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What Do In Vitro Embryos, Divorce and Arizona Have in Common?

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Some Arizona couples are considering cryogenically preserving embryos they have created using eggs or sperm from themselves, their spouse, or even a future spouse. A recent Arizona law has made it even more important to...more

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US Supreme Court Applies Long-Standing Contracts Clause Analysis To Uphold Statutory Change To Insurance Contracts

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The United States Constitution provides that “[n]o state shall … pass any … Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts.” (U.S. Constit., Art. I, § 10.) Alongside state constitutional guarantees, the federal Contracts Clause...more

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Sveen v. Melin: Supreme Court Speaks On the Contracts Clause

After a decades-long drought, the Supreme Court recently decided a case involving the Contracts Clause of the Constitution. You might not recall that provision because it is so rarely invoked in modern-day litigation (due to...more

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Supreme Court Decides Sveen v. Melin

On June 11, 2018, the Supreme Court of the United States decided Sveen v. Melin, No. 16-1432, holding that the retroactive application of a Minnesota statute that revokes spousal beneficiary designations in insurance policies...more

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