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NEWS BRIEFS:
Will 2025 Bring a Change to Lawyers’ Mandatory Pro Bono Duties Under ‘Madden’?
From: Washington Post Gift Article. December 4, 2024:
“At issue is a Tennessee law barring transgender minors from using puberty blockers and hormones, treatments the state characterizes as risky and unproven. Lawmakers said the state should instead encourage adolescents to ‘appreciate their sex, particularly as they undergo puberty’ “.
To read complete Post gift article by Casey Parks and Ann E. Marinow, click here. This article contains useful links to other Post articles on topics related to this subject.
From the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)*.
As reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pension Committee on June 18, 2024.
Summary:
A report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)*, October 4, 2024.
This CBO Report discusses prescription drug prices and approaches aimed at reducing those prices. Some of the approaches would cap prices or limit their growth, and other approaches would promote price competition or affect the flow of information.
Summary:
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