Proof in Trial: Appellate Edition: Holmes v. Winter
On April 9, 2025, emergency amendments filed by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine (BORIM) became final, enshrining protections for Massachusetts’ providers for the delivery of reproductive healthcare...more
Entities that receive criminal process (such as subpoenas or search warrants) in Washington state should review Washington’s new Shield Law, which the legislature just passed as part of its post-Dobbs “choice-defending...more
As COVID-19 continues to spread, so do the liability theories it leaves in its wake, including so-called “take-home” COVID-19 liability. “Take-home” liability first earned notoriety through lawsuits filed by mesothelioma...more
Subscribe and listen to Proof in Trial here: https://proofintrial.lnk.to/series A journalist facing a jail sentence for protecting her sources; a Native American tribe fighting to reclaim their land; a software company...more
The “South Carolina COVID-19 Liability Immunity Act” (Senate Bill 147) is expected to reach Governor Henry McMaster’s desk early this week for his signature. Senate sponsors initially introduced the act on December 9, 2020,...more
During his January 2021 State of the State address, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey called for “COVID liability protection, so that a statewide emergency doesn’t line the pockets of trial attorneys with frivolous lawsuits.” On...more
On Dec. 10, 2013, the New York Court of Appeals resoundingly reaffirmed the important public policy underlying the New York statutory scheme that allows New York journalists to preserve the anonymity of their confidential...more
Journalists in California must now receive advanced notice if their records are being subpoenaed either directly from them or through a subpoena issued to a third party. California’s new law—an amendment to California Civil...more