Fearing Trump, Some Law Firms Decline Pro Bono Immigration Cases

Fearing Trump, Some Law Firms Decline Pro Bono Immigration Cases

Hours after Donald J. Trump was sworn in for a second term, he issued an executive order laying the groundwork for mass deportations of immigrants and denying them legal assistance. Public interest groups focused on immigrant rights teamed up to fight the order and called in Gibson Dunn, a major …

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Sybil Shainwald, Lawyer Who Fought for Women’s Health, Dies at 96

Sybil Shainwald, Lawyer Who Fought for Women’s Health, Dies at 96

Sybil Shainwald, a lawyer who for nearly half a century represented women whose health had been irreparably and often catastrophically harmed by poorly tested drugs and medical devices, died on April 9 at her home in Manhattan. She was 96. Her daughter Laurie Shainwald Kleeger announced the death, which was …

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Why Cameras Are Popping Up in Eldercare Facilities

Why Cameras Are Popping Up in Eldercare Facilities

The assisted-living facility in Edina, Minn., where Jean H. Peters and her siblings moved their mother in 2011, looked lovely. “But then you start uncovering things,” Ms. Peters said. Her mother, Jackie Hourigan, widowed and developing memory problems at 82, too often was still in bed when her children came …

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