Obamacare
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 02.16.17
* Fantastic analogy, now all the geeks love you. [io9]
* The Senate wants an update from the FBI and Justice Department on exactly what went down with Mike Flynn’s resignation. [Daily Kos]
* Fox News settled sexual harassment claims, but did they violate SEC rules in the process? [Law and More]
* What Neil Gorsuch will really be like on the Supreme Court. [The Onion]
* Was a narcoleptic CIA agent discriminated against because of their disability? [Wake Forest Law Review]
* The IRS is moving against Obamacare. [TaxProf Blog]
* SiriusXM’s big Second Circuit victory. [Hollywood Reporter]
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Biglaw, Politics
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Health Care / Medicine
Conservatives Getting Antsy Over ACA Repeal
“There is a lot less agreement about what comes next.”
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Health Care / Medicine
Why Docs Couldn’t Love Obamacare, And What They Want In A Replacement
Physicians were wary of the solvency of health insurance co-ops created under the ACA. When ACA exchange health insurers faltered, reimbursements weren’t paid to physicians. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 01.27.17
* Ed Meese in defense of Trump SCOTUS shortlister William Pryor. [The Daily Signal] * What the Chief Justice's writings tell us about the constitutionality of the global gag rule. [Slate] * What does the cert success rate look like this Term? [Empirical SCOTUS] * The potential legal actions over Trump's copycat cake. [Dorf on Law] * Could you do semi-retirement? [Law and More] * Are the GOP getting spooked over Obamacare repeal? [Washington Post] -
Health Care / Medicine
What Would A Republican ACA Replacement Plan Look Like?
An interview with conservative health care expert Lanhee Chen, co-author of the influential American Enterprise Institute proposal to replace the Affordable Care Act. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 01.19.17
* President Obama commuted the sentences of an additional 330 federal prisoners held on drug convictions today. [Huffington Post]
* The Democrats who are not going to attend the inauguration. [Politico]
* More dustup over undisclosed celebrity endorsements. [The Fashion Law]
* Need a new job? Do you know how to crack the phone interview? [Law and More]
* Noam Chomsky has some thoughts on the ACA repeal. [Salon]
* This has become particularly poignant. [Slate]
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Canada, Family Law, Health Care / Medicine, Kids
If the ACA Goes Away, Do We All Need To Move to Canada (For Surrogacy)?
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Health Care / Medicine
Full ACA Repeal Could Be Death Knell For Rural Hospitals
The Affordable Care Act, which President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to repeal, threw a number of life-savers to rural hospitals. -
Justice, Politics, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Rep. Steve King Proposes Bill To Prevent Supreme Court From Citing Its Own Precedent
Amendment or GTFO, Steve King. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 10.21.16
* Rhonda Crawford, the Illinois law clerk who allegedly posed as a judge and was running unopposed for her own judgeship, was indicted for her judicial impersonation. Crawford does not intend to drop out of the race for a seat on the bench, despite the state bar ethics commission seeking to suspend her license to practice. [Chicago Tribune]
* London firms CMS and Olswang are merging with international firm Nabarro for a three-way combination that’s set to close in May 2017 and operate under the name CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang, but rumor has it an American firm wants to get in on the action. Will Hunton & Williams join in for four-way fun? [The Lawyer]
* “[M]aybe Republicans can stop with the 60-something repeal votes they’ve taken … and just work with the next president to smooth out the kinks.” President Obama hopes that maybe when his second term in the White House is over, his signature healthcare law can be fixed. He doesn’t even care if they change its name to “Reagancare.” [Reuters]
* “The panic is starting to set in. Those who have a lot of interests at stake need to do work now.” Lawyers across the pond are poised for a profitable 2017 thanks to people scrambling for legal advice following Brexit, but those billables won’t last forever; after all, lawyers aren’t “immune to a broader economic slowdown.” [Big Law Business]
* More law schools are partially or completely covering bar exam preparation costs for their students, but with pass rates plummeting across the nation, you must be curious if this trend has had any positive effect. It worked for Loyola New Orleans and Southern University, whose pass rates for first-timers increased quite a bit. [ABA Journal]
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Continuing Legal Education / CLE, Sponsored Content
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Antitrust, Politics
Yes, No, Or Maybe? Did Aetna Threaten The DOJ Over Their Proposed Merger?
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 08.22.16
* Sonia Sotomayor is proving she is a different kind of Supreme Court justice. [Guile is Good]
* Nick Denton gets a nice payday in exchange for a non-compete clause. [Wall Street Journal]
* Federal judge rules Ferguson School District violated the Voting Rights Act. [Huffington Post]
* Democrats are screwing up Obamacare — does this open the door to the single-payer option? [Slate]
* Even Mike Pence can’t keep a straight face when confronted with Trump’s “ideas.” [Salon]
* The battle over #sponsored posts continues. [Speechwriter-Ghostwriter]
* No maternity leave? No problem. Just learn the basics of an office birth. [Funny or Die]
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SCOTUS, Supreme Court
The Ghost Of Antonin Scalia Felt In Recent Supreme Court Decision
The impact of Justice Scalia's death is still being felt. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.13.16
* “Congress is the only source for such an appropriation, and no public money can be spent without one.” The House was successful in its suit over the improper funding of an Obamacare subsidy program, but this victory may serve as a setback to those who have come to rely upon it. You can expect the Obama administration to appeal. [POLITICO]
* The Ninth Circuit will allow attorneys who secured a victory in the Stetson BARBRI antitrust case to get a second chance to score the nearly $2M in attorneys fees they originally requested before Judge Manuel Real shot them down. Due to his prior “erroneous findings and conclusions,” the Ninth Circuit has essentially removed Judge Real from the case. [Courthouse News Service]
* “People are turned off on legal education because of a lack of suitable paying jobs.” Even while facing a dearth of applicants, Minnesota Law has decided to scale back on the size of its first-year class — taking in less of the tuition income that it needs to survive — in order to preserve its standing as a top law school. [DealBook / New York Times]
* Former partners of the dearly departed Dickstein Shapiro will no longer have to worry about that $8.4 million sublease lawsuit filed by Sullivan & Worcester after they left the firm’s New York office to lateral en masse to Blank Rome. Both sides have amicably resolved their dispute, but we wonder how much it cost to do so. [Big Law Business]
* A grand jury has upgraded the charges against Ryan Petersen, the man alleged to have shot 23-year-old law firm clerk Chase Passauer to death in his office chair. Peterson had been charged with second-degree murder in Passauer’s death, but now faces a charge of premeditated first-degree murder for the commission of the crime. [Star Tribune]
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Samuel Alito, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
After 10 Years, Sam Alito Is The Most Important Conservative On The Supreme Court
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Insurance, Sponsored Content
First Post-ACA Mega Merger Moves Forward
A federal employee who was injured in a car accident and subsequently received a settlement payment from the other driver’s insurer was required to reimburse her health insurance plan for benefits it had paid in connection with her injuries, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ruled, affirming the Kansas federal court. -
Biglaw, Health Care / Medicine
Leaked Memo: Which Biglaw Firm Is Gouging Employees On Health Insurance?
Which Biglaw firm recently decided to pass off the rising costs of its high-end health plan onto all of its employees? -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 10.20.15
* “This is the best we can do” doesn’t sound like a ringing endorsement on policy change, but at least the bipartisan sentencing reform bill has a chance to see the light of day. [National Law Journal]
* Corporate scandals feed more and more of the news cycle, and general counsels are key to responding. [Law360]
* Speaking of corporate scandals, the Petrobras corruption scandal has already cost an estimated $5 billion in losses. [Corporate Counsel]
* Yup, Republicans are still trying to undo Obamacare via lawsuit. The Obama administration just lost a ruling to immediately appeal the viability of the lawsuit. [Wall Street Journal]
* The Dewey trial’s hing jury mirrors the dysfunction of the Dewey & LeBoeuf partnership. [American Lawyer]
* The feds are cracking down on drone registration, which means a bunch of new regulations to follow, you know, if you are into flying drones. [Fortune]