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Wendy E. Parmet

  • Doctor-Patient Relationship

    CONFERENCE – CLASHING RIGHTS & REPRODUCTIVE AUTONOMY

    Join us at Northeastern University School of Law at 1 p.m. on April 25, 2014 as leading academics and practitioners discuss the tensions between free speech and reproductive rights. For more information, see https://www.northeastern.edu/law/academics/institutes/health-law/events/clashing-rights/

    CONFERENCE – CLASHING RIGHTS & REPRODUCTIVE AUTONOMY

  • Judicial Opinions

    The Big Gulp Wins: Public Health Loses

    By Wendy Parmet Public health law took another hit this week. In a unanimous decision (starting on p. 22), the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court affirmed a trial court’s earlier ruling striking down…

    The Big Gulp Wins: Public Health Loses

  • First Amendment

    The First Amendment Meets Public Health Again — The US AID Case

    By Wendy Parmet Sometimes it seems as if the First Amendment is the leading legal threat to public health. Not today. In Agency for International Development v. Alliance for Open Society International the Supreme Court…

    The First Amendment Meets Public Health Again — The US AID Case

  • Health Law Policy

    Court Enjoins N.Y. Ban on Large Sugary Drinks

    By Wendy Parmet New York State Supreme Court’s Justice Milton A. Tingling’s decision last night in New York Statewide Coalition of Hispanic Chambers of Commerce v. New York City Dpeartment of Health and Mental Hygiene,…

    Court Enjoins N.Y. Ban on Large Sugary Drinks

  • Health Care Reform

    The ACA’s Immigration Quirk

    By Wendy Parmet I was amused but not surprised to read that in announcing her support for expanding Arizona’s Medicaid program, Governor Jan Brewer pointed to the fact that without the expansion, only non-citizens with incomes…

    The ACA’s Immigration Quirk

  • First Amendment

    Public Health and The First Amendment – AID v. Alliance for Open Society

    By Wendy Parmet The Supreme Court’s decision last week to grant cert in AID v. Alliance for Open Society International, demonstrates anew the importance of First Amendment jurisprudence to public health protection. In recent years,…

    Public Health and The First Amendment – AID v. Alliance for Open Society

  • Government Regulation

    Dreams Deferred

    By Wendy Parmet After the November election, President Obama’s executive order implementing parts of the so-called “Dream Act” was widely credited with shoring up his support within the Latino community.  Less often noted was his…

    Dreams Deferred

  • Empirical

    Needing a Lawyer on the Team

    By Wendy Parmet It’s easy to see the value of including scientists in public health law research teams; most public health lawyers lack the training to conduct rigorous empirical research.  It may be harder to…

    Needing a Lawyer on the Team