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Do No Harm Challenges Montana's Race and Gender Balancing on Public Boards 

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Tuesday, March 12, 2024
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RICHMOND, Va., March 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the medical watchdog group Do No Harm filed a federal lawsuit against Governor Gianforte in his official capacity as Governor of the state of Montana, to stop Montana's unlawful use of race and gender mandates in appointments to the Montana Board of Medical Examiners. 

Key Points: 
  • Do No Harm seeks a permanent prohibitory injunction preventing Governor Gianforte from enforcing or attempting to enforce the racial and gender mandate.
  • "Requiring the governor to consider the race and gender of candidates for the medical board is demeaning, patronizing, un-American, and unconstitutional," said PLF attorney Caleb Trotter.
  • A permanent injunction forbidding the Governor and the Governor's agents from enforcing, or attempting to enforce, the gender and racial mandates.
  • The case is Do No Harm v. Greg Gianforte in the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana.

REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2017/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2017 on mercury as regards dental amalgam and other mercury-added products[...]

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Sunday, January 14, 2024
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REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2017/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2017 on mercury as regards dental amalgam and other mercury-added products subject to manufacturing, import and export restrictionsCommittee on the Environment, Public Health and Food SafetyMarlene Mortler Source : © European Union, 2024 - EP

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REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2017/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2017 on mercury as regards dental amalgam and other mercury-added products subject to manufacturing, import and export restrictionsCommittee on the Environment, Public Health and Food SafetyMarlene Mortler Source : © European Union, 2024 - EP

Do No Harm Sues Louisiana Governor to Block Racial Discrimination in Medical Board Appointments

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Friday, January 5, 2024
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RICHMOND, Va., Jan. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, medical watchdog Do No Harm filed a lawsuit against Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards due to unlawful racial mandates requiring the governor to exclude non-minority candidates for a certain number of positions of the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners.

Key Points: 
  • RICHMOND, Va., Jan. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, medical watchdog Do No Harm filed a lawsuit against Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards due to unlawful racial mandates requiring the governor to exclude non-minority candidates for a certain number of positions of the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners.
  • Do No Harm seeks a permanent prohibitory injunction preventing Governor Edwards from enforcing or attempting to enforce the racial mandate.
  • Expertise should be the determining factor, and Louisiana must get rid of discriminatory practices to refocus on medical excellence."
  • The Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners is comprised of ten members appointed by the governor.

FROM STEVE DNISTRIAN FOR NJ STATE SENATE: NJ Attorney General Platkin Must Resign

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Wednesday, October 25, 2023
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COLTS NECK, N.J., Oct. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Steve Dnistrian, candidate for NJ State Senate, and Assemblywomen Marilyn Piperno and Kim Eulner of New Jersey's 11th Legislative District, called on Attorney General Matt Platkin to resign immediately in the face of a growing number of school districts across the state abolishing "Policy 5756" – the controversial policy that forbids parental notification and instructs schools to maintain a second set of files on children who want to change their gender identity while in school.

Key Points: 
  • Platkin is suing three Monmouth County school boards to defend Policy 5756, and continues to pursue a suit in Hanover.
  • "IF this 'now-NOT-mandatory guidance' is just that, then why is Platkin suing parents who voted in support of parental notification?"
  • Steve Dnistrian is a first-time candidate running for the NJ state senate in LD-11.
  • Legislative District 11 has been named by national Republicans as one of the state's most competitive races this November.

In NCLA Victory, Gov. Newsom Repeals California Law Censoring Doctors’ Covid-19 Medical Advice

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Monday, October 2, 2023
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NCLA celebrates this great victory for its brave clients, who stood up to this outrageous attack on the First Amendment: Drs.

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  • NCLA celebrates this great victory for its brave clients, who stood up to this outrageous attack on the First Amendment: Drs.
  • v. Newsom, et al., a lawsuit challenging the vague and censorious statute.
  • Signed into law in September 2022, California Assembly Bill (AB) 2098 violated Medical Board of California-certified physicians’ First Amendment rights to free speech and their Fourteenth Amendment rights to due process of law.
  • Among other clients, NCLA proudly represents Dr. Kheriaty in that case too—which is already headed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Strive Urges McDonald's to Set Discrimination Aside and Put Shareholders First

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Wednesday, July 19, 2023
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Strive underscored that McDonald's diversity policies not only pose legal risks but financial risks as well.

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  • Strive underscored that McDonald's diversity policies not only pose legal risks but financial risks as well.
  • Consequently, McDonald’s policies are likely already costing shareholders and jeopardizing the company’s long-term value, even setting the legal risks aside.
  • "Prior to the Fair Admissions decision, many workplace DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) programs were legally dubious,” stated Justin Danhof , Strive Head of Corporate Governance.
  • To comply with the law and safeguard shareholders from costly litigation, McDonald’s should swiftly eliminate these programs.”

NATIONAL LABOR UNION FILES FEDERAL LAWSUIT ALLEGING DEBT LIMIT STATUTE IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL

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Monday, May 8, 2023
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BOSTON, May 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- This morning, attorneys representing the National Association of Government Employees (NAGE), which represents nearly 75,000 employees working in agencies across the federal government, filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court in Boston challenging the constitutionality of the Debt Limit Statute as it exists and seeking an injunction that would prevent the Executive Branch from suspending operations of the federal government due to the debt limit being reached. The attorneys representing NAGE in this case are Thomas H. Geoghegan, of Despres, Schwartz & Geoghegan, Ltd. in Chicago; Patrick V. Dahlstrom, of Pomerantz LLP, in Chicago; Sarah E. Suszczyk, NAGE General Counsel, in Quincy; and Shannon Liss-Riordan, of Lichten & Liss-Riordan, P.C., in Boston.

Key Points: 
  • If Congress will not raise the Debt Limit as it has nearly 80 times before without condition, it leaves no constitutional choice for the President."
  • The lawsuit seeks suspension of the operation of the Debt Limit Statute until Congress determines the priorities and order of payments that the President should take, in order to meet the limit set on total indebtedness.
  • However, the lawsuit contends that the President may not take the major actions necessary to comply with the Debt Limit Statute without a clear road map or direction that the President must follow.
  • Until Congress revises the Debt Limit Statute to give such guidance, there is no constitutional means by which the President can comply with it.

Disability Organizations and Individuals Partner to Fight the Deadly and Discriminatory Public Policy of Physician-Assisted Suicide

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Wednesday, April 26, 2023
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LOS ANGELES, April 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the United Spinal Association ("United Spinal"), Not Dead Yet ("NDY"), Institute for Patients' Rights ("IPR"), Communities Actively Living Independent & Free ("CALIF"), and individual plaintiffs, Lonnie VanHook and Ingrid Tischer, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, asking that California's End of Life Option Act (EOLOA) be declared unlawful and unconstitutional. The current state law, passed in 2021, permits a physician to prescribe lethal drugs to suicidal patients and removed or weakened many of the supposed "safeguards" in the original law. Death by suicide can now be fast-tracked in 48 hours and doctors who have professional, moral, or ethical objections to writing a lethal prescription for a patient now must participate in the EOLOA process. EOLOA, by design, is unregulated by any California public entity, leaving patients and their loved ones at grave risk of harm and without recourse.

Key Points: 
  • EOLOA, by design, is unregulated by any California public entity, leaving patients and their loved ones at grave risk of harm and without recourse.
  • Van Swearingen, Kara Janssen, and Michael Nuñez from the firm join Mr. Bien in representing the plaintiffs as well as co-counsel Haben Girma.
  • Stopping California's assisted suicide law is both a disability rights and health equity issue.
  • Assisted suicide laws make it far too easy for a system stacked against us to provide a cheap, easy way out."

NCLA Asks Second Circuit to Strike Down New Ethics Rule Muzzling Connecticut Attorneys’ Speech

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Monday, February 27, 2023
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Both men have felt compelled to censor their own speech to reduce the risk that they will face charges.

Key Points: 
  • Both men have felt compelled to censor their own speech to reduce the risk that they will face charges.
  • NCLA filed an amicus curiae brief in that case, Greenberg v. Lehocky, et al., opposing Pennsylvania officials’ attempt to revive the rule.
  • The Second Circuit has repeatedly held that pre-enforcement First Amendment challenges to speech restrictions face relaxed standing criteria because they risk chilling First-Amendment-protected speech.
  • Such penalties chill constitutionally protected speech, which is all that is necessary for NCLA’s clients to challenge the rule in court.”

JONATHAN EMORD DECLARES U.S. SENATE CANDIDACY

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Tuesday, January 31, 2023
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CLIFTON, Va., Jan. 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Veteran constitutional and administrative attorney Jonathan Emord announced today he is a candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2024.

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  • CLIFTON, Va., Jan. 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Veteran constitutional and administrative attorney Jonathan Emord announced today he is a candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2024.
  • Emord stressed his agenda is the opposite of Kaine and Biden's.
  • Emord starts his U.S. Senate campaign as the most well-funded in Virginia's history with over $200,000 in cash, over $150,000 in campaign vehicles, and $750,000 in committed funds, totaling over $1,100,000.
  • Joseph A. Morris heralds Jonathan as "a fabulous litigator" and says "he will be an outstanding United States Senator."