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The Importance of Estate Planning for Families

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Everyone should have an estate plan. Your estate plan is the roadmap in a crisis, providing guidance to loved ones on how to proceed and ensuring your wishes and goals are met. For those with young children or children with...more

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Supreme Court Upholds Tennessee Transgender Care Ban

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In a widely awaited for decision, the Supreme Court in a 6-3 opinion authored by Justice Roberts held that a Tennessee law which prohibits certain medical treatments (puberty blockers and hormones) for transgender minors,...more

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DOJ Memo Identifies False Claims Act and Enforcement Risks Related to Gender Transition Medication and Procedures

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Attorney General (AG) Pam Bondi has issued a memorandum titled “Preventing the Mutilation of American Children” (the Memo) to select Component Heads of the Department of Justice (DOJ). Released on April 22, 2025, the Memo...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Attorney General Issues Guidance to U.S. Department of Justice Regarding Transgender Healthcare for Children

On April 22, 2025, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a memorandum entitled “Preventing the Mutilation of American Children” (“the AG Memorandum”)....more

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Ep. 54 – Situations to Address in Your Minor Consent Policies – Part 2

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Healthcare providers often have a detailed policy outlining when a minor may consent to care and when a parent or legal guardian’s consent is needed. Situations can arise in the treatment of minors that can make administering...more

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Navigating Divorce in Arizona: Why You Shouldn’t Ignore Your Estate Plan

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Divorce is an emotional and complex process, but one important aspect that often gets overlooked is your estate plan. If you don’t update it, your estranged spouse could still inherit your assets or make crucial financial and...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Overview of Trump’s Executive Order on Pediatric Gender Dysphoria Matters

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Navigating the Trump administration executive order impacting pediatric gender dysphoria evidence, coverage, disclosures, regulation, legislation, and enforcement as well as grants to certain medical institutions, including...more

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Safeguarding Children's Rights in the UAE: An Overview of Federal Law on Child Protection (Wadeema's Law)

Wadeema’s Law, officially known as Federal Law No. 3 of 2016 Concerning Child Rights, stands as a cornerstone of child protection in the UAE. Named after a tragic case of child abuse that shocked the nation, the law was...more

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Three Essential Estate Planning Documents Everyone Needs

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A complete estate plan includes essential documents such as a Health Care Proxy, Living Will, Power of Attorney, and Last Will & Testament, which are vital in protecting your medical, legal, and financial decisions. These...more

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Women Lack Access to Maternity Care. That’s Unacceptable.

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We live in a world where exciting medical research promises to cure cancer, prevent heart attacks, and push back the effects of aging. Sadly, we also live in a world in which “maternity care deserts” are growing across the...more

Holland & Hart LLP

Idaho's New Parental Consent Law: FAQs

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Idaho’s new parental consent law took effect July 1, 2024. Under the new law: “[A]n individual shall not furnish a health care service or solicit to furnish a health care service to a minor child without obtaining the...more

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LePage v. Mobile Infirmary Association: Alabama Wrongful Death of a Minor Statute Applies to Cryogenically Preserved Embryos

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Carole M. Bass and Cara Koss co-authored this article. The authors have long raised as an issue the impact personhood legislation could have on assisted reproduction and, by extension, on estate and trust administration...more

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In Alabama, Pre-Embryos are “Extrauterine Children” Under the State’s Wrongful Death Statute

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On February 16, 2024, the Alabama Supreme Court issued an opinion in the consolidated cases LePage et al., v. The Center for Reproductive Medicine et al. and Burdick-Aysenne et al., v. The Center for Reproductive Medicine et...more

Rumberger | Kirk

2024 Proposed Bills Affecting Florida Public and Private Employers

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The 2024 Florida Legislative Session is officially in full swing. Below is a list of proposed bills that, if passed, may affect employers moving forward. The Employment team at RumbergerKirk will continue to monitor all...more

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Massachusetts Extends Protections for Counseling Records of Survivors of Sexual Assault

Massachusetts Extends Protections for Counseling Records of Survivors of Sexual Assault - The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled in In the Matter of a Motion to Compel, SJC-13336 that the Superior Court could...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Transgender Youth and Access to Healthcare

Despite recent evidence showing that debates regarding the restriction of transgender persons’ rights have negatively impacted LGBTQ+ youth mental health and that physicians generally oppose legislation that interferes in or...more

Proskauer - Proskauer For Good

Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against New York State for Failure to Provide Legally Required Mental Health Services to...

Proskauer, in conjunction with attorneys from Children’s Rights, Disability Rights New York, and the National Health Law Program, have filed a class action lawsuit against New York officials in response to the mental health...more

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Lawmakers order schools to give teens more time for California dreaming

If millions of young folks in the nation’s largest state seem even sunnier than before, that may be because they are getting a wee bit more needed shut eye: California has become the first state in the nation to order public...more

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Marijuana, Medication, and Minors, Oh My! New Medication Laws For Schools

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You would be forgiven if you can’t keep up with the many changes in the Illinois laws governing education at back-to-school time this year. As if Illinois special educators and administrators don’t have enough to do already,...more

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