Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Judge nixes Justice Department subpoena of online trans health care service A federal judge has quashed the Department of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Under medical privacy regulations, health care providers can disclose health information in response to a subpoena, but they are ...

When a health care provider receives a subpoena or similar demand for patient information, the response can be fraught with legal risk. Providers often feel confused and pressured to comply—sometimes ...

On June 12, 2025, the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (“CHOP”) received a subpoena issued by the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) requesting highly sensitive patient health and procedure information ...

A federal judge has dealt a fresh blow to the Trump administration’s attempt to crack down on doctors who provide gender-affirming care to transgender people. U.S. District Judge Jamal Whitehead ruled ...

In several cases across the country, judges have rejected or trimmed subpoenas from the Justice Department probing whether gender-affirming care provided to minors violates federal law. The subpoenas ...

The Trump administration has strong-armed the University of Michigan’s statewide hospital system over its provision of transgender health care services for minors, sending a subpoena in recent weeks ...

On Sept. 10, 2025, a federal judge blocked the Department of Justice's attempt to subpoena medical records and other private health information on minors receiving hormone therapy and other gender ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Margaret Riley, University of Virginia (THE CONVERSATION) On Sept. 10, 2025, a federal ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) The move is the first public legal decision after the Department of Justice, in July, ...