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Law360 @law360.bsky.social · 16h

Colorado's drug price regulation board put a first-of-its-kind cap on a pricey autoimmune disease drug. Law360 Healthcare Authority breaks down the Colorado announcement and other moves by state regulators. www.law360.com/healt...

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Mark Payne @markpaynewrite.bsky.social · 18h

New: Last week, Colorado became the first state to set a hard cap on the price of a prescription medication. It likely won't be the last. www.law360.com/healthcare-a...

Colo. Drug Board First To Cap Drug Price, Likely Not The Last - Law360 Healthcare Authority

Colorado's drug price regulation board put a first-of-its-kind cap on a pricey autoimmune disease drug. Law360 Healthcare Authority breaks down the Colorado announcement and other moves by state regul...

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Ryan Van Velzer @ryanvanvelzer.bsky.social · 5d

Covington Police arrested CityBeat photo intern Lucas Griffith during a march on the Roebling Bridge in July. The case has made national headlines and drawn protest from press freedom groups. www.lpm.org/news/2025-10...

Jury finds Roebling protest journalist guilty of 1 misdemeanor, not guilty of 3 others

Covington Police arrested CityBeat photo intern Lucas Griffith during a march on the Roebling Bridge in July. The case has made national headlines and drawn protest from press freedom groups.

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Mark Payne @markpaynewrite.bsky.social · 7d

New analysis: Abortion activists from across the political spectrum will be watching as South Carolina lawmakers meet Wed. to consider an abortion ban that would make no exceptions for rape or incest and allow lengthy prison sentences under federal conspiracy law. www.law360.com/healthcare-a...

SC Mulls Bill To Make Early Abortions Felonies Under RICO - Law360 Healthcare Authority

Abortion access advocates say a proposed abortion ban in South Carolina sets a new “extreme” precedent. A bill sponsor calls it a strong deterrent that will criminalize all abortions in the first week...

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Mark Payne @markpaynewrite.bsky.social · 8d

New: The civil rights office at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is moving to cut off Harvard University from future funding, a maneuver legal experts say could stymie healthcare and biomedical research. www.law360.com/healthcare-a...

HHS Moves To Suspend Harvard From Funding - Law360 Healthcare Authority

The civil rights office at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is moving to cut off Harvard University from future funding, a maneuver legal experts say could stymie healthcare and biomed...

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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 9d

On Trial for Journalism in Kentucky: Two months after their arrests while covering a protest, a pair of local reporters face criminal charges. By @liamjscott.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/news/madelin...

On Trial for Journalism in Kentucky

Two months after their arrests while covering a protest, a pair of local reporters face criminal charges.

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 9d

“I can’t think of anything more chilling to First Amendment activity, or more designed to prevent coverage of high-profile, newsworthy events, than to criminally charge reporters for being present on the scene.”

On trial for journalism in Kentucky.

Two months after their arrests while covering a protest, a pair of local reporters face criminal charges.

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Law360 @law360.bsky.social · 12d

As legal losses pile up for drug manufacturers in their fight to overturn the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation program, pharma giant AstraZeneca is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to decide if the program infringes on its constitutional rights. www.law360.com/artic...

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Mark Payne @markpaynewrite.bsky.social · 13d

New: As legal losses pile up for drug manufacturers in their fight to overturn the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation program, pharma giant AstraZeneca is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to decide if the program infringes on its constitutional rights. www.law360.com/articles/239...

AstraZeneca Asks High Court To 'Unscramble' Drug Price Law - Law360

As legal losses pile up for drug manufacturers in their fight to overturn the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation program, pharma giant AstraZeneca is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to decide if the progra...

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Mark Payne @markpaynewrite.bsky.social · 13d

New analysis: Lawmakers are including lengthy statutes of limitations — often decades-long — in new bans on transgender care for minors. Advocates say long time frames for lawsuits make sense if a child is involved. Others see a "chilling" effect for providers. www.law360.com/healthcare-a...

Long Time Limits In Trans Care Laws Expand Doctors' Liability - Law360 Healthcare Authority

State lawmakers are including lengthy statutes of limitations — some of them decades-long — in new bans on transgender care for minors. Advocates say long time frames for prosecutions or civil suits m...

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Mark Payne @markpaynewrite.bsky.social · 14d

New: The states argued that while they don't directly receive mental health grants, slashing the funding will harm K-12 public schools and universities in those states that receive money for mental health programs that support students after school shootings.

Law360 @law360.bsky.social · 14d

A group of 16 states asked a federal judge not to let the U.S. Department of Education escape the states' claims that the agency violated federal law by discontinuing mental health grants given to public schools to help students cope with school shootings. www.law360.com/artic...

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Law360 @law360.bsky.social · 14d

The largest provider of reproductive healthcare in Kansas will face off with state officials this week at a trial outside Kansas City focused on a slate of state restrictions and requirements on abortion services, some of which long predate Dobbs.

Kansas Abortion Mandates On Trial: What You Need to Know - Law360 Healthcare Authority

The largest provider of reproductive healthcare in Kansas will face off with state officials this week at a long-awaited trial focused on a 24-hour abortion waiting period, among other state requirements.

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Katie Buehler @bykatiebuehler.bsky.social · 19d

BREAKING: President Donald Trump asks the Supreme Court to allow the Department of State to stop issuing passports with "X" sex designations, arguing a lower court order requiring it "has no basis in logic or law." #SCOTUS
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Kentucky Lantern @kentuckylantern.com · 20d

Andy Wolfson, journalist whose beat was justice, dies in Louisville
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Andy Wolfson, journalist whose beat was justice, dies in Louisville • Kentucky Lantern

Andy Wolfson, an investigative reporter for more than 44 years at The Courier Journal and the Louisville Times, has died. He was 70.

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 21d

Prosecutors must drop charges against two Cincinnati journalists arrested while covering a protest. Their jury trials are scheduled in just a couple weeks.

A coalition of rights groups and journalism professors explained why this prosecution is so dangerous.

Drop charges against Cincinnati journalists before upcoming trial

Journalists must not be put on trial for covering protests

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Law360 @law360.bsky.social · 21d

Two circuit courts issued notable rulings over the past week upholding federal and state laws aimed at lowering prescription drug prices. Law360 Healthcare Authority looks at these and other key cases you might have missed over the last week. www.law360.com/healt...

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Mark Payne @markpaynewrite.bsky.social · 21d

There are 10,000 rare diseases and only 46 gene therapies approved by the FDA. When New York Atty John MacGregor found out his son had Dravet Syndrome, a rare form of epilepsy, he set out to advocate in courts for better access to rare drugs. (No Paywall) www.law360.com/access-to-ju...

For Cahill Atty, Rare Disease Pro Bono Work Is Personal - Law360

John MacGregor of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP didn't have any experience in healthcare law before taking on a pro bono client that supports people with a rare form of epilepsy. MacGregor's son is one ...

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Law360 @law360.bsky.social · Sep 2

A group of former Wells Fargo employees is heading back to federal court this week with allegations it mismanaged their prescription drug benefits, leading to millions in overpayments. Law360 Healthcare Authority looks at what you should know. www.law360.com/artic...

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Law360 @law360.bsky.social · Aug 27

A group of health law experts told the U.S. Supreme Court that Colorado's conversion therapy ban doesn't violate healthcare providers' First Amendment rights. www.law360.com/artic...

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Mark Payne @markpaynewrite.bsky.social · Aug 27

New: A group of health law experts told the Supreme Court that Colorado's conversion therapy ban doesn't violate healthcare providers' First Amendment rights, arguing that the law is consistent with states' and the federal government's ability to regulate healthcare. www.law360.com/healthcare-a...

Scholars Tell High Court To Back Conversion Therapy Ban - Law360 Healthcare Authority

A group of health law experts told the U.S. Supreme Court that Colorado's conversion therapy ban doesn't violate healthcare providers' First Amendment rights, arguing that the law is consistent with s...

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Law360 @law360.bsky.social · Aug 27

In South Carolina, Planned Parenthood filed a new complaint challenging a state policy kicking the provider out of the state's Medicaid program for providing abortions. Law360 Healthcare Authority reviews this and more Medicaid and Medicare litigation. www.law360.com/healt...

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Mark Payne @markpaynewrite.bsky.social · Aug 20

New: This week, a federal court in Hawaii will hear arguments in a challenge to changes to the safety review process for the abortion drug mifepristone and whether they went beyond the scope of U.S. Food and Drug Administration authority. Here's 3 things to know. www.law360.com/healthcare-a...

Hawaii Abortion Drug Fight: 3 Things To Know - Law360 Healthcare Authority

The drug mifepristone has emerged as a key flash point in legal battles over state abortion restrictions, drug prescribing rules and the legalities of sending abortion medications across state lines. ...

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Mark Payne @markpaynewrite.bsky.social · Aug 20

New: A New York federal judge has given the green light to allow the state to revamp its Medicaid mental health services for children to expand greater in-home and crisis care to prevent the institutionalization of kids. www.law360.com/healthcare-a...

Judge Backs Deal To Overhaul NY Kids' Mental Healthcare - Law360 Healthcare Authority

A New York federal judge has given the green light to allow the state to revamp its Medicaid mental health services for children to expand greater in-home and crisis care to prevent the institutionali...

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Law360 @law360.bsky.social · Aug 15

The HHS is restarting a 1980s-era childhood vaccine task force that aims to improve safety and oversight, months after an anti-vaccine group previously headed by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sued the agency to reinstate the panel. www.law360.com/artic...

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Mark Payne @markpaynewrite.bsky.social · Aug 14

New: HHS said on Thursday it is restarting a 1980s-era childhood vaccine task force that aims to improve safety and oversight, months after an anti-vaccine group previously headed by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sued the agency to reinstate the panel. www.law360.com/health/artic...

HHS Relaunches Childhood Vaccine Panel After Lawsuit - Law360

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said on Thursday it is restarting a 1980s-era childhood vaccine task force that aims to improve safety and oversight, months after an anti-vaccine grou...

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