Above The Law

MAY 16, 2025

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey apparently thinks he gets to be editor-in-chief of every social media platform. Theres just one tiny problem: this completely ignores what the Supreme Court explicitly said about government control of content moderation just months ago in Moody v. Enter Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The court found that the ballot measure violated the state constitution , despite a previous federal court ruling finding that the measure complied with the US Constitution’s Second Amendment. In his reasoning, Judge Robert Raschio highlighted the fact that support for BM 114 spiked after the 2022 Uvalde, Texas shooting.

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HowAppealing

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

“A federal court clears the way for a Texas social media law; The law, which had been blocked by a lower court, makes it possible to sue large social media platforms for taking down political viewpoints”: David McCabe of The New York Times has this report. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit at this link.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

We deal with deadlines, court rules, and client demands, adding to daily pressures to perform. This difficult boss can be an attorney, office manager, or maybe even a paralegal manager. I have also experienced being hired on to a firm only to have a switch in attorney support. The legal community is a small one.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

In Missouri, the Attorney General Eric Schmitt filed suit challenging local public school authority to require masks, while the Texas Supreme Court ruled in favor of Governor Greg Abbott allowing him to ban a Dallas school district from requiring masks.

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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. This week, we highlight cert petitions that ask the court to consider, among other things, how closely aligned evidence must be to satisfy that exception.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Former state trooper Torres resigned from his job with the Texas Department of Safety when the department would not provide accommodations for a condition he developed from his military service. In 2018, a Texas state court ruled that the law was an unconstitutional abridgment of state’s sovereign immunity.

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TypeLaw Briefing Insights

MAY 9, 2024

Formatting a brief for a Texas court Filing a compliant, well-formatted brief demonstrates your professionalism, establishes credibility with the court, and ensures that your brief wont be rejected for technical errorssuch as not adhering to specifications around margins, font size and type, citation format, and other formatting details.

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Chugh LLP

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas issued a ruling on the new regulation proposed by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). The post United States District Court Rules Against Proposed DACA Regulation appeared first on Chugh LLP.

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Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Laws, rules, regulations, and opinions vary by jurisdiction. About the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism. The post Ethical Considerations for Flat Fee Billing appeared first on Attorney at Work. 91-2 & Formal Advisory Opinion No. For more information, visit 2Civility.org and follow @2CivilityOrg.

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Law 360

MAY 8, 2024

Attorneys for Elon Musk and Tesla Inc. and its board have blasted class attorney motions to sequester billions worth of the automotive company's shares as an improper attempt to shield a nonfinal court ruling on Musk's 10-year compensation plan and as potential interference in a Tesla bid to reincorporate in Texas.

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Law 360

JANUARY 22, 2024

Google "blatantly violated" court rules against filing multiple motions to dismiss when it lodged a second bid to kill an antitrust suit filed by a coalition of conservative state attorney generals, according to the states' filing in Texas federal court.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Texas Department of Public Safety , the justices will weigh in on a lawsuit brought against the department by a former state trooper who resigned from his job when the department would not provide accommodations for a respiratory condition resulting from his service as an Army reservist in Iraq. In Torres v.

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Patently O

JANUARY 4, 2024

I believe that Winston & Strawn will eventually prevail based upon a fair use defense, but it is still an embarrassing situation for the firm and attorneys involved. The role of attribution is also receiving increasing focus as attorneys begin to rely more heavily on AI outputs for their legal documents. In the case of White v.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Supporters of the law contend that a ruling that invalidates the law could have significant negative consequences for both Native American children and tribal rights. Brackeen , Texas v. Haaland ), the justices agreed to review a ruling by the U.S. In Haaland v. Haaland , and Brackeen v.

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Law 360

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Eleven state attorneys general urged the Fifth Circuit Thursday to flip a Texas federal court ruling that keeps the U.S. Department of Labor's rule regulating tipped and non-tipped work alive, saying the DOL attempts to sidestep Congress' definition of a tipped employee.

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Law 360

JANUARY 24, 2024

Google urged a Texas federal judge Tuesday not to listen to "empty rhetoric" raised by state attorneys general contending the search giant violated court rules when it filed dual motions to dismiss allegations targeting its dominance over the technology that places display advertising on third-party websites.

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Law 360

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Amid its appeal of a Texas federal court ruling in favor of a flight attendant who claimed her firing was a Civil Rights Act violation, Southwest Airlines is also urging the Fifth Circuit to toss a district court sanction ordering three of its in-house attorneys to undergo "religious-liberty training."

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Patently O

MARCH 19, 2021

Chao was a patent attorney and patent litigator for 20 years before becoming a professor and I have long valued his insight. Judge Alan Albright’s court in the Western District of Texas is rapidly becoming the latest hot spot for patent litigation. Moreover, individual court rules are now requiring greater transparency.

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Patently O

AUGUST 9, 2024

Some firms are hot and looking to hire: Cantor Colburn LLP is seeking a remote Patent Attorney or Agent with a degree in organic chemistry (Ph.D. Louis metro is seeking a Patent Agent or Attorney with a biotech background including laboratory research experience. The examiner has not yet passed judgment on the claim. Unified Patents.

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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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Patently O

JULY 18, 2024

City of Anna, Texas , No. July 18, 2024) , the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s judgment on the pleadings that the asserted claims of Miller Mendel’s U.S. The court also affirmed the denial of the defendant’s motion for attorneys’ fees under 35 U.S.C. § 2022-1753 (Fed. 3d 1374 (Fed.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 9, 2021

The family court decision was reviewed by Judges Stan Pritzker, John Egan Jr., They admit that the rock was “not addressed by family court or the attorney for the child, the mother’s testimony at the hearing, as well as an exhibit admitted into evidence.” Sharon Aarons, Molly Reynolds Fitzgerald and John Colangelo.

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TypeLaw Briefing Insights

JULY 24, 2024

Mastering legal citations demonstrates professionalism If youre an appellate attorney, writing accurate legal briefs is crucial, and that includes using the right citation terms. We’ve published a guide that details which courts require hyperlinked briefs. Two terms youll often encounter are id. Notably, as detailed in Cal.

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TypeLaw Briefing Insights

JANUARY 21, 2025

Any day declared a holiday by the President or Congress, such as the recent National Day of Mourning for former President Jimmy Carter, is considered a Legal Holiday for the purpose of computing time in the federal court filings. And, as weve detailed in other blog articles, federal rules and local rules can differ widely.

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Patently O

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

That’s because current disclosure of litigation funding relies on a patchwork of state law, court rules, self-reporting, FOIA requests, leaks to journalists, and funding pitches. 29] Notably, they continue to file and litigate in the Western District of Texas; IP Edge, too, has ceased filing in Delaware, per reporting and data. [30]

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Patently O

MARCH 19, 2021

On March 2, a jury in the Western District of Texas awarded VLSI $2.18 The court allowed the public to listen to pubic portions of the trial by telephone. This article describes aspects of the testimony and attorney statements on damages as logged in contemporaneous notes. VLSI’s Anticipation of Defendant’s Critiques.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 19, 2024

Share The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Wednesday in the case of a 76-year-old Texas woman , Sylvia Gonzalez, who was arrested on charges that she had violated a state law that prohibits tampering with government records. The district attorney ultimately declined to pursue the charges against Gonzalez.

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JURIST

AUGUST 6, 2023

Travis County District Judge Jessica Mangrum issued a temporary injunctive order Friday, blocking a Texas abortion ban from being applied to people with pregnancy complications. This filing automatically stayed the injunctive order until the state supreme court rules. Wade with Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.

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JURIST

APRIL 6, 2023

million settlement with families of those injured and killed in the 2017 mass shooting at First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, Texas. In 2021 a federal district court ruled that the government was partially responsible for the deaths due to negligence. The US Department of Justice Wednesday reached a $144.5

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Saenz, a case that could reshape the landscape of DNA testing for death row inmates in Texas. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals denied his request for testing, citing state law that limits testing to cases where it would determine guilt or innocence, not merely the sentence.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 15, 2021

A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit sided for a second time with Texas officials and suspended a lower court ruling that had blocked a Texas law banning most abortions. The order issued late Thursday night stated that the court would expedite the appeal and schedule oral arguments.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 20, 2025

Areli Escobar was convicted in a Texas state court of the sexual assault and murder of Biana Maldonado Hernandez and sentenced to death. The trial court recommended vacating the conviction due to a reasonable likelihood that the flawed DNA evidence affected the jurys decision.

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JURIST

JANUARY 26, 2021

The US Supreme Court Monday vacated lower court rulings in a case related to Texas’ ban on most abortions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Later, Attorney General Ken Paxton issued a statement declaring that the order applied to all types of abortions.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 6, 2017

Two other states—Texas and North Dakota—filed an amicus brief supporting EPA; the petitioners opposed their participation on procedural grounds. The district court ruled that EPA was required to conduct such evaluations in October 2016 and set an expedited schedule for EPA’s compliance. Clean Air Council v. Pruitt , No.

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JURIST

JULY 24, 2022

California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a bill , SB-1327, modeled after Texas’ abortion law. California will use every tool at its disposal to save lives, especially in the face of an increasingly extreme Supreme Court.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 28, 2021

The Texas State Supreme Court has ruled that Facebook cannot be considered a “lawless no-man’s land” and must be held liable for the conduct of individuals who use its communicative technology to recruit and prey, the Houston Chronicle reports. . This was also the case for the three girls involved in the Texas lawsuit.

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