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Courts find pandemic orders unlawful in Michigan and Pennsylvania. Will the SJC do the same?
Pending before the highest court in Massachusetts is Desrosiers v. Baker, a lawsuit challenging the many unilateral orders Governor Charlie Baker has issued since declaring a state of emergency seven months ago. The Supreme Judicial Court heard oral arguments in the case on Sept. 11, but hasn’t yet issued a decision. That delay has a silver lining:…
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Regulatory Recap: Week in Review
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal of a lower court ruling that upheld a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services rule that reduced Medicaid reimbursements to several children’s hospitals. The hospitals argued that the case was a good opportunity to reconsider Chevron deference, which instructs judges to defer to reasonable agency interpretations of ambiguous statutes. Read the full article TweetShareShare0 Shares
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LA Moratorium Battle Joins Dozens Across The Country
A suite of protections the city of Los Angeles put in place to keep tenants in their homes during the coronavirus pandemic hangs in the balance after a new legal challenge from a Southern California apartment owners association. It now joins dozens of both state and local eviction protections that are the subject of court…
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