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By Marcia Coyle | June 5, 2017
Three religious-affiliated, nonprofit hospital systems won reprieves from multimillion-dollar class actions Monday in the U.S. Supreme Court. But that relief may not be long-lasting. Here are some takeaways from plaintiffs' counsel, employment benefits attorneys, and others on the implications of the high court's decision.
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By Anna Zhang | June 5, 2017
Newly arrived Hong Kong partners Scott Jalowayski and Michael Nicklin lead the team acting for Goldman Sachs Private Equity.
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By Marcia Coyle | June 5, 2017
The employee retirement plans of religious-affiliated nonprofits are exempt from the protections and requirements of the federal pension law, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday. The decision was a blow to multimillion-dollar class actions that seek to hold those plans liable for violating the federal law.
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By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 2, 2017
Plaintiff's as applied challenge to 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(4) under the Second Amendment failed because he could not meet the second prong of step one under the 'Marzzarella' framework since he could not produce sufficient evidence to distinguish himself from the historically barred class as he had no record of responsible firearms usage and he had undergone continuing mental health treatment. Motion to dismiss granted.
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By R. Robin McDonald | June 2, 2017
Judge Richard Story, a Clinton appointee, has never previously handled multidistrict litigation but is experienced in complex class actions.
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By Steven J. Harper | June 2, 2017
Law firms are following the unfortunate path that has become a dominant approach in the medical profession: treating symptoms rather than the disease.
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By Kristen Rasmussen | June 1, 2017
Reporter Kristen Rasmussen profiles Melissa Pifko, one-half of a duo of chief legal officers at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Pifko is VP and CLO for health care and clinical affairs at the center; her colleague Daniel Reat was previously profiled.
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By Angela Morris | June 1, 2017
TLAP knows that students are anxious at bar exam time, and offer some advice to help.
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By Greg Land | June 1, 2017
A jury in Columbus cleared an obstetrician of liability in the death of an infant who died when his shoulder and body became lodge inside the mother…
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By therecorder | The Recorder | June 1, 2017
C.A. 4th; D070561 The Fourth Appellate District affirmed a judgment. The court held that an out-of-network medical provider was not entitled to be paid…
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