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Judge strikes down free HIV drugs, other preventive services under ACA

The Biden administration is expected to appeal the decision.

Axios

Biden's Attack on 'Ghost Guns' Fits a Pattern of Lawless Firearm Regulation

The president and his predecessor both tried to impose gun control by executive fiat.

Reason

Judge O'Connor Rules that the Boeing 737 MAX Crashes Victims' Families Cannot Enforce Their Right to Confer with Prosecutors

While expressing great sympathy for the victims' families, Judge O'Connor concludes that no remedy is available for the Justice Department's failure to enforce the families' right to confer under the Crime Victims' Rights Act.

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Judge rejects bid by families of plane crash victims to throw out deal letting Boeing avoid prosecution

The families say they were shut out of discussions over the deal between the federal government and Boeing. U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor said courts don’t have authority to override it.

The Texas Tribune

Judge rejects bid to nullify Boeing deal over Max crashes

A federal judge is rejecting a move to consider criminal prosecution for Boeing over the 737 Max jet

The Independent UK

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After I graduated law school, I clerked in the Johnstown Division of the Western District of Pennsylvania for two years. Until fairly recently, that Division had a single federal judge. (The judge for whom I clerked assumed senior status, but still hears cases, along with a new active judge.) Since…

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In a Texas federal courtroom, families of those killed in Boeing 737 MAX crashes finally have their voices heard

The airplane manufacturer was accused of fraud for misleading federal regulators about the safety of its jets, but stayed out of court by making a deal with prosecutors. Victims’ families say they were cut out of the process.

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Boeing pleads not guilty in fraud case over 737 Max crashes

Boeing Co. pleaded not guilty to deceiving US regulators about changes made to its 737 Max flight control system that led to two horrific crashes, before relatives of some victims made tearful appeals to the judge to hold the aircraft maker accountable.

Tribune News Service

Boeing-DOJ ‘sweetheart deal’ decried by victim’s wife

Naoise Connolly Ryan told a Texas judge she’s refused any of the $500 million Boeing Co. was required to set aside to compensate families of 737 Max crash victims under a deferred prosecution agreement with the U.S. government.

Tribune News Service

Boeing faces a criminal charge of fraud related to deadly 737 Max crashes

The airplane manufacturer will be arraigned in federal court in Texas Thursday as relatives of those killed in two plane crashes seek to overturn an agreement that gave Boeing immunity.

WEKU

Boeing pleads not guilty to fraud in criminal case over deadly 737 Max crashes

A top executive entered the plea on behalf of the company in federal court in Texas Thursday, as relatives of those killed in two crashes push to overturn deal giving Boeing immunity.

WEKU

Boeing to be arraigned in court over two Max jet crashes

Boeing representatives and relatives of some of the passengers killed in two crashes of Boeing 737 Max jets will meet face-to-face in a Texas courtroom Thursday, where the aerospace giant will be arraigned on a criminal charge that it thought it had settled two years ago

The Independent UK

US judge orders Boeing to face felony charge in court over 737-MAX crashes

A US judge's ruling orders Boeing to hear a charge stemming from the fatal crashes of two 737-MAX jets, threatening to unravel an agreement the company negotiated to avoid prosecution.

ABC News

Boeing ordered to be arraigned on felony charge in Max crashes

The ruling by a judge in Texas came after relatives of some of the victims said the government violated their rights by reaching a settlement with Boeing without first notifying the families.

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The Independent UK

Boeing ordered to be arraigned on charge in Max crashes

A federal judge is ordering Boeing to appear in court next week and be arraigned on a felony charge stemming from crashes of two 737 Max jets

Salon

Democrats' same-sex marriage tradeoff

Amendment reaffirms a 1993 law that has been used to legalize anti-LGBTQ discrimination

Reuters

737 MAX crash victim families press U.S. on Boeing settlement

Relatives of passengers killed in two Boeing 737 MAX crashes pressed U.S. Justice Department lawyers on Friday to unwind a 2021 deal that allowed the U.S. planemaker to escape criminal prosecution.

Reuters

Polish airline asks U.S. judge to declare it crime victim in 737 MAX case

Polish national airline PLL LOT on Friday asked a U.S. judge to declare it was a crime victim in the Boeing 737 MAX criminal case, a move that could make the airline eligible for significant compensation.

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Judge O'Connor Rules that the Boeing 737 MAX Crashes Victims' Families Represent Protected "Crime Victims" and Can Seek Boeing's Prosecution

"In sum, but for Boeing’s criminal conspiracy to defraud the FAA, 346 people would not have lost their lives in the crashes."

Tribune News Service

Judge challenges $2.5 billion Boeing 737 Max plea deal after outcry from victims’ families

DALLAS — A North Texas U.S. District judge Friday questioned Boeing’s $2.5 billion deferred plea deal in the 737 Max investigation because government prosecutors didn’t seek the input of the family members of the victims of crashes in 2018 and 2019 that killed 346 people in Indonesia and Ethiopia.

Al Jazeera

US judge applies ‘crime victims’ status in Boeing 737 MAX crashes

The first Boeing Max 737 crashed in Indonesia in October 2018, killing 189, and another crashed in Ethiopia killing 157.

WEKU

How a Texas court decision threatens Affordable Care Act protections

The ACA has required health insurers to provide many medical screenings and other preventive services with no out-of-pocket cost to health plan members. But a recent court decision could upend that.

The Conversation

Free preventive care under the ACA is under threat again – a ruling exempting PrEP from insurance coverage may extend nationwide and to other health services

Many Americans breathed a sigh of relief when the Supreme Court left the Affordable Care Act in place following the law’s third major legal challenge in June 2021. This decision left widely supported policies in place, like ensuring coverage regardless of preexisting conditions, coverage for dependents up to age 26…

Tribune News Service

Q&A: Many preventive medical services cost patients nothing. Will a Texas court decision change that?

A federal judge’s ruling in Texas has thrown into question whether millions of insured Americans will continue to receive some preventive medical services, such as cancer screenings and drugs that protect people from HIV infection, without making a copayment.

Salon

Texas judge's medical ruling, explained

A federal judge’s ruling in Texas could affect preventative care costs for millions of Americans

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