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SCOTUS will decide whether Medicaid beneficiaries can sue over state’s defunding of Planned Parenthood

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/12/24

Three Takeaways From the Montana Supreme Court Decision Guaranteeing a Right to a Stable Climate

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/12/24

Proponents of more comprehensive climate regulations who are frustrated by the federal government have increasingly turned their attention to state litigation....
By: ArentFox Schiff

Supreme Court Remands NLRB Successor Bar Case, Signaling Potential Changes to Board Deference Doctrine

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/12/24

On December 16, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated a D.C. Circuit opinion in Hosp. Menonita de Guayama, Inc. v. Nat’l Lab. Rels. Bd., 94 F.4th 1 (D.C. Cir.

Santa’s Helpers: Montana Supreme Court Justices Deliver a Climate Change Miracle to Sixteen Youths

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/12/24

One week before Christmas, the Montana Supreme Court delivered a landmark gift to sixteen youth plaintiffs in Head, et al., v. State of Montana, et al., 2024 MT 300 (Mont. 2024), holding that the State of Montana violated their constitutional rights to a clean environment.

Generative AI Meets Generative Litigation: News Corp Continues Its Battle Against Perplexity AI

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/12/24

Plaintiffs Dow Jones & Company, Inc., NYP Holdings, Inc., and corporate parent News Corporation have renewed their intellectual property (IP) complaint against artificial intelligence (AI)-powered “answer engine” Perplexity AI in the District Court for the Southern District of New York....

Must A Buyer Accept An Open Building Permit On Closing?

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/12/24

In recent years, courts in Ontario have struggled with the answer to this question, and we direct you to our earlier blog, Requisitioning the Closure of Open Building Permits, on the subject that considered the 2022 case Chan v Mangal1 that also looked at the issue....

Beauty is Pain: Lessons and Trends Impacting the Beauty Industry and Employment Law Concerns for 2025 and Beyond

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/12/24

It was a normal, busy day at Young’s Nail Spa in Temecula, California, when the nail salon was abruptly hit with a $1.2 million fine by the California Labor Commissioner after an investigation found that 36 workers were misclassified and improperly paid.

Christmas Came Early: Justice Delivered in Supplier Dispute Over Unjust Enrichment

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/12/24

The AirBoss saga continues… This holiday season, AirBoss Flexible Products Co. received a monumental legal victory, righting a costly wrong in MSSC, Inc. v. AirBoss.

OIG Issues Special Fraud Alert Regarding Marketing Payments Related to Medicare Advantage

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/12/24

On December 11, 2024, OIG issued a Special Fraud Alert to warn the industry about the fraud and abuse risks associated with abusive Medicare Advantage (MA) organization (MAO) and agent and broker relationships with healthcare professionals (HCPs).

Montana Supreme Court Upholds Climate Ruling Enshrining Right to a "Stable Climate"

By EsqSocial Corporation 23/12/24

On December 18, 2024, the Montana Supreme Court issued a ruling upholding a lower state court's decision that, under Montana's constitution, there is a “fundamental constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment [that] includes climate as part of the environmental life support system.”

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