JURIST

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

” The High Court ruled that the defendants were not guilty of sexual assault and convicted them for minor offenses because they did not make skin to skin contact with their victims. The Court noted that the legislature intended to broadly protect child from sexual abuse.

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Law 360

MAY 24, 2022

cannot use a free speech statute to duck a climate change suit brought by the Massachusetts Attorney General, the state's top court ruled Tuesday, finding that the law in question applies to private suits but not public enforcement actions. ExxonMobil Corp.

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Day on Torts

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

55-8-136, which is a Class C misdemeanor, the statute of limitations for plaintiff’s action was extended to two years pursuant to Tenn. Defendant filed a motion for summary judgment based on the statute of limitations issue, but the trial court ruled in favor of plaintiff, and the Court of Appeals affirmed.

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Patently O

MAY 3, 2021

Although Tormasi began the prosecution pro se, he later worked with John Kane, a Trenton-based patent attorney, to push through to issuance. Rather than reaching the merits, the district court dismissed the case on procedural grounds. New Jersey has a statute on point: “Every person who has reached the age of majority.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 31, 2025

It contended that its employees are covered by a provision of the statute that carves out from the definition of employment anyone who works for (as relevant here) an organization operated primarily for religious purposes because the group carries out its charitable works to put Catholic principles into operation.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 12, 2021

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands on Tuesday ruled in favor of Somalia in the dispute between Somalia and Kenya concerning the maritime border of the Indian Ocean. The top court ruled unanimously that there was no agreed maritime boundary between Somalia and Kenya.

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CARET Legal

APRIL 14, 2025

With court dates, response windows, and filing deadlines constantly shifting, one missed update can jeopardize an entire case. Solution: CARET Legal offers centralized case management and deadline tracking that syncs with court rules and helps teams stay on schedule.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 29, 2022

Attorney General Dana Nessel has lost the Flint case in spectacular fashion this week. In an unanimous 6-0 ruling, the Michigan Supreme Court held that her office committed a fatal and inexplicable error in prosecuting nine officials for the Flint water crisis, including former Gov. Rick Snyder. juror) to charge them.”

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

But then, on October 19, 2021, Joseph Ryan, an attorney from Palos Verdes Estates, filed a complaint against the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, arguing that the transfer of Bruce’s Beach to the Bruce family is an unconstitutional “gift” under Section 6 of Article 16 of the California Constitution. It might be. More Than Outcomes.

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JURIST

MARCH 3, 2021

The Voting Rights Act, a landmark federal civil rights statute , was enacted in 1965. Holder , the Supreme Court ruled that Section 4(b) of the Act was no longer constitutional because “the formula used to determine coverage was based on data that was 40 years old, making it no longer representative to current needs.”

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At the Lectern

JUNE 26, 2023

Prudholme , the Supreme Court today holds that legislation reducing maximum probation terms applies retroactively and, when so applied, doesn’t jeopardize a plea agreement reached under the harsher superseded law. Stamps (2020) 9 Cal.5th

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 26, 2022

In December 2018, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives issued a final rule that this definition of “machinegun” included “bump stock” accessories used on semi-automatic rifles. challenged the rule in district court on the ground that the rule conflicts with the plain meaning of the statute.

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LawTechnologyToday

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

For the first time, the majority of attorneys are reporting using a laptop computer as their primary device to conduct work. If attorneys are in their offices less, it is logical that the desktop computers that are in those offices are not going to be used as often. This trend is most pronounced in firms with 10-49 attorneys.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 16, 2022

“You cannot claim self-defense against a danger you create,” said Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger in his closing argument. “If Howrey Professor of Law at the George Washington University Law School, state statutes vary widely on defining what constitutes aggression. The jury didn’t agree.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 7, 2021

He is former career counsel to the assistant attorney general for civil rights at the U.S. The Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision in Brnovich v. This is not something contemplated by the text of the statute or its legislative history. Democratic National Committee. Department of Justice.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 12, 2023

Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. Four years ago, the Supreme Court ruled in Nieves v. The district attorney quickly dropped the charges, but not before Gonzalez, who at the time was 72, had been processed and spent the day in jail.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 29, 2024

The district court ruled for Medical Marijuana and the other companies on Horn’s RICO claim. The companies came to the Supreme Court last fall, asking the justices to take up the case and weigh in.

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Day on Torts

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Where plaintiff filed a notice of voluntary dismissal in his defamation case before defendants filed their petition to dismiss under the TPPA, the trial court erred by granting defendants’ petition for dismissal and awarding them attorneys’ fees and sanctions after plaintiff’s nonsuit. These rulings were reversed and vacated on appeal.

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At the Lectern

JUNE 17, 2021

Working on the presumption that the “ Legislature intends for ameliorative enactments to apply as broadly as is constitutionally permis sible,” the Supreme Court i n People v. The court ruled similarly last year in People v. McKenzie (2020) 9 Cal.5th

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 28, 2022

One of those exceptions is for physicians who operate under the statute’s registration scheme; registered doctors may prescribe controlled substances in accordance with rules promulgated by the attorney general.

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Day on Torts

AUGUST 9, 2021

The trial court found plaintiff’s testimony that she was not involved in setting up the annuity and had no knowledge of it to be credible, and it ruled that defendant was liable for conversion. These rulings were affirmed on appeal. In Pomeroy v. McGinnis , No. E2020-00960-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-3-118(g). “In

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

But the lower courts ruled, and the federal government contends, that the “safety value” is only available to defendants who do not have any of the indicators. In an unusual twist, however, Laufer – who in February had agreed that the justices should grant review – asked the court in July to dismiss the case.

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Day on Torts

JANUARY 15, 2022

In the year ending June 30, 2020 (the last period for which information is publicly available) the High Court was asked to accept review in 569 cases. These are the cases where the Court has the discretion whether to hear the case or allow the lower court ruling to stand. Code Ann. § 20-12-119(c).

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Day on Torts

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Based on the circumstances of this case and the application of the relevant statute, however, the Court of Appeals disagreed. The Court noted that Tenn. 56-7-135 is a burden shifting statute, and that plaintiff “did not assert that it successfully rebutted the statutory presumption.” Code Ann. § Code Ann. §

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Justice Sonia Sotomayor asked Kimberly if there was an “easy fix” for the tribe and the federal government to avoid double jeopardy problems in future cases in the event that the Supreme Court rules in favor of Denezpi. Kimberly responded that those issues might arise in future cases but are not before the court in Denezpi.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The measures range from requiring certification that prosecutors have followed the rules of discovery to eliminating the “absolute” immunity from lawsuits currently granted to prosecuting attorneys. Errors of procedure, failure to file appropriate paperwork, missed communications with defense attorneys or the judge are common examples.

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Day on Torts

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Considering all the evidence, the trial court ruled that “each individual reason cited by [counsel] standing alone, does not constitute extraordinary cause for not complying with the statute,” but that “the cumulative effect of all the reasons led the court to exercise its discretion to find that there was extraordinary cause.”

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CARET Legal

JULY 19, 2024

The court rules in favor of the opposing party, and your client loses the case. Missed deadlines can include missed statutes of limitations, missed deadlines to obtain alias and pluries summons, missed discovery deadlines, and missed appellate deadlines. By the time you realize your mistake, it’s too late.

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Day on Torts

MAY 31, 2022

Before filing suit, plaintiff consulted with a friend who was an attorney in Louisiana. When that friend could not find a Tennessee lawyer to take her case before the statute of limitations ran out, he sent her a sample pre-suit notice form. Plaintiff thereafter filed this HCLA suit. internal citations and quotations omitted).

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Day on Torts

MAY 11, 2022

In subsection (a)(1), which was the subsection at issue in this case, the statute only states that the certificate must say that “there is a good faith basis to maintain the action consistent with the requirements of § 29-26-115.” 3, 2019), the Court ruled that “language in a complaint cannot substitute for a proper certificate of good faith.”

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MyCase

AUGUST 16, 2022

According to Law.com , attorney retirement in New York is “remarkably complex” with “variations of ‘retire’… used in different contexts.” The article also states, “It is critically important to understand the labyrinth of potentially applicable ethics rules that intertwine with certain court rules on retirement.”.

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At the Lectern

JANUARY 3, 2025

After its two previous conferences yielded a total of nine straight grants ( here , here , and here ), the Supreme Court at this week’s ( early ) conference , a double one, made no straight-grant orders. It was a busy conference, however, the court ruling on 176 matters. Here are some of the notable actions.

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At the Lectern

APRIL 17, 2025

It was a big double conference; the court ruled on 171 matters. This Part I reports on some of the highlights: Posthumous pardon recommendation Supreme Court approves posthumous pardon for Medal of Honor recipient. The court limited the issues to: “1.) Does every Private Attorneys General Act (Lab.

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Rocket Matter

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

While some attorneys may worry that automating contact points with leads may feel impersonal, these messages are customizable and responsive. The softphone makes it easy for criminal defense attorneys to follow up with clients who are the right fit for your firm. No time is wasted on leads who don’t need your services.

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MyCase

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Staff can set reminders for attorneys, and colleagues can easily see availability when scheduling meetings. Additionally, MyCase offers a direct LawToolBox integration that provides access to a library of hundreds of court rule sets across the U.S. You can also create events with court rules-based calculations.

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 6, 2024

’ This Case is highly significant, because it extensively addresses the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments in Kenya and the principles to be considered by the Kenyan Courts. That procedure was not immediately apparent.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 12, 2021

.” The language of the statute in my view is unconstitutional due to its sweeping criminalization of any “curse or abuse” that could “provoke a breach of the peace.” As the United States Supreme Court ruled in National Ass’n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Winston , 199 S.E.2d

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