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West Virginia Can No Longer Discriminate Against Transgender Medicaid Participants
Class Actions, Transgender Healthcare Ashley LaFranchi Class Actions, Transgender Healthcare Ashley LaFranchi

West Virginia Can No Longer Discriminate Against Transgender Medicaid Participants

On August 2, 2022, federal District Court Judge Robert C. Chambers granted affirmative summary judgment for Plaintiffs in Fain et al. v. Crouch et. al, and ruled that West Virginia could no longer discriminate against transgender Medicaid participants by excluding coverage for gender-confirming surgical care. In their complaint, Plaintiffs alleged that West Virginia state health insurance plans deprive transgender people of essential, and sometimes life-saving, health care.

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Class Action Strategy and Practice Guide: A Must-Have For All Class Action Attorneys
Class Actions Teddy Basham-Witherington Class Actions Teddy Basham-Witherington

Class Action Strategy and Practice Guide: A Must-Have For All Class Action Attorneys

Class actions involve decisions on strategy at every turn.  The positions of the parties are constantly changing and counsel must always be looking ahead and, at the same time, carefully watching their flank.  This book helps all practitioners and parties identify, analyze and answer key strategy questions. Ever evolving class action tactics, case law and rule make this insightful practice guide a must read for lawyers, judges, advocates and decision makers at every level.

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Class Actions, MCLE Training Teddy Basham-Witherington Class Actions, MCLE Training Teddy Basham-Witherington

An Insider's Guide To The Impact Fund Class Action Training Institute

Last October, shortly after I joined the Impact Fund as its Litigation Fellow, I had the opportunity to attend the Impact Fund’s Training Institute in Chicago. Having had some exposure to class action litigation during my clerkship, but no experience actually litigating a class action, I had a lot to learn and was excited to dive in and learn as much as I could over the course of the training.

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Class Actions, Class Action Procedure Teddy Basham-Witherington Class Actions, Class Action Procedure Teddy Basham-Witherington

Ninth Circuit Win For Transparency

The Ninth Circuit’s decision in The Center for Auto Safety v. Chrysler Group, decided January 11, 2016, adopted a new standard for district courts to use in deciding whether the public has a right to access court records filed by the parties under seal.   The decision will go a long way to ensure that corporations cannot hide evidence of misconduct that may threaten public safety.   The decision also has important implications for class action litigators.   

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