Healthcare
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Finance, In-House Counsel
In-House Q&A: UnitedHealthcare's Elizabeth Kremenak
The company's Senior Associate General Counsel shares some lessons she learned in becoming an in-house attorney and weighs in on emerging roles for lawyers in healthcare. -
Lawsuit of the Day
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Finance
Paying For Single-Payer Medicare For All: Financial Messaging For Kamala Harris And Other Democratic Candidates
We’re already paying for Medicare for all, and then some. We’re just not getting it.
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In-House Counsel
Sacrificing The Legal Battle To Win The Political War
Sometime you need an individually tailored path at the outset. -
Money, News, Technology
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Crime
Fitbit Evidence: The Latest Dystopian Law School Hypothetical Come To Life
All of this self-tracking will lead to a treasure trove of questionable evidence for prosecutors to pick and choose at. -
Money, News, Technology
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 07.27.17
* More details on the lawyer who took down the University of Florida’s general counsel. [Deadspin]
* Welp, this is what happens when they stop teaching treason at Harvard Law School. [Salon]
* “Too skinny” is a bad thing when it applies to your health insurance. [The Slot]
* The House Judiciary Committee is just bonkers, y’all. [Wonkette]
* You should probably be stocking up on these. [Corporette]
* Is your privacy taking a beating in the war against opioids? [Overlawyered]
* Advice for lawyers: pick up the damn phone. [Wisconsin Lawyer]
* Rikers Island traded one awful practice for another. [Pacific Standard]
* Will this terrible murder be the beginning of an era of regulation for the cruise line industry? [Law and More]
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 07.18.17
* The ethics probe into Scott Pruitt gains steam. [Huffington Post]
* Elon Musk thinks we need to regulate AI now, before it’s “too late.” Yeah, we should probably listen to him, but we won’t. [Recode]
* What’s left after you lose Andrew Napolitano? [Salon]
* Taking the New York bar exam? You’d better be on top of your lunch plans. [Custom Gourmet]
* If you were in a deposition or otherwise occupied all day today, you missed the rise and fall of another vain attempt by Republicans to score a healthcare win. [The Hill]
* Oh good, the constitutional crisis could get worse. [Salon]
* Shedding the semi-retired label. [Law and More]
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 06.27.17
* Antitrust laws are going strong... in the EU. [Huffington Post] * And antitrust might just be getting a little boost right here at home. [The Hill] * Trolling journos is a great way to kill democracy. [Forward] * Confused by the travel ban ruling? You're not alone. [Slate] * Marilyn Mosby is under attack. [The Root] * Trump could be hurting the perception of the American legal system. [Law and More] * Liz Warren is out in front on health care. [Salon] -
Non-Sequiturs: 05.09.17
* Wanda Sykes’s is a big fan of Sally Yates. Wanda Sykes is all of us. [Jezebel]
* If this happens I will be gladly paying my New York State income taxes from now on. [Salon]
* No, Tiffany Trump cannot take (most of) these classes next year because, you know, she’ll be a 1L. [Slate]
* Some of these people are making it a habit to argue in front of SCOTUS. [Empirical SCOTUS]
* JDs don’t have the same power as MBAs. [Law and More]
* It’s like it never even happened. [The Root]
* Sure, this they’ll prepare for. Health-care reform? Not so much. [The Hill]
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 05.04.17
* What dystopian hell have we landed in? The Vice President of the United States is touting an anti-abortion “A-Team.” Stop the world, I wanna get off. [Huffington Post]
* The double standard just may be too much for the Sessions Department of Justice to bear. [Litigation Daily]
* NYPD has closed its investigation into the death of Judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam, though the medical examiner has yet to determine cause of death. [Law and More]
* A lawyer’s death provides inspiration to help repair the system. [Guile Is Good]
* Is it possible there’ll be an actual check on Jeff Sessions? [Slate]
* Don’t think you’re safe just because you have employer-provided health care. [Salon]
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 04.04.17
* Big picture: Does it matter if Dems can block Neil Gorsuch? [Rewire]
* Pressure is mounting on Donald Trump to create a hate crimes task force. [Huffington Post]
* “It’s dismaying and surprising.” Tell us what you really think about Jeff Sessions’s latest. [Slate]
* Don’t worry — it gets worse. [Salon]
* New business in NDAs. [Law and More]
* Can you really wear that to work? [Corporette]
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Health Care / Medicine
Of All The Dumb Ideas...
A health care system built upon the default concept that employers should be entrusted to provide quality health insurance is galactically stupid! -
Biglaw, Politics
Practice Areas Positioned For Winning Under The Trump Administration
Columnist Scott Mozarsky predicts which practice areas might pick up the most over the next four years. -
Health Care / Medicine
Pharma Companies Routinely Bend Rules Under Orphan Drug Act
A Kaiser Health News investigation shows that the system intended to help desperate patients is being manipulated by drugmakers to maximize profits, -
Health Care / Medicine
Deals Roundup: The Latest In The Healthcare Industry
The latest billion dollar deals. -
Money, News, Technology
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Continuing Legal Education / CLE, Sponsored Content
5 Monumental SCOTUS Decisions Every Lawyer Should Know About
As the highest court in the land, the U.S. Supreme Court serves as the final arbiter of the law and guardian of America’s constitutional liberties....