Health care providers divulge patient information to Facebook, other third parties, lawsuits allege

Home Daily News Health care providers divulge patient information… Health Law Health care providers divulge patient information to Facebook, other third parties, lawsuits allege By Debra Cassens Weiss March 15, 2023, 10:55 am CDT An increasing number of lawsuits are alleging that tracking tools on health care websites and patient portals allow Facebook and other … Read more

Weekly Briefs: Legal sector continues to gain jobs; Roe v. Wade archive auctioned

Home Daily News Weekly Briefs: Legal sector continues to… News Roundup Weekly Briefs: Legal sector continues to gain jobs; Roe v. Wade archive auctioned By Debra Cassens Weiss March 10, 2023, 11:57 am CST Image from Shutterstock. Legal sector adds 1,500 jobs The legal services sector continues to add jobs, despite reports of layoffs at … Read more

First lawyer who advised Jan. 6 witness Cassidy Hutchinson should face ethics probe, group tells regulators

Home Daily News First lawyer who advised Jan. 6 witness Cassidy… Ethics First lawyer who advised Jan. 6 witness Cassidy Hutchinson should face ethics probe, group tells regulators By Debra Cassens Weiss March 6, 2023, 3:51 pm CST Cassidy Hutchinson, an aide to former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, testifies in summer 2022 … Read more

Meet Abbe Lowell, the Hunter Biden lawyer who formerly represented Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner

Home Daily News Meet Abbe Lowell, the Hunter Biden lawyer… Careers Meet Abbe Lowell, the Hunter Biden lawyer who formerly represented Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner By Debra Cassens Weiss March 6, 2023, 10:25 am CST Winston & Strawn partner Abbe Lowell arrives for the funeral of the late Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona … Read more

Trump doesn’t have absolute immunity from civil suits stemming from Jan. 6 Capitol riot, DOJ says

Home Daily News Trump doesn’t have absolute immunity from… Federal Government Trump doesn’t have absolute immunity from civil suits stemming from Jan. 6 Capitol riot, DOJ says By Debra Cassens Weiss March 3, 2023, 9:32 am CST Then-President Donald Trump speaks Jan. 6, 2021, during a rally in Washington, D.C., protesting the Electoral college certification … Read more

Backers of Equal Rights Amendment lose mandamus bid in DC Circuit

Home Daily News Backers of Equal Rights Amendment lose mandamus… Constitutional Law Backers of Equal Rights Amendment lose mandamus bid in DC Circuit By Debra Cassens Weiss March 1, 2023, 9:31 am CST Pro-Equal Rights Amendment demonstrators stand by their banner in Chicago’s Grant Park in May 1978. They were waiting for the arrival of … Read more

Chemerinsky: Student loan relief cases will have lasting effects whatever Supreme Court decides

U.S. Supreme Court No matter what the U.S. Supreme Court does in the cases involving the Biden administration’s student loan relief plan, there is sure to be a major effect on many people’s lives and on the law. On Tuesday, Feb. 28, the court heard oral arguments in two cases—Biden v. Nebraska and Department of … Read more

Student debt relief meets with skepticism from majority of Supreme Court justices

Home Daily News Student debt relief meets with skepticism… U.S. Supreme Court Student debt relief meets with skepticism from majority of Supreme Court justices By Debra Cassens Weiss February 28, 2023, 2:56 pm CST Image from Shutterstock. President Joe Biden’s plan to cancel $400 billion in student debt appeared to run into trouble during U.S. … Read more

Legal advocates compare proposed asylum rules to Trump-era restrictions

Home Daily News Legal advocates compare proposed asylum rules… Immigration Law Legal advocates compare proposed asylum rules to Trump-era restrictions By Amanda Robert February 23, 2023, 10:57 am CST Migrants stand near the U.S.-Mexico border in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on Dec. 19, 2022. Photo by Christian Chavez/The Associated Press. President Joe Biden proposed new asylum … Read more

7 judges on 5th Circuit question ‘perpetual funding’ of government programs; is Social Security at risk?

Home Daily News 7 judges on 5th Circuit question ‘perpetual… Constitutional Law 7 judges on 5th Circuit question ‘perpetual funding’ of government programs; is Social Security at risk? By Debra Cassens Weiss February 13, 2023, 3:23 pm CST Seven judges on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at New Orleans have embraced the view … Read more