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BC court denies challenge against involuntary patient certification under Mental Health Act
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (648+ words) Judge upholds doctor’s verbal authorization of certification before completion of forms The British Columbia Supreme Court has dismissed a claim alleging battery, false imprisonment, negligence, and Charter breaches against doctors and others involved in a patient’s certification as an involuntary…...
Judge: Nurse Who Slammed Leavitt on TikTok Should Get Fine, Reprimand
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (23+ words) cw34.com Judge: Nurse Who Slammed Leavitt on TikTok Should Get Fine, Reprimand...
Legal community honors Baxter and Riley for years of service
5+ day, 4+ hour ago (297+ words) Commonwealth Attorney Courtney Baxter and Assistant Commonwealth Attorney Robert A. Riley recently received awards from their peers for their years of service and dedication to the law. Commonwealth Attorney Courtney Baxter and Assistant Commonwealth Attorney Robert A. Riley were both recently recognized…...
West Virginians are dying of neglect in jails and prisons. The state wants to limit how families can pursue justice.
5+ day, 18+ hour ago (180+ words) Times West Virginian The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals is scheduled to hear arguments in two cases where inmates have died and families are arguing deliberate indifference at 10 a.m. on Sept. 8. CHARLESTON â Nearly three years after Nathan Kennedy died…...
Privacy or public safety? ACT asks where the line should be drawn in mental health laws
6+ day, 22+ hour ago (1140+ words) We answer your call. We show up to the job. Your day. Your community. Get out & about with Goodwin. Your bank isn't going to tell you your rate is too high. We will. When a person with a serious mental…...
Mass. AG orders addiction treatment program to pay $1.15 million for forcing residents to work without pay
1+ week, 4+ day ago (420+ words) A Brockton-based residential addiction treatment program has been fined $1.15 million by the state for illegally forcing hundreds of residents to work without pay over eight years under the guise of rehabilitation, the state attorney general’s office announced Tuesday. As part…...
Colorado Lawsuit to End Parental Notification on Abortion Moves Forward
1+ week, 5+ day ago (476+ words) A Denver judge has allowed a lawsuit seeking to eliminate Colorado’s parental notification requirement for minors seeking abortions to proceed, leaving intact for now one of the state’s few remaining protections for parents and their daughters. Denver District Court Judge…...
Mental health backlog leaves accused defendants waiting months in Oklahoma county jails
2+ week, 1+ day ago (504+ words) Accused individuals deemed mentally incompetent to stand trial are sitting in county jails for months waiting for treatment at state facilities, creating a bottleneck in the criminal justice system. Oklahoma has shut down many mental health treatment facilities, leaving county…...
Judges can’t direct order of defendants’ admissions to psych hospitals, MD Supreme Court rules
2+ week, 1+ day ago (564+ words) Ian Round//August 28, 2026// Trial courts can’t order the Maryland Department of Health to admit criminal defendants to psychiatric hospitals in a certain order, the Maryland Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. In a significant ruling last month in the case of MDH…...
To keep veterans out of jail, help before they are veterans
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