JURIST

JUNE 22, 2024

The US Court of Appeal for the Fifth Circuit blocked an appeal Friday from Texas gun owners and state Attorney General Ken Paxton seeking judicial approval of a Texas gun law that exempts the state from federal firearm silencer regulations. Standing is a doctrine that courts require for an individual’s grievance to be heard.

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Intelligize Blog

JANUARY 14, 2025

Looking at the bigger picture, the consequences of the latest Tesla court decision in Delaware could radiate beyond the automaker. Given Musks public profile and, by extension, Teslas notoriety it shouldnt come as a surprise if shareholders of other companies and their attorneys take notice of the plaintiffs success in this case.

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JURIST

JANUARY 7, 2024

” Last month, the US District Court for the Central District of California issued a preliminary injunction blocking SB 2 from taking effect in 2024. .” ” Last month, the US District Court for the Central District of California issued a preliminary injunction blocking SB 2 from taking effect in 2024.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 31, 2023

.” Earlier this month, the US District Court for the Central District of California issued a preliminary injunction blocking SB 2 from taking effect in 2024. The judge based his ruling on the two-part test from the US Supreme Court decision last year in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v.

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JURIST

AUGUST 28, 2021

Working up through the lower courts, the US Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, affirmed lower court decisions in August 2020; that the treatment of the School Board against Grimm was a violation of his constitutional rights. ” The post Virginia School Board to pay transgender student $1.3

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Native American Law Professor Lindsay Roberts, and legislative attorney from the Congressional Research Service Mainon Schwartz. Hoskin emphasized the treaty’s legitimacy, despite the centuries that have passed, citing various US Supreme Court decisions reaffirming treaties and the rights they granted to native communities.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The feature uses ChatGPT to deliver one-paragraph summaries of court decisions, with the goal of enabling legal professionals to more quickly gauge the relevance and implications of a decision. “This ensures users get precise insights into relevant court decisions,” Twigger said.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 10, 2023

Share In Re Grand Jury asks how courts should assess attorney-client privilege when a client seeks partly legal and partly nonlegal advice from a lawyer and the two parts cannot be disentangled. I don’t see … courts in states or even federal courts saying, I can’t figure this out.”.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 6, 2025

In 1993, William Neilly was sentenced in Michigan state court to life without the possibility of parole for a homicide he committed as a juvenile. Because of intervening Supreme Court decisions prohibiting the imposition of no-parole life sentences for juvenile offenders, he was resentenced to a lesser sentence.

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Intelligize Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Meanwhile, DEI initiatives nationwide have drawn the ire of conservative state attorneys general and politicians. The post Supreme Court Decision Complicates Diversity Disclosure Landscape appeared first on Intelligize. High-profile law firms now face lawsuits for their diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies.

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JURIST

APRIL 12, 2021

Matthew Blackwood, a civilian Supervisory Attorney Advisor for Judge Michael Libretto and another judge that oversaw the commission, continued to serve in this role while applying for outside employment. The DC Circuit held that this was an adequate remedy to the improper process that had occurred.

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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. And once again, Jos Garza, the Travis County district attorney, has filed a brief supporting the petition.

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Law 360

APRIL 17, 2024

A recent Illinois appellate court decision, National Fire Insurance v.

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Law 360

JANUARY 25, 2022

Plaintiff-side ERISA attorneys notched a win Monday with the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to revive a proposed class action challenging Northwestern University's handling of its retirement plan, but the unanimous ruling leaves open questions that have attorneys on both sides of the bar wanting more.

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JURIST

JUNE 12, 2023

In Hestor’s class action suit, Hester and his attorneys claimed that the Cullman County, Alabama bail system violated the 14th amendment , as indigent defendants were denied due process and equal protection. Judge Robin S.

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Law 360

MAY 10, 2024

Electronically stored information on cellphones, and in particular text messages, can present unique litigation challenges, and recent court decisions demonstrate that counsel must carefully balance what data should be preserved, collected, reviewed and produced, say attorneys at Sidley.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Gutierrez also brought a federal civil rights lawsuit in 2020 against Luis Saenz, the district attorney who prosecuted him, and Felix Sauceda, the Brownsville police chief. In other words, the Texas law would only allow Gutierrez the DNA testing if he could prove that, with that evidence, he wouldnt have been convicted at all.

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JURIST

APRIL 25, 2022

.” Kennedy brought the case to the district court claiming the school district violated his First Amendment right of free speech. The district court ruled in favor of the that the school district. Kennedy appealed the district court decision to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which upheld the decision.

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ABA Journal

JULY 18, 2023

Attorneys general from 13 states are warning Fortune 100 companies that a U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down race-conscious admissions programs at universities also implicates…

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Law 360

JUNE 29, 2023

Supreme Court's decision Thursday that federal trademark law cannot be applied to foreign conduct creates new hurdles for American brand owners seeking to curtail infringement and counterfeiting and leaves many open questions for lower courts to address, attorneys say.

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Patently O

MAY 23, 2023

2023) , the court has affirmed a district court denial of attorney fees for the successful defendant. Attorney Fees: After winning on the merits, FMC moved for attorney fees and non-taxable costs. The district court denied those costs, finding the case to be not exceptional. FMC Tech (Fed.

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Law 360

APRIL 28, 2022

attorney general seeks reconsideration on a D.C. Superior Court decision tossing antitrust claims over Amazon rules that allegedly prohibit merchants and suppliers from selling for cheaper prices elsewhere. Department of Justice threw its weight behind the District of Columbia on Wednesday as the D.C.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

.” They also argued that PASS lacked standing because it failed to prove: that its members suffered an injury-in-fact; that the alleged injury was fairly traceable to an action by Walz and Minnesota; and that the injury was redressable by a favorable court decision.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

California Attorney General Rob Bonta responded to the decision 0n X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday. In a post, Bonta said, “We will seek an immediate stay of the district court decision, to maintain CA’s life saving, constitutional ammunition laws.”

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The case was brought by the Responsible Plastic Use Coalition and several plastics manufacturing companies against the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, the Minister of Health and the Attorney General of Canada, who argued that the government did not have the authority to add PMIs to Schedule 1.

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At the Lectern

JUNE 16, 2022

1121, held that an arbitration agreement requiring an employee to waive the right to bring in any forum representative actions under California’s Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act is invalid as contrary to public policy. Iskanian (2015) 574 U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

AUGUST 9, 2021

Here’s the Monday morning read: Antiabortion activists at Supreme Court cite an unlikely authority for overturning Roe v. Oklahoma attorney general urges Supreme Court to overturn McGirt (Chris Casteel, The Oklahoman). Supreme Court decision could set off gerrymandering ‘arms race’ (John Kruzel, The Hill).

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JURIST

MAY 15, 2024

The case emerged from complaints by Nebraskans that the state was improperly subjecting mental health patients to segregation from general society, in violation of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) and the 1999 US Supreme Court decision Olmstead v.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 12, 2022

Snyder, who is the first current or former Michigan governor to be charged with crimes related to their time in office, and his legal team continue to attack the case, claiming he can’t be charged in a Flint court with neglect of duty when he worked miles away in Ingham County.

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Law 360

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Appellate courts issued a bevy of important decisions applying federal benefits law in 2023, including a recent Second Circuit ruling in favor of Cornell University that deepened a circuit split and a Tenth Circuit finding that an Oklahoma law regulating pharmacy benefit managers was preempted.

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JURIST

JUNE 9, 2022

The APPGDC reviewed UK Supreme Court decisions, heard testimony from lawyers and judges, and reviewed public statements from Johnson and other member of his government. The report also cited alleged statements through a government source saying Johnson “ wants to get the judges sorted.”

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Law 360

APRIL 15, 2022

Two recent court decisions out of the mid-Atlantic region "don't bode well" for policyholders, according to an attorney for insurers, as the Virginia Supreme Court refused to hear a hotel management company's virus coverage loss case and the Fourth Circuit again held that pandemic-related losses aren't covered by insurance policies.

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Law 360

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Federal appellate court decisions in the six years since the U.S.

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JURIST

AUGUST 4, 2023

The return of assets is carried out by the authorized body – the Attorney General’s Office. Given that assets may be located abroad, the Law provides for mechanisms of international legal cooperation to ensure the enforcement of court decisions, information exchange and other legal interaction.

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JURIST

MARCH 30, 2021

The US Supreme Court released an unsigned opinion Monday in Mays v. Hines , summarily reversing a lower court decision that had ordered a new trial for a Tennessee death row inmate. In the opinion , the Supreme Court held that the evidence for conviction was straightforward. Hines was placed on death row.

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At the Lectern

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The Supreme Court today finds a 2018 statute did not violate the California Constitution in eliminating the possibility of transfer to adult criminal court of almost all prosecutions for crimes committed by 14- and 15-year-olds. Coverage of the decision: Bob Egelko in the San Francisco Chronicle.

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Law 360

MARCH 7, 2025

Supreme Court's decision in Dewberry v. Dewberry hones in on the question of how a defendant's affiliates' profits should be treated under the Lanham Act, and should remind trademark litigants and practitioners that issues involving monetary relief should be treated seriously, say attorneys at Finnegan.

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