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July 09, 2026
A Memphis gynecologist was sentenced to 20 years in prison Wednesday in Tennessee federal court after being convicted in a case where he was accused of repeatedly inserting dirty, single-use medical devices into patients' vaginas for hysteroscopies and submitting reimbursement claims for medically unnecessary procedures.
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July 09, 2026
A divided New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a criminal defendant accused of sexually assaulting his niece made the rare showing required to obtain a judge's private review of the alleged victim's mental health records, finding a trial court properly applied the state's heightened discovery standard.
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July 09, 2026
The Fifth Circuit has ruled that three police officers were correctly granted qualified immunity from a civil lawsuit alleging that they were deliberately indifferent to man in their custody who died as a result of a mistreated medical emergency.
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July 09, 2026
An attorney named in a business owner's sprawling racketeering suit against his former business partner and numerous alleged co-conspirators has asked a California federal judge to throw out the claims, arguing the lawyer's actions were protected litigation activity and that the business owner lacks standing to sue.
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July 09, 2026
The Fourth Circuit will not rethink its decision last month affirming the convictions of two St. Louis attorneys accused of engineering a $22 million tax avoidance scheme.
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