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Sunday, January 6, 2019

“The other abortion ban: I wanted to provide abortions for my patients; My med school wouldn’t teach me how.” Stephanie Ho has this essay in the Outlook section of today’s edition of The Washington Post.

Posted at 9:38 PM by Howard Bashman



“Fighting a Tort Plague: Should a drug company be punished for following FDA rules?” The Wall Street Journal has published this editorial.

Posted at 4:57 PM by Howard Bashman



“Hetero employees can’t claim reverse discrimination when federal law doesn’t shield gays, lesbians — judge”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight had this post just under one year ago.

Now, according to a new report from Daniel Wiessner of Reuters headlined “5th Circuit to weigh claims that worker was fired for being straight” (subscription required for full access), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit is scheduled to hear oral argument of the former employee’s appeal on Wednesday. The three-judge panel assigned to hear and decide the case consists of Circuit Judges Edith H. Jones, Catharina Haynes, and Andrew S. Oldham.

Posted at 4:23 PM by Howard Bashman



“House Democrats Hire New Top Lawyer To Defend Affordable Care Act”: Carrie Johnson had this audio segment on Friday evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered.”

Posted at 1:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“SCOTUS to review trademark that suggests F-word in 1st Amendment case against patent office”: Andrew Blake of The Washington Times has this report.

Posted at 11:15 AM by Howard Bashman