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DC Circ. Stands By Decision Nixing $7B Power Line Fight
By Jared Foretek
The D.C. Circuit has rejected an en banc rehearing petition from Illinois landowners and farmers challenging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's decision to issue a license for the $7 billion Grain Belt Express transmission project, affirming an appellate panel and a district court's findings that the plaintiffs lack standing.
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11th Circ. Won't Revive Disney Workers' COVID Vax Bias Suit
By Gina Kim
The Eleventh Circuit refused to revive a discrimination suit by former Disney employees over the company's COVID-19 vaccine mandate and augmented protocols requiring unvaccinated workers to socially distance and wear masks, ruling Wednesday the appellants never made religious objections to those protocols and never sought religious-based accommodations.
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Drugmaker Escapes Suit As Deceased Found To Be Negligent
By Jonathan Capriel
A medication manufacturer can't be held liable for the death of a woman who suffered a heart attack after using a drug designed only for those with asthma and potentially fatal to those without, a North Carolina appeals court ruled Wednesday in a published opinion, saying the death was caused by the failure of the woman and her boyfriend to read the label.
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High Court ACA Ruling May Harm Preventative Care
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Kennedy v. Braidwood last week, ruling that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services secretary has authority over an Affordable Care Act preventive care task force, risks harming the credibility of the task force and could open the door to politicians dictating clinical recommendations, says Michael Kolber at Manatt.
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