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Come November 8, Vermont residents will have the opportunity to amend their state constitution and abolish slavery and indentured servitude for good. To be clear, Vermont does not currently allow either in any form, but there is antiquated language in the state constitution that allows for certain exceptions. In the Founding Era, numerous other states [...]

Brooke Chmura is a 3L at Vermont Law and Graduate School. She’s covering state ballot measures before Vermont voters in the 2022 midterm elections.  On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court ruled in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that the US Constitution does not protect the right to an abortion. This decision delegated power [...]

Opioid manufacturer Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Tuesday announced a $4.35 billion settlement with state and local governments to resolve lawsuits concerning Teva’s role in fueling the US opioid epidemic. The settlement is not yet finalized. Teva is an Israeli multinational pharmaceutical company which manufactures prescription medication including opioids. In recent years, US states, cities, counties and [...]

“Defectors often cause more difficulty than disinterested disbelievers” – Neal Ash Maxwell, American scholar, educator, and religious leader. Recent events in the Indian state of Maharashtra reaffirm the existence of glaring loopholes in a law aimed at bolstering political stability in India. The recent fall of the democratically elected government led by the state’s former [...]

The Office of the Vermont Attorney General and the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Friday announced the approval of a USD 1.6 million settlement in a workplace sexual harassment lawsuit. The case is in the US District Court for the District of Vermont. Coughlin, Inc. is a McDonald’s restaurant franchisee that owns and operates [...]

Abortion policy is now in the hands of the states following the US Supreme Court’s Friday decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. President Joe Biden has directed the Department of Health and Human Services to take steps to make sure abortion and contraception [...]

US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit Tuesday ordered that Dish Network Corp. (Dish) must defend itself in a whistleblower False Claims Act lawsuit. The court found that a lower court decision to dismiss the case against Dish was wrong. The suit against Dish was brought by Vermont National Telephone Co. (Vermont National) on [...]

A coalition of US state attorneys general Wednesday announced a nationwide investigation into whether video-sharing social media platform TikTok’s design and promotion intensify physical and mental health harms for young users and violate consumer protection laws. In light of the anxiety, depression and social pressure faced by young people, a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general led [...]

Vermont Attorney General T.J. Donovan Monday requested information about Border Patrol’s use of Clearview AI facial recognition technology in Vermont. Clearview AI aims to support law enforcement and government agencies solve crimes “by revealing leads, insights, and relationships.” According to Clearview AI, its web-based intelligence platform “includes the largest known database of 10+ billion facial [...]

A coalition of US state attorneys general Thursday announced a coordinated bipartisan investigation into Meta Platforms Inc. (previously known as Facebook) for providing and promoting its subsidiary Instagram to children and young adults despite physical and mental health risks associated with the social media platform’s usage. The group comes from a broad range of states [...]