Constitutional Law Reporter

MAY 14, 2024

LLC , 601 U.S. _ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Federal Arbitration Act’s (FAA) exemption for transportation workers in interstate commerce applies to transportation workers regardless of whether they work in the transportation industry. In Bissonnette v. LePage Bakeries Park St.,

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 31, 2024

Tokyo High Court On February 22, 2024, the Tokyo High Court ruled against an appeal in the Yokosuka climate case. The last of these cases was the first climate case in the form of administrative litigation. Thus, the court’s approach effectively means that no plaintiff will have standing in any climate change litigation.

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 26, 2024

Introduction In a previous post , I reported and commented on a decision rendered by the Abu Dhabi Supreme Court (hereinafter “ADSC”) in which the Court addressed the issue of the applicability of the Abu Dhabi Civil Marriage Law (Law No. The action was introduced on 19 March 2024. In that case ( Appeal No.

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Conflict of Laws

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

When the law enters into force on January 1, 2024, China will join those countries—a clear majority—that have adopted the restrictive theory of foreign state immunity. to Article 14(3) is significant because Chinese court decisions that recognize foreign judgments are considered “rulings.” but not to “rulings.”

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. On November 23, GM announced that it was withdrawing from the litigation. EPA (Supreme Court of Guyana). and non-U.S.

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Patently O

JANUARY 11, 2024

First, while citing a litany of its own old precedent on enablement related to technologies like telegraphs and incandescent light, the Court did not explicitly reference leading contemporary Federal Circuit decisions that articulate enablement standards. Most notably, Amgen does not mention In re Wands , 858 F.2d 2d 731 (Fed.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

MAY 21, 2024

Louis, Missouri , 601 U.S. _ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that an employee challenging a job transfer under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 must show that the transfer brought about some harm with respect to an identifiable term or condition of employment, but that harm need not be significant. City of St.

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Patently O

JANUARY 3, 2024

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has begun 2023 with its first precedential patent decision in DexCom, Inc. January 3, 2024). In an opinion by Judge Stoll, the court affirmed a district court decision denying DexCom’s motion for a preliminary injunction. Abbott Diabetes Care, Inc., 2023-1795 (Fed.

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Patently O

APRIL 1, 2024

by Dennis Crouch In April 2024, the Federal Circuit issued a significant decision vacating a district court’s judgment that Janssen Pharmaceuticals’ dosing regimen patent claims were nonobvious. Janssen Pharms., Teva Pharms. USA, Inc. , 2022-1258 (Fed. The case involved Janson’s U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 13, 2024

The district court held that the allegations were inadequate under the heightened pleading standards of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act , which Congress adopted to curb perceived abuses of securities litigation. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit reversed. CVSG: 5/7/2024 (rescheduled before the Dec.

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JURIST

JANUARY 31, 2024

The US Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals declined Tuesday to rehear with the full Eighth Circuit panel of judges a prior appeals court decision curtailing private organizations’ ability to sue under section two of the Voting Rights Act for alleged racial gerrymandering in redistricting decisions.

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LawSites

MARCH 18, 2024

We’d all been working for over a year on a contract that would make it possible, someday in the future, for everyone to have free and open access to all the official court decisions ever published in the United States. state and federal court decisions representing the bulk of our nation’s common law.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 28, 2024

The case was the only addition to the justices’ docket for their 2024-25 term. The justices should also weigh in, Avenatti contended, on whether an attorney can be held liable for extortion for his conduct during litigation. A Florida state court upheld Cunningham’s conviction. But the justices declined to do so.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Under the Supreme Court decision Allen v. They also say that the process was unusually rushed to avoid an opportunity for review before the 2024 election. The action against North Carolina is not the only ongoing voting rights litigation in the country.

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