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Judicial Appointments After Casey: Observers Wary but Hopeful Bipartisan Spirit Will Continue

There is one large unknown looming over the process, and it is beyond the control of either senator: How involved will President-elect Donald Trump want to be when it comes to district-level appointments?
8 minute read

National Law Journal

US Supreme Court Weighs Federal Agencies' Duty Under National Environmental Policy Act

Deputy U.S. Solicitor General Edwin Kneedler, representing the federal government, said the law gives agencies discretion in determining the level of their review of environmental impact.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Too Much Punishment? Lawyer Pushes Back After 3rd Suspension

The Texas Supreme Court is considerating a statute of limitations defense in a reciprocal discipline case from the Board of Disciplinary Appeals
4 minute read

National Law Journal

FDA Defends Rejection of Vape-Flavor Applications Before Sympathetic Supreme Court

"Common sense tells you that a flavor like 'Mother's Milk and Cookies' is going to be disproportionately attractive to children," Deputy U.S. Solicitor General Curtis Gannon told the justices.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Alston & Bird Achieves Higher Rating for Medicare Advantage Insurance Companies

UnitedHealth and several other insurers successfully challenged a downgrading of the 2025 Medicare Advantage plans based on a single call center phone call.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

'Nuclear Option'?: Eli Lilly Taps Big Law Firms in Federal Drug Pricing Dispute

The Health Resources and Services Administration has “invoked the nuclear option of removal from not only the 340B program but also Medicaid and Medicare Part B if manufacturers implement a cash replenishment model,” counsel for Eli Lilly—the manufacturer of Mounjaro, Trulicity and other treatments for weight loss or diabetes—alleged in their complaint.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

DC Judge, Applying 'Loper Bright,' Dismisses Complaint in Medicare Drug-Classification Dispute

U.S. District Senior Judge Beryl A. Howell ruled that federal law “precludes the exercise of jurisdiction to review the agency’s classification of certain oral-only drugs as ‘renal dialysis services’ and its decision to identify [Ardelyx Inc.’s drug Xphozah] as qualifying for such classification.”
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Texas AG Paxton Stops Biden's Spousal Parole For Undocumented Immigrants

"This unlawful parole scheme would have rewarded more than 1 million illegal aliens with citizenship and incentivized millions more to break into our country," Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Supreme Court Hearing on Facebook's Alleged Nondisclosure Yields 'Freakish' Hypotheticals

Justice Samuel Alito Jr. hypothesized a manufacturing plant which warned that a future fire could pose a threat to its business. Would the business have to then disclose that such a fire had already occurred?
5 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

A Strikingly Non-Partisan Election Day Argument

If asked about alliances between Supreme Court justices, few would put the names Elena Kagan and Samuel Alito Jr. in the same sentence.
6 minute read

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