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• December 12, 2025

  1st Circ. OKs Barring Medicaid Planned Parenthood Coverage

  A First Circuit panel on Friday upheld the Trump administration's ban on Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood, vacating a lower court's order that would've kept in place Medicaid reimbursements for Planned Parenthood clinics in 22 states.

• December 12, 2025

  Real Estate Recap: Empowering NYC Nonprofit Buyers

  Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including attorney reactions to a New York City a bill that would give nonprofits the opportunity to buy certain residential buildings.

• December 12, 2025

  Printing Co. Defends Trial Win In $265M ESOP Sale Dispute

  A printing company's directors and employee stock ownership plan trustee say the Seventh Circuit should back their win over accusations they illegally undersold the company into private equity for $265 million, arguing the trial court correctly decided their interests were "perfectly aligned" with plan participants' interests.

• December 12, 2025

  Buyers Fight To Save Potency Suit Against Pot Co. Cresco

  A proposed class of consumers urged an Illinois federal judge to reject cannabis giant Cresco Labs' bid to end a lawsuit accusing it and its subsidiaries of mislabeling their products to get around state-mandated THC potency limits, arguing that their claims are not preempted by state law but "reinforce it."

• December 12, 2025

  7th Circ. Halts Release For Hundreds Of Ill. ICE Detainees

  The Seventh Circuit on Thursday halted a Chicago federal judge's order requiring the release of hundreds of immigrants arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, saying the Trump administration was likely to succeed in arguing he should have conducted individual determinations about whether their arrest violated a consent decree it had previously entered in the case.

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