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Drugs Up for Medicare Price Cuts Fuel Drugmakers’ Legal Strategy
September 5, 2023
Drugmakers are poised to change their lawsuits and bring new ones against the Biden administration now that the list of the first 10 drugs subject…
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US labor movement celebrates new regulation to counter union-busting
September 5, 2023
America’s resurgent labor movement has won a useful victory with a decision by the National Labor Relations Board that will make unionization easier at firms…
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The Lawfare Podcast: The Coming Wave
September 5, 2023
There is no more consequential technological development in recent years than widely accessible artificial intelligence. And there are few more consequential contemporary figures in the…
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Why Corporate America Needs to Listen to Workers’ Voices
September 5, 2023
Like many frontline workers across the country, Denise Kohr saw her pay at Amazon increase over the past year; as for her say, not so…
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A momentous climate case could force countries to do more
September 5, 2023
An article by Philippe Sands: On September 27, the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg will hear an unprecedented climate lawsuit brought by six…
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Overtime pay would cover millions more workers under proposed Biden rule
September 1, 2023
The Biden administration unveiled a new rule Wednesday to extend overtime pay to an additional 3.6 million salaried white-collar workers in the United States. While…
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Harvard Business Professor Analyzes TV and Movie Negotiation Scenes
September 1, 2023
How well do characters in film and TV reflect successful negotiating strategies? Guhan Subramanian, head of Harvard Law School’s Program on Negotiation, analyzes the tactics…
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New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary is quickly becoming the leading edge for an unproven legal theory that Donald J. Trump is disqualified from appearing on the…
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Biden Appointees Just Made It Easier For Workers To Form Unions
September 1, 2023
Joe Biden likes to think of himself as “the most pro-union president in American history.” Only time will tell if his assessment is correct, but…
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Why are so many flights nearly crashing into each other?
September 1, 2023
An op-ed by Ashley Nunes: “Disturbing.” That’s how one government official described a recent safety faux-pas in the skies above Florida, when an air traffic…
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Redistricting plaintiffs object to Republican attempt to boot Protasiewicz from cases
September 1, 2023
Liberals argued in a legal filing that Republicans were trying to nullify the election of a Democratic-backed Wisconsin Supreme Court justice by asking her to…
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How Two FDA Moves Have Quietly Advanced Reproductive Health Care
August 30, 2023
This summer, the US Food and Drug Administration made two decisions that reflect a demand for more access to reproductive health care. In July, it…
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Jill Lepore has seen the inside of time
August 30, 2023
The concept of a deadline is a complicated one for Jill Lepore. In addition to the obvious meaning — her new book, “The Deadline,” is…
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Why auto workers are on the brink of striking
August 30, 2023
Workers at Detroit’s “Big Three” automakers may soon hit the picket line. The Detroit Free Press reported that the 150,000 members of the United Auto…
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Why Does Starbucks Stall Union Negotiations? Because It Can.
August 29, 2023
In January of 2022, Jacklyn Gabel and her co-workers at the Starbucks Coffee location on Mission Street in Santa Cruz began considering the idea of…
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Another harebrained idea from Kenneth Chesebro
August 29, 2023
Lawyer Kenneth Chesebro apparently thought himself to be very clever. He is said to have helped launched the phony-elector scheme that is now the subject…
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Autoworkers union pushes for 32 hour workweek
August 28, 2023
United Auto Workers voted on Friday to authorize a strike. The union is negotiating a new collective bargaining agreement with the Big 3 Detroit automakers…
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Elizabeth Schoen’s guide dog, Eva, is trained to help her navigate crowded, chaotic environments such as airports. The black Labrador knows how to find elevators,…
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Jill Lepore Revisits American Myths With an Eye to the Present
August 28, 2023
In 1636, at the height of the Dutch economic hysteria known as Tulipomania, John Harvard helped found the first college of the American colonies. I…
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A growing number of blue-chip US companies are using environmental and social factors to decide bonuses for top executives, but investors are worried the metrics…
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The big diversity problem that no one wants to publicly admit
August 28, 2023
Thanks to a Supreme Court ruling in June, colleges and universities can no longer consider race in admissions. Many academics believe that this same criteria…