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By The Associated Press | December 20, 2022
Robert Wiser Bates, 39, of Ridgeland, threatened to kill Walensky in voicemails left in July 2021 at the CDC headquarters in Atlanta, court records said.
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By Mason Lawlor | December 19, 2022
"The district court erred by misconstruing the Students' argument as a right to education generally, despite the record clearly establishing that the Students are alleging a denial of access to in-person education—a specific 'service, program, or activity' that CCSD provides to all students," Circuit Judge Charles R. Wilson wrote. On remand, the district court must analyze under the "correct scope: access to the benefits provided by in-person schooling," the opinion said.
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By Avalon Zoppo | December 19, 2022
Judge James Graves Jr. said his colleagues wrongly relied on the "major questions" doctrine in upholding the injunction.
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By Emily Cousins | December 16, 2022
"In addition to a $4.2 million penalty, Dr. Sidana and his clinic's billing will be subject to ongoing oversight and scrutiny to ensure these unacceptable practices never occur again," Attorney General William Tong said.
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By Allison Dunn | December 15, 2022
"Ostensibly, the subject of the complaint is disability discrimination. Nonetheless, it says next to nothing about plaintiff's claimed disability. Instead, it consists almost entirely of a rambling and hyperbolic tirade against the state court system generally and the mask requirement specifically," Chief Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV wrote.
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By Colleen Murphy | December 12, 2022
Attorneys from Reed Smith, who filed an amicus brief on behalf of nonprofit United Policyholders, said the case "well demonstrates some of the inappropriate major hurdles that policyholders had to clear in litigating claims for loss from loss or damage from SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 and consequent orders of civil authorities."
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By Allison Dunn | December 9, 2022
The state's money wasn't used for business purposes; rather, the AG's office claims the defendants spent $52,000 in charges at casinos, $46,000 in Venmo cash transfers, $7,400 at a furniture store in California and more than $3,000 in charges for UberEats.
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By Associated Press | December 9, 2022
Rep. Joe Harding, a 35-year-old Republican, is accused of illegally obtaining or trying to obtain more than $150,000 from the Small Business Administration in pandemic aid loans.
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By Aleeza Furman | December 8, 2022
Jury verdicts in particular have seen a sharp increase, with 2022's numbers on track to surpass 2020's by 130%.
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By Bindu Nair | December 8, 2022
On Oct. 7, 2022, in what has become a hotly contested decision, the Appellate Division, Fourth Department concluded that the statute repealing New York's Emergency or Disaster Treatment Protection Act is to be given prospective application and not retroactive application. The author writes that the decision "will significantly impact those COVID-19 litigation claims being brought against nursing homes recently in the Empire State by plaintiffs arguing that the repeal of EDTPA was meant to be retroactive."
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