Law 360

JULY 5, 2024

Catch up this week with a glimpse into Project 2025's proposals for federal labor policy and the National Labor Relations Board, a look at six significant wage and hour rulings in the first half of 2024 and how the U.S. Law360 Employment Authority covers the biggest employment cases and trends.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

APRIL 14, 2025

604 U.S. __ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court held that in awarding the defendants profits to the prevailing plaintiff in a trademark infringement suit under the Lanham Act, a court can award only profits ascribable to the defendant itself. Supreme Courts Decision The Supreme Court disagreed.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

APRIL 22, 2025

604 U.S. _ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a case voluntarily dismissed without prejudice under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a) counts as a final proceeding under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b). The Courts decision was unanimous. Supreme Courts Decision The Supreme Court reversed by a vote of 9-0.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

JANUARY 22, 2025

Wisconsin Supreme Courts Decision CCB and the sub-entities sought judicial review. An opinion is scheduled before the end of the term in June/July 2025. The post Supreme Court to Consider Tax Exemptions for Religious Organizations appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter. Oral arguments have not yet been scheduled.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

APRIL 1, 2025

EPA , 604 U.S. _ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court again limited the Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) power under the Clean Water Act (CWA). According to the Courts five-member majority, the EPA cant enforce requirements in wastewater permits that do not spell out what a permittee must do or refrain from doing.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 23, 2025

While the latter are described as advisory opinions, the EFTA Courts decisions on matters referred by national courts are binding upon the requesting court and all other EEA national courts that face the same question. The Norwegian case ( Greenpeace Nordic and Nature & Youth v.

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Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 3, 2025

The distinction between a decision and other administrative acts in the sense of procedural recognition could have been explored further. Andrae: Correction of the date of birth under civil status and social law based on foreign court decisions and public documents (German) A persons identity includes their date of birth.

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

In order to obtain a recognisable filiation decision in favour of the intended parents, a (declaratory) court decision is sought in Ukraine after the childs birth. Such a court decision can be recognised in Germany under procedural law. This case note examines the Supreme Courts decision from both angles.

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Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 8, 2025

In case of non-payment, enforcement can be carried out in the State of origin, in the same way as a court decision. They should not be confused with administrative orders, as they are based on a voluntary declaration by the maintenance debtor.

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FDA Law Blog

APRIL 6, 2025

Gaulkin & Esther Petrikovsky Last week, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in FDA v. 2, 2025) that affirms FDAs denial of authorization to market flavored vape products. Clissold & Sophia R. Wages & White Lion Investments, LLC , No. 23-1038 (Apr.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Lower Courts Decision The district court dismissed the case under the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA), which generally bars suits against firearms companies based on criminals misusing their products. A decision is expected before the end of the term in June/July 2025.

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Conflict of Laws

APRIL 27, 2025

719/2020TA before the Civil Court (First Hall), which dismissed the application on 13 February 2025, citing several grounds, including the absence of a reasoned judgment, the gross disproportionality of damages, and the judgments incompatibility with Maltese public policy. 6] Istanbul 13th Civil Court of First Instance (File No.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 24, 2025

Credit: Christine Olsson/TT On February 19, 2025, the Swedish Supreme Court dismissed the Aurora case ( Anton Foley and others v Sweden ), the first systemic climate change case brought in Sweden. That said, Swedish courts may soon be called upon to interpret and apply the ECtHRs standing test more directly.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 27, 2025

On March 18, 2025, Judge Ronnie Abrams dismissed the lawsuit with prejudice , penning an opinion that upholds Local Law 154 as a valid exercise of local authority beyond the purview of EPCAs preemption clause. District Court for the Northern District of California, which ruled that EPCA did not preempt Berkleys ordinance.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

MARCH 26, 2025

EPA , 604 U.S. _ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court again limited the Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) power under the Clean Water Act (CWA). According to the Courts five-member majority, the EPA cant enforce requirements in wastewater permits that do not spell out what a permittee must do or refrain from doing.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

MARCH 20, 2025

Simon , 604 U.S. _ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court held that alleging commingling of funds alone cannot satisfy the commercial nexus requirement of the expropriation exception of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 (FSIA). The Courts decision was unanimous. Supreme Courts Decision The Supreme Court disagreed.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 6, 2025

First Dismissal by the Supreme Administrative Court In February 2023, the Supreme Administrative Court of the Czech Republic overturned the Prague Municipal Courts decision and returned the case for further proceedings. Both parties appealed against this judgement. The main reason was the collective nature of the EU NDC.

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Broadcast Law Blog

JANUARY 5, 2022

Most, but not all, of these developments follow from last year’s Copyright Royalty Board decision raising webcasting rates for 2021-2025 (see our article here summarizing that decision). The CRB’s decision was published in the Federal Register in October 2021.

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Broadcast Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

With this decision, any lingering doubts (see our article here about the appeal being filed) about the current royalties have been resolved, and the rates will (absent an unlikely further appeal) stay in place though the end of 2020. The process that seemingly never ends….

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Broadcast Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

With this decision, any lingering doubts (see our article here about the appeal being filed) about the current royalties have been resolved, and the rates will (absent an unlikely further appeal) stay in place though the end of 2020. The process that seemingly never ends….

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JURIST

MARCH 1, 2024

The Alabama House passed a bill and the state Senate unanimously passed another on Thursday that would safeguard access to in-vitro fertilization (IVF) following the Alabama Supreme Court decision in LePage v. Both have a built-in expiration date, with HB 237 set to expire in June 2025 and SB 159 in April 2025.

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Above The Law

APRIL 10, 2025

(Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) In early June 2022, in the wake of the unprecedented leak of a draft of the Supreme Courts Dobbs opinion, Nicholas Roske, a California man in his mid-20s, was arrested near Justice Brett Kavanaughs Maryland home. Roske, who was reportedly angry about the Courts decision to overturn Roe v.

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Conflict of Laws

APRIL 1, 2025

On 20-21 March 2025, a conference on Characterisation in the Conflict of Laws was convened at St Hildas College, Oxford. Marshall critically examined the UK Supreme Court decision in UniCredit Bank v RusChemAlliance, demonstrating how the choice of law matters affect the international jurisdiction of English courts.

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FDA Law Blog

MARCH 6, 2025

In accordance with Supreme Court precedent, the Department is restoring constitutional accountability so that Executive Branch officials answer to the President and to the people. The impact of this position statementand how it will play out in federal courts with the new administrationis unclear. See Inmar Rx Solutions v. Bondi , No.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

APRIL 29, 2025

United States , 604 U.S. _ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the knowing or intentional causation of injury or death, whether by act or omission, necessarily involves the use of physical force against another person within the meaning of18 U.S.C. Supreme Courts Decision The Supreme Court affirmed by a vote of 7-2.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 20, 2025

As is frequently the case when the court denies review in cases that have been relisted repeatedly, denial occasioned dissent, this time from Justice Clarence Thomas, joined by Justice Neil Gorsuch. 7, 2025 conferences.) Relisted after the May 30, 2024 and Mar. Returning Relists Apache Stronghold v.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 6, 2025

The court granted review of one of last weeks new relists raising a double jeopardy question about a federal sentencing enhancement for using a firearm during a violent crime. Grants are now filling in the 2025-26 term, which will start in October.)

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 18, 2025

On March 7, 2025, Judge Stephen N. Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (2011), another case involving a default judgment against China under the FSIA, in which the court of appeals held that plaintiffs could not use assets belonging to agencies or instrumentalities of China to satisfy a judgment against China itself.

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Above The Law

MAY 22, 2025

BREAKING: Supreme Court sidesteps religious charter school question for now with 4-4 vote, creating no national precedent and letting the Oklahoma Supreme Court decision — which does not allow the religious charter school — stand. What's Islamic about THAT.

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Court-MartialTrialPractice

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Deremer , 2025 CCA LEXIS 46, 2025 WL 427756 (N-M.Ct. 2025), NMCCA decided that when an alleged victim has an SVC, the MCIO must notify the SVC of any interviews, especially those with intent to interrogate the “victim” about a false allegation. 202300205, 2025 CCA LEXIS 46, at *11-12 (N-M Ct. United States v.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

MAY 21, 2025

Wages and White Lion Investments , LLC , 604 U.S. _ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the 5th Circuit erred in setting aside as arbitrary and capricious the FDAs orders denying the authorization of new e-cigarette products pursuant to the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

MAY 6, 2025

On March 15, 2025, President issued Proclamation No. On March 15, 2025, the District Court for the District of Columbia issued two temporary restraining orders (TROs) preventing any removal of the named plaintiffs and preventing removal under the AEA of a provisionally certified class consisting of [a]ll noncitizens in U.S.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

APRIL 8, 2025

VanDerStok , 604 U.S. _ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) rule interpreting the Gun Control Act of 1968 to cover certain products that can readily be converted into an operational firearm or a functional frame or receiver is not facially inconsistent with the act.

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Above The Law

MARCH 11, 2025

Widely (and rightly) hailed as one of the judiciarys most incisive and eloquent opinion authors, Bibass February 11, 2025 opinion in Thomson Reuters v. First, the Court found that the headnotes represented an original compilation, but even further each headnote qualified as an individual, copyrightable work.

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 21, 2025

At the heart of this legal uncertainty is the Supreme Courts decision in Republic of Argentina v. With Wye Oak s attorneys petitioning for certiorari in January 2025 , the case presents a critical opportunity for the Supreme Court to resolve the longstanding circuit split on the FSIAs direct effects clause.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 8, 2025

On March 4, 2025, the Supreme Court handed down an important ruling in City and County of San Francisco v. In a 5-4 decision, the Court curtailed the Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) authority under the Clean Water Act (CWA) to issue pollutant discharge permits. Environmental Protection Agency.

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Teare J at first instance held that the English court lacked jurisdictionfinding that the arbitration agreements were governed by French substantive rules and that England was not the appropriate forumwhereas the Court of Appeal reversed this decision by granting a final anti-suit injunction requiring RCA to terminate its Russian proceedings.

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