Joanna Wright (left) of Boies Schiller and Linda C. Goldstein of Dechert. (Courtesy photos) How These Law Firms Prepped for Switch to State Courts in Abortion Rights Battle
"What might be a compelling argument in Arizona may not be a compelling argument in Florida, so it's not that a firm could go in and do a one-size-fits-all approach for all of the cases winding their way through state courts," said one law professor.
August 22, 2022 at 05:06 PM
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As the legal battle over abortion rights shifts to state courts, lawyers are diving into the history surrounding state constitutions in an attempt to ensure access to the procedure in the wake of the Supreme Court's recent landmark decision.
Firms are expected to bolster their legal teams with local counsel who have deep knowledge of a particular state's laws and bench for help in that arena, said Carmel Shachar, executive director of Harvard Law School's Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics.
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