By Andrew Goudsward (Reuters) – Vice President Kamala Harris broke a deadlock in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday to secure confirmation for a civil rights lawyer nominated to be a federal judge in New York. Natasha Merle, who works on litigation for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, was confirmed to the U.S. District …
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(Reuters) – Book publisher Simon & Schuster has received a buyout bid from investor Richard Hurowitz, with backing from Abu Dhabi sovereign investor Mubadala Investment Company, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Reuters had in February reported that Paramount Global, the owner of Simon & Schuster, was making …
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By Patrick Wingrove NEW YORK (Reuters) -The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), the leading industry lobby group, and two other organizations on Wednesday said they were suing the U.S. government to block enforcement of a program that gives Medicare the power to negotiate drug prices. In a complaint filed in a federal court …
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By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday upheld a New York county’s law barring anti-abortion activists from approaching people outside abortion clinics, teeing up potential review by the U.S. Supreme Court. The Manhattan-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the law adopted last year by Westchester County, New York, was …
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By Andrew Chung NEW YORK (Reuters) – Conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Tuesday published a commentary in the Wall Street Journal defending himself from questions about his ethical conduct raised in a yet-to-be published article by news outlet ProPublica. The commentary on the WSJ website addressed what Alito referred to as “charges” …
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By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Tuesday struck down an Arkansas law prohibiting doctors from providing gender-affirming care including puberty blockers, hormones and surgery to transgender minors, a victory for families that had sued to challenge the law. “The evidence showed that (gender-affirming care) improves the mental health and well-being of patients …
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By Andrew Goudsward (Reuters) – A lawyer who argued on the losing side of the U.S. Supreme Court case that ended the national right to abortion won confirmation on Tuesday to a seat on a federal appeals court. The U.S. Senate confirmed Julie Rikelman, a top lawyer for the Center for Reproductive Rights, to the …
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By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – A Christian-owned wellness center is exempt from the federal law prohibiting employers from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. The unanimous three-judge panel of the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that Braidwood Management, which runs an …
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By Clark Mindock (Reuters) – A lawyer for 16 young people on Tuesday asked a Montana judge for a historic order declaring the state’s pro-fossil fuel policies violate their rights, wrapping up arguments in the first youth-led U.S. climate change lawsuit to make it to trial. Judge Kathy Seeley in Helena took the case under …
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By Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) – Georgia-Pacific can avoid litigating tens of thousands of asbestos lawsuits while its subsidiary Bestwall remains in bankruptcy, an appeals court ruled Tuesday. In a 2-1 decision, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that extending bankruptcy’s so-called “automatic stay” to protect Georgia-Pacific, which is not bankrupt, would give Bestwall …
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