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July 12, 2023
Texas DAs' Abortion Silence Bars Outsiders' Help, Groups Say
Reproductive rights advocates told a Texas federal judge Wednesday that seven prosecutors who refuse to say whether they would prosecute those who help women obtain out-of-state abortions shouldn't be dismissed from an abortion-related enforcement challenge because their silence has kept funds and others from providing services.
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June 21, 2023
Texas District Attys Want Abortion Ban Challenge Dismissed
Seven Texas prosecutors told a federal judge that an abortion-related enforcement challenge should be dismissed, arguing that a group of reproductive rights advocates doesn't have evidence to back up allegations that the attorneys plan to prosecute those who help women obtain out-of-state abortions.
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March 27, 2023
Texas Attys. Can't Lead Class In Abortion Row, Judge Told
Five Texas prosecutors told a federal judge that, just because the prosecutors can enforce criminal statutes, doesn't mean they can be class representatives in a lawsuit brought by a group of reproductive rights advocates hoping to block punishment against those who help women obtain abortions outside the Lone Star State.
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January 02, 2023
Health Care & Life Sciences Litigation To Watch In 2023
Before the New Year's Eve confetti has even been swept up, lawyers specializing in health care and life sciences already have enough litigation to keep them busy for much of 2023, which is kicking off with federal courts eyeing suits that carry sweeping significance for administrative law, the False Claims Act, drug approvals, the opioid crisis and abortion rights.
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January 02, 2023
5 Texas Cases To Watch in 2023
Texas courts are expected to grapple with a wide variety of high-profile issues in 2023, including a high court dispute over whether the state's primary power grid operator is immune from fraud claims associated with Winter Storm Uri and securities fraud charges against the Lone Star State's attorney general.
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October 05, 2022
Paxton Can't Outrun Abortion Subpoena After All, Judge Says
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will have to testify in an abortion suit, a Texas federal judge has found after reconsidering an earlier ruling, saying he won't allow the Lone Star State's top enforcer to continue to flip-flop on whether his prosecutorial threats are genuine or hypothetical.
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September 28, 2022
Pro-Choice Advocates Say Paxton Subpoena Saga Is His Fault
Abortion rights advocates asked a Texas federal judge to reconsider his decision to let Lone Star State Attorney General Ken Paxton out of a subpoena, arguing his own personal statements on prosecuting those who facilitate out-of-state travel for abortions should put him under the legal microscope.
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September 27, 2022
Fastest AG In The West? Paxton Slips Service In Abortion Row
Ken Paxton dodged a subpoena — literally and legally — this week when a federal judge ruled he shouldn't have to testify in an abortion rights case a day after the Texas attorney general ran away from a process server attempting to hand him subpoenas in the litigation.
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August 24, 2022
Texas Prosecutors Face Abortion Ban Enforcement Challenge
A group of Texas reproductive rights advocates have launched a class action challenging the authority of state prosecutors to go after businesses, organizations and individuals who help pregnant Texans obtain abortions in other states.