The Ohio Supreme Court appeared split Tuesday as to whether a new state law banning gender-affirming care for minors trumps a decade-old healthcare freedom provision passed by voters that says state laws can't block a patient from obtaining healthcare. 
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Ohio Justices Likely Split On Trans Care Restrictions

By Mark Payne

The Ohio Supreme Court appeared split Tuesday as to whether a new state law banning gender-affirming care for minors trumps a decade-old healthcare freedom provision passed by voters that says state laws can't block a patient from obtaining healthcare. 

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6th Circ. Reverses Mich. Couple's Retaliatory-Arrest Win

By Parker Quinlan

The Sixth Circuit ruled this week that two Michigan sheriff's deputies should be granted summary judgment in a lawsuit brought by a couple who claimed their First Amendment rights were violated when they were arrested for refusing to move back from an active crime scene.

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FedEx Asks 6th Circ. To Uphold $89M Foreign Tax Credit

By Kevin Pinner

FedEx is entitled to an $89 million tax refund because the U.S. Department of the Treasury lacked the authority to issue regulations disallowing foreign tax credits for offset earnings, the company told the Sixth Circuit, asking the court to uphold a lower court ruling.

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POLICY & REGULATION

Brief

House Looks To Expand Satellite Broadband In Appalachia

By Christopher Cole

The U.S. House of Representatives agreed Tuesday to a bill aimed at growing the reach of high-speed internet service throughout the Appalachian region using satellite connectivity.

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BANKRUPTCY

First Brands Seeks To Close Brakes, Spark Plug Businesses

By Ben Zigterman

First Brands has asked a Texas bankruptcy judge to let the auto parts supplier wind down some of its remaining businesses, including several brake components brands and its Autolite spark plug unit.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

DOJ Says Gov't Attys Can't Be Punished Over ICE's Actions

By Ryan Boysen

The Trump administration says a Minnesota federal judge erred by holding a government attorney in contempt after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement flouted a court order, claiming the lawyer was "wrongfully held captive to induce ICE's compliance."

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Judicial Conference Backs Latest Judge Newman Suspension

By Jack Karp

The federal judiciary on Tuesday upheld the latest extension of Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman's suspension and the decision not to transfer her case to another circuit, finding neither to be unconstitutional.

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Goldstein Seeks New Trial, Citing 'A Series Of Legal Errors'

By Emily Sawicki

SCOTUSblog founder and appellate icon Thomas Goldstein has filed a lengthy motion for a new trial or acquittal after his conviction on a dozen criminal charges related to tax evasion, alleging his trial was marred by improper jury instructions, improper exclusion of evidence and inadequate evidence, among other things.

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Analysis

Fraud Task Force May Boost White Collar Defense Work

By Phillip Bantz

A new federal anti-fraud task force involving at least a dozen federal agencies could soon expose more state and local governments, contractors, companies and others to compliance risks, particularly in healthcare fraud and False Claims Act cases, experts say.

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Fla. Judge Faces Discipline For Remark About Shooting Attys

By David Minsky

A Florida state judge is facing a public reprimand after admitting to becoming frustrated with attorneys in an estate dispute and saying that he "would like to tell the deputy to pull his gun and shoot all three of you," according to records filed Tuesday in the state's high court.

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Senate Confirms Chief Of New DOJ Fraud Division

By Courtney Bublé

The U.S. Senate voted 52-47, along party lines, on Tuesday to confirm Colin McDonald to the newly created assistant attorney general for fraud role.

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Reed Smith's Silence On Depo 'Speaks Volumes,' Ex-Atty Says

By Jake Maher

A former Reed Smith LLP attorney suing the firm for underpaying her based on her gender criticized the firm for its "inexcusable delay and attempted meandering" in seeking to resume deposing her years after her last deposition date.

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Beasley Allen Says NJ Justices Review Of Talc DQ 'Essential'

By George Woolston

Beasley Allen urged the New Jersey Supreme Court to hear its appeal of a lower court's decision to disqualify it from representing plaintiffs in multicounty litigation over Johnson & Johnson's talc-based baby powder, arguing that the court's immediate review of the interlocutory order is "essential."

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Hogan Lovells

Miller Johnson Snell

Munger Tolles

Nelson Mullins

O'Melveny & Myers

Reed Smith

Sills Cummis

Skadden Arps

Thompson Hine

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

American Bar Association

American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio

Boston University

Brake Parts Inc. LLC

FedEx Corp.

First Brands Group

Johnson & Johnson

McDonald's Corp.

New Civil Liberties Alliance

Stanford University

The University of Alabama System

Walbro LLC

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Appalachian Regional Commission

Federal Trade Commission

Florida Supreme Court

Judicial Conference of the United States

New Jersey Supreme Court

Ohio Attorney General's Office

Ohio Supreme Court

Small Business Administration

U.S. Attorney's Office

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Minnesota

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of California

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. District & Bankruptcy Courts of Southern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

U.S. Government Accountability Office

U.S. House of Representatives

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U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

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