Introduction On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its decision in the case, Dobbs, State Health Officer of the Mississippi Department of Health, et al. v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization et al., 597 US _____ (2022), which concluded that the United States Constitution does not confer a right to abortion….
28 June 2022 Winston & Strawn LLP To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. In a landmark decision, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organizationa divided Supreme Court of the United States has overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey, revoking…
Weekly Wrap The House of Representatives and Senate spent the week maneuvering bills in preparation of next Thursday’s June 30 budget deadline. Although five session days were originally scheduled, members were only in session for three days. On Monday, the House Education Committee reported out HB 2619 (Topper, R-Bedford), which would establish a performance-based funding…
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Ricardo Costa Macedo, Head of the Life Sciences and Intellectual Property groups at Caiado Guerreiro, clarifies the available intellectual property protection in the healthcare industry including trademarks, patents, domain names, and trade secrets. It is known that there is an increased demand for health services across the world. Global population growth, aging population and an…
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To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The legal distinction between independent contractors and employees is often written about: not so often the question of whether a working doctor is better off as an independent contractor or as an employee. If you have a choice, or the…
In Public Health Sudbury & Districts v. Ontario Nurses’ AssociationArbitrator Robert Herman accepted that an employee may be entitled to an exemption from an employer’s mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy on the basis of creed where they held a sincere belief that the relationship between the COVID-19 vaccines and fetal cell lines was contrary to their…
The commercialization of new food products, such as “meat” and “dairy” from new cell-based production techniques, may give rise to a range of intellectual property, regulatory and other legal issues. Both meat and dairy products are now able to be produced with minimal or no animal involvement. In the case of cell-based or “cultured” meat,…
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We previously discussed the requirements of the Hospital Price Transparency Rule (“Rule”) on health care providers and health plans, as well as CMS’s proposal to increase penalties for a hospital’s failure to comply with the Rule. About a year and a half after the Rule became effective, CMS has now imposed its first set of…
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP 16 June 2022 Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released four health advisories for the group of contaminants regularly referred to as “forever chemicals”…
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16 June 2022 Thompson Coburn LLP To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. On June 13, 2022, the US Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”), issued guidance on how covered entities and business associates can use remote communication technologies for…
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