HowAppealing

JUNE 22, 2022

“Arkansas Times loses challenge of state’s Israel boycott law”: Max Brantley of Arkansas Times has this report on an en banc ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued today.

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JANUARY 31, 2024

Attorney General of Arkansas Tim Griffin, whose office represented the Arkansas Board of Apportionment in the case, celebrated the order, writing, “Arkansas’s redistricting process is done by Arkansans elected by their fellow Arkansans. The plaintiffs then appealed the district court’s decision.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 8, 2025

Yahoo ] * Rest of Arkansas Supreme Court steps in to overrule chief justice decision to fire staff. [ Bloomberg Law News ] * But Republican AGs -- having solved all the problems in their states -- are looking to sue the American Bar Association for having a diversity rule. appeared first on Above the Law.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 28, 2021

Arkansas lawmakers on Wednesday approved a reworked bill that aims to preempt federal gun restrictions following objections from the governor, law enforcement and prosecutors that a previous proposal went too far and jeopardized public safety, reports the Associated Press. 1, 2021, that violate the constitutional right to bear arms.

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Above The Law

JUNE 21, 2023

How is this law unconstitutional? The post Court Tosses Arkansas Ban On Medical Care For Trans Kids appeared first on Above the Law. All the ways!

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 26, 2024

* Arkansas book ban runs afoul of Constitution. Bloomberg Law News ] * Biglaw will be busy for the next few weeks aiding clients with SEC enforcement before the SEC stops doing that. National Law Journal ] * Big pharma. National Law Journal ] * Big pharma. appeared first on Above the Law. Big insider trading.

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HowAppealing

OCTOBER 20, 2022

“ACLU asks supreme court to overturn Arkansas’ anti-boycott law against Israel; The civil rights group says the law is in conflict with a 40-year-old supreme court ruling that boycotts are protected speech”: Chris McGreal of The Guardian (UK) has this report.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The US Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously upheld an Arkansas law setting prescription drug reimbursement rates for pharmacies. The 2015 Arkansas law requires pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) in the state to pay reimbursements to pharmacies at or above the costs of obtaining generic prescription drugs.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The first trial challenging a state ban on gender-affirming care for children and teens starts this week in Arkansas. Starting Monday, a U.S.

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JURIST

MARCH 31, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled Monday that Missouri is not barred from enforcing a state law that criminalizes misleading advertisements of vegan food products as containing meat.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 4, 2023

On Monday, the Senate passed Senate Bill 495, otherwise known as the ‘Protect Arkansas Act.’ ’ If passed into law, it would require people convicted of violent felonies to serve 100 percent of their sentences in prison. Wickline reports for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

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HowAppealing

OCTOBER 19, 2022

“The Faulty Case against Arkansas’s Law Limiting Gender Treatments for Minors”: Christopher Mills has this post at National Review’s “Bench Memos” blog. The post “The Faulty Case against Arkansas’s Law Limiting Gender Treatments for Minors” appeared first on How Appealing.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

We’ll continue to fight this law until all transgender Montanans have the health care they need.” Similar bans on gender-affirmative medical care have been deemed unconstitutional in states such as Arkansas and Texas.

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JUNE 2, 2022

The state of Arkansas has made reckless driving a criminal misdemeanor.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

The state attorneys generals of Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and South Carolina alleged in a federal Missouri court that Biden’s federal student loan forgiveness plan is unauthorized and poses economic harm to working class individuals. The lawsuit also alleges that Biden lacks the authority to forgive federal student loans.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 31, 2023

US federal Judge Stephen Locher on Friday blocked key provisions of SF 496 , an Iowa law prohibiting school libraries from distributing books containing LGBTQ+ and gender identity issues. Judge Locher stated that the law “sweeps so broadly,” that more than 500 books, including literary classics and self-help books, faced removal.

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JURIST

MARCH 22, 2024

Florida, Alabama, Arkansas, and Louisiana have all passed similar land sale laws in the past year. Florida’s law was overturned by a Federal Appeals Court because the law was likely to be preempted by a federal law. The bill will now advance to a vote in the Georgie state Senate.

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FDA Law Blog

MARCH 24, 2024

By Faraz Siddiqui — As drug manufacturers battle the Health Resources and Services Administration (“HRSA”) in federal courts over the role of 340B contract pharmacies, an Eighth Circuit decision to uphold a 2021 Arkansas law may render those cases inconsequential in that state. 23-92-604(c)(1), (2) (Act 1103).

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JURIST

MARCH 29, 2021

Arkansas Teacher Retirement System. In this class action suit, Arkansas’ largest retirement fund and other shareholders claim to have lost more than $13 billion between 2007 and 2010, due to false statements in the bank’s regulatory filings and public comments.

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JURIST

MARCH 25, 2024

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed one of the country’s most restrictive social media bans for minors into law on Monday. The law bans social media accounts for children under the age of 14 and requires parental permission for accounts for children between the ages of 14 and 15. This is government overreach.”

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Law 360

JUNE 12, 2023

A Georgia legal marketing company has accused an Arkansas law firm and its marketing wing of stealing and profiting off its trade secrets, including a valuable database of client leads for mass torts over talcum powder and heartburn medication.

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ABA Journal

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

A federal judge in Little Rock, Arkansas, is asking his incoming law clerks and interns whether they have done anything—or belonged to groups that did…

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JURIST

AUGUST 31, 2024

Six major book publishers Friday sued the Florida Department of Education, challenging a 2023 state law used to restrict books in school libraries. The plaintiffs are suing on the basis that the state law is overbroad and violates the freedom of expression protected under the First Amendment of the US Constitution.

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JURIST

MAY 24, 2024

The US Government alleges that Live Nation violated § 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act , an 1890 US antitrust law that prescribes the rules of free competition and prohibits unfair monopolies. §

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Authorities allege that Google’s collection of location information violated the participating states’ consumer protection laws because “ Google misled its users into thinking they had turned off location tracking in their account settings, when, in fact, Google continued to collect their location information.”

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The Crime Report

MAY 17, 2021

are listening to advocates’ calls to consider resentencing laws in an attempt to decrease mass incarceration and address the over-imprisonment of people of color. Under the law, people who committed crimes when they were under 25-years-old can petition courts to reduce their sentences after serving 15 years.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Voters in Arkansas, Maryland, Missouri, North Dakota and South Dakota Tuesday voted on recreational marijuana legalization measures. Maryland and Missouri approved the measures while Arkansas, North Dakota and South Dakota did not. percent of Arkansas voters, 54.95 percent to 34.46 percent of North Dakota voters and 52.84

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HowAppealing

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

“Federal Court Moves to Drastically Weaken Voting Rights Act; The ruling, which is almost certain to be appealed to the Supreme Court, would effectively bar private citizens and civil rights groups from suing under a key provision of the landmark law”: Nick Corasaniti of The New York Times has this report.

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JURIST

MARCH 23, 2021

Hassaid to consider a California agricultural union organizing law. ” Under California law, agricultural businesses must allow labor organizations onto their property up to three times a day over a 30-day period, up to 120 days per year. The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in Cedar Point Nursery v.

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Law 360

AUGUST 31, 2023

An Arkansas federal judge agreed Thursday to temporarily suspend the state's new law requiring parental permission to register for social media accounts and age checks to access certain online platforms, finding a trade association representing Big Tech companies is likely to succeed in challenging the law.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 25, 2022

* Having it your way: Californian law aims to protect fast food workers. [ Been itching to dean for a law school? If you aren't opposed to living in Arkansas, you're in luck. [ appeared first on Above the Law. The Reg Review ]. * The future of what social media giants can do is unclear. The Hill ]. recently passed away.

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JURIST

JULY 23, 2023

Additionally, the law includes provisions that limit a trans adult’s access to care. Legislation banning or restricting healthcare for trans individuals have been blocked, struck down or challenged in Arkansas , Georgia and Indiana.

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JURIST

MARCH 1, 2022

Arkansas lawmakers overcame the governor’s veto to pass a bill last April banning the provision of gender-affirming care to transgender minors. That law was temporarily blocked by a federal judge in July. Abbott’s letter comes amid a wave of state attempts to criminalize medical care for transgender youth.

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HowAppealing

JANUARY 27, 2023

Bowen School of Law on March 30-31, 2023: You can register via this link to attend the 2023 installment of Arkansas’ premier appellate CLE event. Bowen School of Law on March 30-31, 2023 appeared first on How Appealing. You can also access online a list of the speakers and the symposium’s schedule.

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HowAppealing

DECEMBER 6, 2022

.” Madison Alder of Bloomberg Law reports that “ Pryor Confirmed to Seventh Circuit as Schumer Tees Up More Votes.” ” And Max Brantley of Arkansas Times reports that “ Boozman, Cotton oppose historic confirmation of Arkansas native to circuit court judgeship.” ” Yesterday, the U.S.

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HowAppealing

MARCH 31, 2023

Programming note: On Saturday, I will be traveling back home from Little Rock, Arkansas, where this afternoon I had the pleasure of speaking at the Corbin Symposium. Bowen School of Law , where the event was occurring, was spared any damage from the huge tornado that passed through town nearby, but other areas sadly were not so fortunate.

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Above The Law

MARCH 22, 2023

Bloomberg ] * Arkansas has now yanked child labor protections and introduced anti-trans bathroom laws if you want to know how things are going down there. appeared first on Above the Law. [ Politico ] * Facebook tagged for trafficking. appeared first on Above the Law. Politico ] * Facebook tagged for trafficking.

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