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The United States Supreme Court is the highest court of the United States and is charged with interpreting federal law, including the United States Constitution. The Court's docket is largely discretionary with only a limited number of cases granted review each term.  The Court is comprised of one chief justice and eight associate justices, who are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate to hold lifetime positions. less -
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Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic: Oral Arguments Focus on Statutory ‘Magic Words’

On April 2, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic. At issue in Medina is § 1902(a)(23) of the Social Security Act (the Act),1 or the “free-choice-of-provider”...more

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U.S. Supreme Court To Decide Whether Medicaid Recipients Have Right To Choose Provider in Ongoing Court Battle To Restrict Funding...

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The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear South Carolina’s challenge to the Fourth Circuit’s decision blocking South Carolina’s Medicaid program from ending its provider agreement with Planned Parenthood. The dispute arises from...more

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Reproductive Rights in the Post-Dobbs Era

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In June 2022, the US Supreme Court issued a landmark decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, reversing Roe v. Wade and holding that the US constitution no longer includes a right to abortion. The Court’s...more

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Reproductive Rights: FAQS for People Seeking Abortions in New Jersey

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SAFE INTERNET SEARCHES AND PHONE CALLS- If I’m researching abortion online, are there ways to keep my searches private? Before you read these FAQs, you might want to educate yourself on how to keep your data more private....more

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CMS Guidance on EMTALA and Abortion Raises New Issues for Hospital Emergency Services

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According to guidance published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on July 11, 2022, EMTALA, the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act of 1986, requires hospitals to provide abortion services when...more

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Idaho Abortion Laws: Frequently Asked Questions

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If you are struggling to understand Idaho abortion law in the wake of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, you are not alone. For years, the Idaho legislature has enacted a patchwork of overlapping and sometimes...more

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Florida Reexamines Abortion Rights Under Its State Constitution Post-Dobbs

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According to statistics published in U.S. News & World Report, Florida has the fifth-highest rate of abortions performed per 1,000 women among all 50 states, and it trails only California and New York in the actual number of...more

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Three Considerations for Health Care Providers After the Dobbs Decision

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Last week, the Supreme Court issued a decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, holding that the Constitution does not confer a right to abortion, and overruling precedent established by Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113,and...more

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SCOTUS Overrules Roe v. Wade: Part I: Potentially Wide-Ranging Impact on Companies Navigating Employee Benefits, Privacy...

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On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. Authored by Justice Alito, the decision, which hewed closely to the draft opinion that was leaked on May 2, 2022, upheld...more

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Leaked Opinion Becomes Reality — Roe v. Wade is Overturned

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Culminating a flurry of late June opinions released by SCOTUS this week, the court today in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization has taken the extraordinary step of ending decades of precedent surrounding the...more

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Evolving Legal Landscape and Emerging Trends in Employer Abortion Coverage

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State Law Activity: A report by the Guttmacher Institute, a reproductive rights think tank, found that 26 states are certain or likely to ban abortion in the event Roe v. Wade is overturned. This includes 9 states with a...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Overturns Roe and Casey: What This Decision Means for Employers

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As many expected based on the draft opinion that was leaked months ago, the U.S. Supreme Court has held the U.S. Constitution does not protect the right to obtain an abortion....more

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Group Health Plan Considerations in the Face of (Potentially) Changing Abortion Laws

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On May 2, 2022, a draft opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health was leaked to the press, and as a result the Court is expected to overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey,...more

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Preparing for the Demise of Roe v. Wade and the Criminalization of Abortion in Some US States: Practical Considerations for a...

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Sometime in the next several weeks, the Supreme Court of the United States will issue its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (Dobbs). Based on the draft majority opinion authored by Justice Samuel Alito...more

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Planned Parenthood Los Angeles Data Breach Coincides with Spotlight on Roe v. Wade

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According to this article, 2021 has been a “particularly dire year” for health care data breaches. So, it may not seem shocking that a hacker gained access to the protected health information of approximately 400,000...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Medicaid and the Law

The Availability of a Private Right of Action in Medicaid

A few years ago, we told you about the “ongoing saga” surrounding the ability of a Medicaid beneficiary or a provider of health care services to a Medicaid beneficiary to challenge a state Medicaid agency’s putative violation...more

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The Supreme Court - May 28, 2019

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The Supreme Court of the United States issued four decisions this morning: Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. v. Jackson, No. 17-1471: After Citibank, N.A., filed a debt-collection action in state court against respondent George...more

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Podcast: SCOTUS: Looking Back and Looking Forward

In this episode, Akin Gump Supreme Court and appellate practice co-head Pratik Shah discusses the big cases from the preceding U.S. Supreme Court Term and looks ahead at interesting cases in the new Term. Among the topics...more

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How an Uncommonly Silly Law Led to a Host of Very Consequential Supreme Court Decisions

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In 1879, Connecticut passed a law barring the use of “any drug, medicinal article or instrument for the purpose of preventing conception”; the penalty was“not less than fifty dollars” or between 60 days and one year in...more

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