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US Supreme Court hears arguments on relief available under disability protection laws

JURIST

Plaintiff Miguel Perez is a 23-year-old deaf student whose school in Michigan provided him with an aide that did not know sign language and was not trained to work with deaf individuals.

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Affirmative action cases up first in November argument calendar

SCOTUSBlog

Bollinger , holding that the University of Michigan could consider race in its undergraduate admissions process as part of its efforts to obtain a diverse student body. Bollinger , holding that the University of Michigan could consider race in its undergraduate admissions process as part of its efforts to obtain a diverse student body.

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Flagrant Fact Finding at the Federal Circuit

Patently O

Now Daikin has taken its case to the Supreme Court with a really smart petition focusing on the procedural divide between law and fact in the administrative law context. To this day, the Federal Circuit remains isolated from the mainstream of administrative law. 1891 (2020) (quoting Michigan v.

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May Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters – Rulemaking Comments on Various TV Issues and More

Broadcast Law Blog

The FCC has already issued such an extension three times since the initial compliance deadline of May 26, 2015, as the NAB contends that there still is no workable technology that can perform the functions required by the rule (see our Broadcast Law Blog article here from the last extension 5 years ago).

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Women of Legal Tech: Julie Saltman

LawTechnologyToday

Julie founded Standd after over a decade practicing law, mostly as a trial attorney at the U.S. At DOJ, Julie served in the Tax Division, Civil Division, and Federal Programs Branch, where she handled cases raising complex regulatory and administrative law questions in federal trial and appellate courts across the US.

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Customs and Trade Law Weekly Snapshot

Customs & International Trade Law

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is investigating consumer complaints of bacterial infections in four infants who consumed powdered infant formula produced in Abbott Nutrition’s facility in Sturgis, Michigan. All four infants had to be hospitalized and the bacterial infection may have contributed to death in two patients.

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Justices rule on challenge to FDIC order

SCOTUSBlog

Share The Supreme Court on Monday issued a summary reversal – that is, a decision on the merits, but without additional briefing or oral argument – in a challenge to an order that would bar the former CEO of a Michigan community bank from ever working in the banking industry again. The justices’ ruling in Calcutt v.