanimated the anti-abortion movement by electing droves of conservative and tea party candidates to state legislatures. The...more
An avalanche of restrictive measures that strip women’s reproductive rights has passed in states all over the country in the past three years. Lawmakers behind the all-out assault on personal rights must hope that women and...more
Inmates in the Riverside County jails served a federal class-action lawsuit last week, claiming the county is subjecting them to cruel and unusual punishment by depriving them of basic medical and mental health care. Among...more
In 2000, Congress enacted the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, 42 U.S.C. §2000cc et seq. (RLUIPA), in recognition that "new, small, or unfamiliar churches in particular, are frequently discriminated...more
Commento di Fabio pammolli e Nicola C. salerno a dichiarazioni di Mario Monti sul finanziamento del SSN...more
Christian for-profit companies may object to providing insurance covering contraceptive, sterilization, or abortifacient services based on the religious beliefs of their owners. Five recent cases test whether the HHS mandate...more
A Palo Alto 6th grade boy was allowed to return to his middle school after his family convinced the school officials that they did not need to worry about his genes....more
A Palo Alto middle school ordered an 11 year old boy to move to another middle school 3 miles away because it believed that his genetic makeup was a health risk to some of its other students....more
Our preview of the September term of the Illinois Supreme Court concludes with Hope Clinic for Women v. Adams. Although Hope Clinic arises from a constitutional challenge to Illinois’ Parental Notice of Abortion Act, the...more
A Review of the 2011-2012 Supreme Court's Labor & Employment Decisions In the same year that the Supreme Court issued one of the most important decisions in its history, which ended up being the biggest employment law...more
Attorney Steven Getman reports on a number of stories about the law and lawyers in the news this week: • Addressing threats to an independent judiciary • How colleges suppress free speech • Federal...more
Il qaudro nomativo e regolatorio italiano alla prova della governace dei farmaci innovativi ad alto costo. Serve bilanciare le esigenze di sostenibilità della spesa con la finalitò di rendere disponibili ai...more
Il primo passo obbligato per la spending review in sanità è l'inserimento di principi di selettività nell'offerta delle prestazioni. Dall'universalismo assoluto all'universalismo selettivo....more
A recent court ruling could make it easier for employers to insist on regular attendance, even with disabled employees. Earlier this month the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit rejected a nurse’s claim that her...more
L’esperienza del Regno Unito va, a mio modo di vedere, letta su di un piano di principi d’azione, che poi possono essere implementati in maniera diversa a seconda della realtà Paese, e anche della...more
This case comes at you straight from the heart, literally. Read on to find out how a nurse attempted to turn an incident involving a piece of tissue flung during heart surgery into claims that her rights under the First...more
Finalmente assieme proiezioni regionalizzate della spesa sanitaria (standard e lorda delle inefficienze) e proiezioni regionalizzate delle fonti di finanziamento. L'orizzonte si spinge sino al 2030, con quantificazioni anno...more
The U.S. Supreme Court may rule that state governments can fire their workers just for calling in sick. The Family and Medical Leave Act says employers have to allow workers to take unpaid time off if they’re...more
In this issue; - OSC Targets Health Care, Hospitality, Retail, and Other Industries - OSC Settles with California Medical Center Regarding Claims of Discrimination Against Foreign Nationals - Massachusetts...more
Valentine’s Day is one of the most popular days to get engaged and this year both heterosexual and homosexual couples will be able to plan for a licensed happily-ever-after event due to the Illinois Religious...more
"Pezzi di Welfare dimenticati (sinora) dal Federalismo", articolo a firma di Luisa Sciandra (Istat) e Nicola C. Salerno (CeRM)...more
An Employment Law Preview of the 2011-2012 Supreme Court Term After the turbulent roller-coaster ride to which the Supreme Court treated employers the last few sessions, businesses across the country are casting a wary...more
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