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Health Care / MedicineCalifornia Lawmaker Introduces Bill To Keep Rural Hospitals From Closing As They Work To Meet Seismic Compliance
The bill would require California’s Department of Health Care Access and Administration to provide grant funding to small and rural hospitals so they can achieve compliance amid times of severe financial distress 
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Morning DocketMorning Docket: 03.02.23
* Regulators tell Elon Musk that he can’t start putting chips in people’s brains. GAH! Kill a monkey (or 1500) and suddenly the bureaucrats in Washington won’t let you do anything anymore. [Reuters]
* “Murdaugh Committed Murders As Career Spiraled” should be every attorney’s defense to a rough month… “I know I just considered taking my book of business to Jones Day, but I could’ve done a double murder.” [Law360]
* Biden administration plans to shift the liability for hacks to software manufacturers. This policy seems stupid but at least the president is trying to address the harms of massive data breaches instead of having public fever dreams about drag story time. America is broken. [Bloomberg Law News]
* After securing abortion restrictions, the new right-wing legal mission is advocating for strict voting restrictions. [ProPublica]
* Legal technology made the national news! Our coverage was better. [MSNBC]
* Let the battle for AI supremacy in Biglaw begin! [Legaltech News]
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Government, Health / WellnessAOC Wants To Get Americans Access To Better Sunscreen
She spoke out about the barriers to making progress with modern ingredients on Instagram. -
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Courts, Health Care / MedicineNew Collaboration Brings Opioid Use Disorder Treatment To Formerly Incarcerated Patients
The collaboration, which was announced last week, is between Bicycle Health, Wellpath, and the Federal Bureau of Prisons. It will provide virtual opioid use disorder services to those living in the Bureau's residential reentry centers in 42 states. -
Morning DocketMorning Docket: 02.28.23
* When the Trump administration used COVID as a rationale to unilaterally rewrite immigration laws, the Supreme Court thought that was fine. Today, the same justices will scream bloody murder at the idea of the Biden administration using the COVID economic slump to justify forgiving $20K worth of student loans the same way the government forgave millions in PPP loans. Because… reasons. [Reuters]
* Law firms get conservative on legal technology amid recession fears. I guess this means they aren’t trying to bring in tech to reduce attorney ranks. [Legaltech News]
* Rupert Murdoch acknowledges in testimony that Fox News lied about the election. Did these people even have in-house counsel in 2020? [Law360]
* Merrick Garland’s appearance on Capitol Hill tomorrow will very much suck for him. [Esquire]
* The ongoing Neil Gerrard scandal will go to court next week to find out just how much Dechert owes one of its former clients. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Florida court denies the habeas petition a pregnant detainee filed on behalf of her fetus. As always “Life Begins At Conception… Some Terms and Conditions Apply.” [The Guardian]
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GovernmentThe 5 Big Worries The Commerce Department Has About Space Traffic Management
'China is a major space player and will be a major space player. They are not participating in the global dialogue, and in global information sharing on SSA. That's unsustainable,' said Richard DalBello, head of the Commerce Department's Office of Space Commerce. -
Health Care / MedicineFDA Authorizes First COVID-19 And Flu Test, But Its Maker Files For Bankruptcy
The regulatory decision comes too late for the diagnostics developer, which has filed for bankruptcy protection. -
Health Care / Medicine
Q&A: As Congressional Heat Builds On PBMs, What Is The Message From The Industry Lobby?
With all this heat, what is the message from the head of the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association? -
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Morning DocketMorning Docket: 02.24.23
* Everyone fears that young, lockdown lawyers aren’t well-trained. And they probably aren’t… but instead of addressing that, firms will just complain about hybrid offices some more. [Law.com]
* Congratulations to Sidney Powell, who dodged an ethics complaint when a Greg Abbott-appointed judge tossed the case. Aileen Cannon is an inspiration to so many out there… [Reuters]
* DOJ seeks sanctions against Google for deleting employee chats. Why delete them? Just leave them on the Google chat platform and literally no one will ever be able to find them again. [Law360]
* The legal luminary who convinced Mike Pence not to participate in a coup hopes to convince the former Veep to do the right thing again. [NY Times]
* Trump has MORE classified documents now? [CNN]
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Health Care / MedicineChallenging State Abortion Bans in Light of FDA’s Rule Change On The Sale Of Abortion Pills
The current legal landscape makes access to medication abortion crucial in protecting as much access to reproductive healthcare as possible and in protecting healthcare providers’ abilities to do their jobs without fear of prosecution. -
Morning DocketMorning Docket: 02.23.23
* Another effort to strike “non-lawyer” from the industry vernacular. Deploying the phrase to denigrate other professionals is bad, but… it’s pretty important for a host of ethical reasons that folks know if their law firm contact is a lawyer or not. [Law.com]
* Shocking absolutely no one, when faculty met to discuss an effort by some Christian law students to get official recognition for new clubs to exclude LGBTQ students, the meeting was recorded and leaked to Fox News. Because the whole point for these initiatives is to get on Fox News. But now police are involved and students are getting a crash course in the difference between one- and two-party consent states. [NHPR]
* Alex Murdaugh’s lawyer pulled a gun on the prosecutor? Meh, seems par for this course. [Intelligencer]
* Even if Section 230 survives, it won’t shield ChatGPT. [Lawfare]
* Regulators are starting to think billion-dollar crypto deals might be a problem. Welcome to the party. [Reuters]
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Health Care / MedicineWhy Federally Mandated Electronic Prescribing For Controlled Substances Will Benefit Public Health
Today, 35 states have passed mandates for electronic prescriptions for controlled substances with the aim being to reduce the risk of stolen or forged prescriptions and to prevent patients from ‘doctor shopping’ between states. -
Morning DocketMorning Docket: 02.22.23
* Elon Musk asks court to lift protections designed to keep him from committing more SEC violations. What could possibly go wrong? [CNBC]
* The Supreme Court may still want to blow up the internet, but they don’t seem like they want to do it over this case. [SCOTUSBlog]
* Delaware lowers bar passage score. Apparently global climate change has made hell freeze over. [Reuters]
* Hogan Lovells net income down 13 percent. Starting to see why they might be in the merger market. [American Lawyer]
* Put aside four days in the office… could we really operate on a four-day work week? Yes, reports obvious study. [Courthouse News Service]
* Law firms band together to oppose SEC request for the names of Covington clients targeted in cyberattack. [Law360]
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Government, Health Care / MedicinePBMs Come Under Fire During Senate Hearing
The Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing which discussed how the Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act would affect practices by pharmacy benefit managers, including clawbacks. Some questioned why PBMs are even necessary. -
Fashion, Intellectual PropertyWhy Did Burberry All But Stop Using Its Famous Check Pattern In The 2000s?
The Christopher Bailey era was relatively check-free, but behind the scenes...
