JURIST

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The US Supreme Court on Monday heard oral arguments in a case where the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) refused to approve flavored e-cigarettes, citing public health concerns. The harmless error doctrine allows courts to avoid overturning agency decisions based on procedural errors if the error did not significantly affect the outcome.

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JURIST

JANUARY 23, 2025

The Supreme Court of Canada announced on Thursday that it will hear a landmark challenge to Quebec’s secularism law, Bill 21. This latest legal challenge comes after lower courts, including the Quebec Court of Appeal upheld the law due to the government’s use of the notwithstanding clause.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

A US federal appeals court on Friday temporarily lifted a trial court’s blocking of a Louisiana law mandating public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom. The appellate court’s lifting of the order will last until the court finishes reviewing the defendants’ appeal of the trial court’s order.

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MAY 20, 2025

“Justice Jay Mitchell resigns from Alabama Supreme Court to run for Attorney General in 2026”: Grayson Everett of Yellowhammer has this report.

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CARET Legal

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Specialized bankruptcy software is transforming the way attorneys manage these cases, making the process more efficient and accurate. Navigating bankruptcy cases can be complex and time-consuming for attorneys, especially with shifting regulations and extensive paperwork.

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JURIST

JANUARY 19, 2025

Mozambiques former finance minister, Manuel Chang, has been sentenced to serve eight-and-a-half years in prison this Friday for his role in the “tuna bond” scandal by a Brooklyn court. The post US court sentences former Mozambique finance minister to extended prison term appeared first on JURIST - News.

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OCTOBER 25, 2024

” You can access yesterday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania at this link. million in fees, costs and interest.” million in fees, costs and interest.”

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JURIST

JANUARY 26, 2025

On Friday, the US Supreme Court announced that it would take up a groundbreaking case to determine whether Oklahoma could fund a proposed Catholic charter school. If the court sides with Oklahoma, it would mark the first time the government can establish and directly fund religious schools. Drummond and St.

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

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JANUARY 16, 2025

“Leading US Supreme Court attorney Tom Goldstein charged with tax crimes”: David Thomas of Reuters has this report. At National Review’s “The Corner” blog, Dan McLaughlin has a post titled “ The Wild Indictment of Tom Goldstein of SCOTUSBlog.”

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Share The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that a group of Virginia drivers challenging a state motor vehicle law was not entitled to reimbursement of their attorneys fees even though a federal district court issued an order in their favor that temporarily prohibited the state from enforcing the law and the states legislature repealed the law.

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CARET Legal

DECEMBER 20, 2024

The right tools can transform how family law attorneys manage their daily responsibilities, reducing burnout and promoting a healthier work-life balance. Family law attorneys handle emotionally charged cases and heavy caseloads, often leading to burnout and stress.

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APRIL 28, 2025

” Roman Martinez, Nicole Reaves, and Lisa Blatt were the attorneys who argued the case. Supreme Court oral argument online a C-SPAN via this link. You can access the audio of this morning’s U.S.

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JURIST

JANUARY 25, 2025

New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Thursday a new $7.5 It is the second time a settlement has been reached between plaintiffs in the suit and Purdue after a prior settlement was overturned by the US Supreme Court in June 2024. The deal now awaits court approval tied to the companies 2019 bankruptcy filing.

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JURIST

MARCH 14, 2025

The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) decided on Friday that the standard of proof required in m ajor disciplinary offence proceedings for inmates would be raised from a “balance of probabilities” to “beyond a reasonable doubt.” ” This decision comes from John Howard Society of Saskatchewan v.

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JURIST

MAY 10, 2025

Subsequently, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied the DOJ’s request for a stay. The appeals court held that the government had not shown that it would likely succeed on the merits of the appeal or be irreparably harmed absent a stay of the order.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly M. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office to issue checks to her from public funds held in the Circuit Attorney’s Office Contingent Fund Account” as reimbursement for Gardner paying court fees and costs against her. Gardner entered a plea agreement on Wednesday for misusing public funds.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The US Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas announced on Tuesday that the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas sentenced former Guatemalan congressman Jose Armando Ubico Aguilar to 18 years in prison for international drug trafficking. Acting US Attorney Abe McGlothin Jr.

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Above The Law

APRIL 9, 2025

Law360 has coverage: A former attorney for Ballard Spahr LLP filed suit against the firm and the head of its employee benefits group Tuesday in New York federal court, claiming she was fired for taking medical leave and seeking a more flexible work schedule to deal with her epilepsy and a gastrointestinal condition.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Three other ex-US attorneys also submitted arguments to Justice Dale E. In response, Judge Ho ordered Mayor Adams and prosecutors to appear before the court. This comes after the US attorney for the Southern District of New York, Danielle Sassoon resigned last Thursday in response to the request to drop charges.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Chloe Miracle-Rutledge is a JURIST Supreme Court Correspondent and a 2L at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, DC. On Wednesday morning, I walked up to an unusually quiet Supreme Court building to attend oral arguments for Ames v. and the admission of new attorneys to the Supreme Court bar.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

US District Judge Stephen McGlynn ruled that PICA infringes on an individual’s Second Amendment rights, citing recent US Supreme Court interpretations of the Second Amendment. On the other side, government attorneys argued the law was both constitutional and essential to safeguard communities amid a persistent wave of mass shootings.

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JANUARY 17, 2025

“Supreme Court attorney who founded SCOTUSblog is charged in tax case; Million-dollar poker games, payments to women and a duffel bag of cash are part of the indictment accusing Thomas Goldstein of tax evasion”: Dan Morse of The Washington Post has this report.

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MARCH 14, 2025

“Full 11th Circuit upholds Florida age limit for gun buys, rejecting NRA challenge; Although the appeals court ruled the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act constitutional, Floridas attorney general announced his office would not defend the law if the case is appealed to the U.S.

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Attorney at Work

MAY 31, 2022

Managing an increasing volume of cases and court deadlines– sometimes in multiple jurisdictions – is one of the biggest time management challenges for law firms. . The court ordered additional briefings, but the lawyer then missed multiple deadlines, claiming earlier orders were lost among numerous notifications on his mobile phone.

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JURIST

AUGUST 24, 2024

Department of Justice announced on Friday that Kyle Benjamin Douglas Calvert pleaded guilty in federal court to the malicious use of an explosive device after detonating a bomb outside the Alabama attorney general’s office in February. Attorney General Merrick B. His sentencing hearing will be scheduled at a later date.

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OCTOBER 24, 2024

“Maine Supreme Judicial Court justice violated ethical code, committee says; A judicial conduct panel is recommending that Justice Catherine Connors, a former private attorney who represented banks, be sanctioned for not recusing herself from 2 cases that upended the state’s foreclosure process”: Hannah LaClaire of The Portland Press (..)

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 24, 2025

Share The Supreme Court on Friday afternoon added three more cases two of which will be argued together to its docket for the 2024-25 term. In a brief unsigned order , the justices agreed to review a ruling by the Oklahoma Supreme Court that rejected an effort by a Catholic online school to become the nations first religious charter school.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Prominent Ugandan political activist and lawyer Norbert Mao announced on Monday that the case concerning prominent Ugandan opposition politician, Kizza Besigye, is in the course of transfer from the Ugandan Court Martial to the High Court. In this case, the Supreme Court ruled that civilians are not subject to military tribunals.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

We attended the courtroom at the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) in Ottawa last Tuesday and Wednesday to hear oral arguments in Ahluwalia v Ahluwalia. Cases come to Canadas top court in several ways : by leave, by automatic right, or by reference. The case was heard by the Supreme Court over two days.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

More than 100 past presidents of US state, local and national bar associations issued a letter on Monday cautioning attorneys against the filing of meritless election lawsuits. The letter’s authors reminded attorneys that it is their “sacred responsibility” to “safeguard the rule of law.”

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

A Netherlands appeals court overturned a landmark 2021 ruling requiring Shell to cut its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030 on Tuesday. The court cited the company’s duty of care to mitigate climate change risks. Environmental groups, including Milieudefensie, expressed disappointment with the decision.

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JURIST

MAY 15, 2025

Last Tuesday, 6th May , the Supreme Court of Ghana in a 3-2 majority dismissed an application by Vincent Ekow Assafuah, a member of parliament who invited the court to halt the suspension of Ghana’s Chief Justice as effected by the president of the republic, His Excellency John Dramani Mahama.

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Above The Law

APRIL 18, 2025

One of the issues that many small firm lawyers face is they often need to appear at multiple court appearances at the same time. Although larger firms might have the resources to send multiple attorneys to court appearances so lawyers do not need to be in the same place at the same time, small firm lawyers may not have such resources.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 29, 2024

Attorneys representing the family of Marc Fogel, a teacher currently detained in Russia for drug charges, stated on Friday that the US Department of State has designated Fogel as wrongfully detained. Fogel’s attorney revealed that the Department of State made the designation in October.

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JANUARY 11, 2025

“Crawford, Schimel set to square off in another high-profile Wisconsin Supreme Court race; The race will again decide the ideological balance of the court”: Anya van Wagtendonk of Wisconsin Public Radio has this report.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

At an emergency hearing on Saturday, attorney Alex Kaufman, representing the plaintiffs, argued that voters should not be allowed to hand-deliver absentee ballots over the weekend, despite being allowed to return ballots by mail.

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