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The Right to Health Care Freedom in State Constitutions

Quinn Yeargain,

Michigan State University College of Law

November 18, 2024

Cochise County judge reprimanded for issuing improper arrest warrant

Arizona Supreme Court makes rule changes, including to bar dues use

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Ex-employee sues Sheppard Mullin over cyberattack exposing sensitive personal data
{mag_summary} A former paralegal at Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton has filed a purported class action lawsuit alleging that the law firm failed to protect…
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Ropes & Gray allows more attorneys to count AI testing toward billable hours
{mag_summary} Ropes & Gray is expanding opportunities for its lawyers to test artificial intelligence and count that time toward their annual billing requirements. Reuters reports…
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Plaintiff who filed fraudulent case, trashed desktop computer hit with sanctions
{mag_summary} A plaintiff responsible for filing about 70 class action lawsuits for illegal robocalling received sanctions from a Missouri federal judge after obstructing, delaying and…
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Man who threatened Supreme Court justices avoids prison time
{mag_summary} An Alaska man who sent hundreds of messages threatening the U.S. Supreme Court justices was sentenced to three years of supervised release, avoiding prison…
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Judge denies allegations he made inappropriate comments during disciplinary hearing
{mag_summary} A Los Angeles judge defended himself Wednesday at a hearing before the California Commission on Judicial Performance, which is weighing allegations that he made…
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Arizona’s court system hit by cyberattack
{mag_summary} Personal information for 1.3 million people was stolen late last month through a cyberattack on Arizona’s court system, thought to have been launched when…
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Sexism alleged in skirmish between lawyers representing Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie
{mag_summary} A Los Angeles lawyer appears to have had enough of male opposing counsels telling her that they’ve never seen anything like her advocacy actions…
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Kirkland & Ellis will no longer share financial performance with media
{mag_summary} Kirkland & Ellis has decided to stop sharing its financial information with the American Lawyer and other publications that report on the business of…
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2 senators call for review of federal judge’s work at PR agency
{mag_summary} The two U.S. senators from Delaware submitted a formal ethics complaint against a federal appellate judge Friday, asking for a review of the judge’s…
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Attorney sentenced to 20 years in prison for drug trafficking
{mag_summary} An Alaska attorney who prosecutors said was connected to a deadly drug trafficking ring was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in federal prison on…
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Texas Supreme Court could allow AI-generated transcripts of depositions
{mag_summary} The Texas Supreme Court is considering allowing transcripts that are generated by artificial intelligence for witness depositions. On Tuesday, the state’s high court heard…
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Chief Justice Roberts moves oldest active federal judge’s fitness investigation to 11th Circuit
{mag_summary} Judge Pauline Newman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has long argued that the investigation into her fitness should be…
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Ex-public defender assistant arrested on charges of impersonating lawyer
{mag_summary} A former legal assistant in the Ninth Circuit public defender’s office in Charleston, South Carolina, was arrested Monday on charges of impersonating an attorney.…
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DOJ lawyers told to replace term ‘AI’ with ‘super intelligence’
{mag_summary} A senior official at the U.S. Department of Justice in President Donald Trump’s administration has told DOJ employees, including its lawyers, to replace the…
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Justice Sotomayor criticizes judge who ordered juror’s arrest in front of jury pool
{mag_summary} U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Monday rebuked an Alabama judge who had a prospective juror arrested for being late to court, warning…
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After firing basketball coach, Kansas State University agrees to pay him $12M
{mag_summary} Kansas State University has reached a $12 million settlement with Jerome Tang, a former basketball coach who was fired in February. The agreement was…
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Federal lawsuit targets McDonald’s for alleged use of AI to hike prices
{mag_summary} In a complaint filed in Illinois federal court Friday, McDonald’s was accused of using artificial intelligence to raise its menu prices. According to the…
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Lawyer for defendant seen shackled outside courtroom should have sought mistrial, Oregon Supreme Court says
{mag_summary} The Oregon Supreme Court has found that an attorney representing a man whom jurors saw shackled outside a courtroom during his criminal trial should…
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Personal injury firm fabricated cases, NYC alleges in suit
{mag_summary} New York City filed a lawsuit in federal court late Sunday alleging that a personal injury law firm used false accident narratives and litigation…
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Tennessee Supreme Court broadens who can take bar exam
{mag_summary} The Tennessee Supreme Court will broaden the pool of candidates able to take the bar exam, according to an order Friday stating that graduates…
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