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5/27/22

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May 272022

 

• New Job Openings Posted
• A capital case that tests the right to represent oneself at trial
• NYC Installs WiFi at Every Family Homeless Shelter Following Legal Settlement
• Can Mississippi trump FDA regulations to restrict abortion pills? Federal judge considers the issue

5/26/22

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May 262022

 

• New Job Openings Posted
• Medicaid Pregnancy Care Varies Widely by State
• Cities Support Community Land Trusts to Protect Affordable Housing
• Patient billed about $230K for surgery after $1,300 estimate is protected by contract law, state supreme court says

5/25/22

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May 252022

 

• New York Independent Assessor
• Diversity on state supreme courts shows little improvement, report finds
• Opinion Analysis: Courts may not “make up” new procedural rules to favor arbitration
• PUBLIC NOTICE: A meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Interest on Lawyer Account (IOLA) Fund of the State of New York will be held on Wednesday June 8, 2022, beginning at 12:00 PM

5/24/22

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May 242022

 

• Conservative majority hollows out precedent on ineffective-counsel claims in federal court
• Defendants who delay can lose their chance to arbitrate, court rules in 9-0 decision
• Is prison time a possibility under restrictive abortion laws? One state authorizes life sentences for medical doctors

5/23/22

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May 232022

 

• ICE ‘now operates as a domestic surveillance agency,’ think tank says
• Justices split over question of federal court review in immigration cases

5/20/22

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May 202022

 

• Federal judge strikes down sign law requiring transgender bathroom warnings
• Justices split over question of federal court review in immigration cases
• Starting this fall, many Native American students won’t be charged tuition at University of California law schools

5/19/22

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May 192022

 

• Judge cites challengers’ religious beliefs in blocking transgender health care requirements
• Report: Time to Get It Right: State Actions Now Can Preserve Medicaid Coverage When Public Health Emergency Ends
• NYS Medicaid Redesign Team II (MRT II) Medicaid Cuts — Independent Assessor delay to May 16, 2022 for MLTC enrollment – and to July 1st for Expedited Requests

5/18/22

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May 182022

 

• Kearns warns county must reckon with new ‘zombies’
• Erie County Clerk’s ZOMBIE Initiative Tax Delinquency Report
• To afford median rents, median income needs to double in NYC