JURIST

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The US Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from North Carolina on Monday over the constitutionality of a state law allowing employers to sue employees working as undercover investigators. The challenged statute, N.C. The court stated that the law substantially “burden[ed] newsgathering and publishing activities.”

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MARCH 26, 2025

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday over a challenge to Louisiana’s recently redrawn voting map and its two Black-majority districts. “Louisiana would rather not be here,” state attorney J. . “Louisiana would rather not be here,” state attorney J.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The Nebraska Supreme Court ordered the state’s Secretary of State to implement Legislative Bill (LB) 20 on Wednesday, providing for the automatic restoration of voting rights for felons in Nebraska upon completion of their sentence.

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JURIST

JULY 19, 2024

A US appeals court on Thursday dismissed a challenge to a Tennessee law that restricts drag performances, reversing a lower court’s decision that blocked the law from taking full effect. ” FOG, however, said it was “shocked and disappointed” by the court’s decision on Thursday.

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JURIST

APRIL 30, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit concluded Thursday that Kentucky may enforce price gouging laws against sellers on Amazon, overturning a district court preliminary injunction. ” Additionally, a second relevant statute in this case prohibits misleading trade conduct.

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JURIST

JANUARY 24, 2023

In court, Mackey argued that he did not commit, engage in, or link with anyone within the EDNY. However, the court held the historical procedures have long recognized that the “interpretative dynamism [is] necessitated by the rapid technological change.”

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JURIST

JUNE 13, 2022

The US Supreme Court Monday ruled in two separate cases that undocumented immigrants who are detained for more than six months are not entitled to a bond hearing. The Supreme Court reversed the Third Circuit’s decision. The Supreme Court reversed the Third Circuit’s decision. Aleman Gonzalez was a 6-3 decision.

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JURIST

JUNE 24, 2022

The US Supreme Court ruled 8-1 Thursday in Berger v. North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP that two Republican state legislators may step in to defend the state’s voter identification law, even though the state’s Democratic attorney general is already doing so. Justice Sonia Sotomayor filed a dissenting opinion.

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JURIST

AUGUST 10, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Monday upheld a New Jersey state law enforcement directive limiting local police interactions with, and/or barring its cooperation with federal immigration authorities. The US District Court for the District of New Jersey consolidated the cases in November 2019.

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JURIST

AUGUST 23, 2023

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ruled Tuesday that the state police (PSP) must disclose its social media monitoring policy to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Pennsylvania under the state’s right-to-know law (RTKL). The case is an appeal from the Commonwealth Court of Pennslyvania. Justice David N.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Monday ruled against a tool often used to enforce voter protections, finding that private groups and individuals are not permitted to bring lawsuits under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA), which prohibits race-based voter suppression.

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Diane Drain

JANUARY 20, 2022

Bankruptcy Issues After January 1, 2022 Changes in Arizona Homestead Statutes. The statute reverses the current statutory scheme where a recorded Judgment is not a lien on the homestead pursuant to 964(A) & (B). During a bankruptcy case, the Debtor can ask the Court to remove the judgment lien. ” 522(p)(2)(B).

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 31, 2025

Share The Supreme Court on Monday appeared sympathetic to the argument by a Catholic Charities chapter that Wisconsin violated the Constitution when it refused to give the group the same exemption from the states unemployment tax that it provides to churches, religious schools, and some religious groups.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Attorney General , involving a Second Amendment challenge to the federal statute criminalizing the possession of guns by individuals convicted of a nonviolent felony: You can access the live audio on YouTube via this link. Listen live, online to the Third Circuit ‘s reargument en banc in Range v. eastern time.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Italy’s justice minister, on Wednesday, defended the decision to repatriate accused Libyan war criminal Osama Njeem , blaming the International Criminal Court (ICC)’s allegedly “flawed” arrest warrant. The court demanded an explanation from Italian authorities.

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JURIST

JANUARY 17, 2024

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday in two cases involving a requirement for herring fisheries to pay for the observers the government used to monitor overfishing. At the heart of the two cases was a debate over the court’s current deference to executive branch agencies in interpreting ambiguous language in federal laws.

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JURIST

JUNE 29, 2022

” New York Attorney General Letitia James filed the lawsuit in New York Supreme Court’s Commercial Division. For the public nuisance claim, James is invoking a New York public nuisance statute passed in July 2021.

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Above The Law

MAY 12, 2025

Menendez pointed out, they didn’t have to break into Delaney Hall or even make an appointment, as a matter of statute. Rob Menendez (@RepMenendez) May 10, 2025 Meanwhile, New Jersey’s Acting US Attorney Alina Habba (God help us!) McIverson jostling and screaming at agents in an attempt to break into the facility.

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JANUARY 30, 2021

The Arizona Statute of Limitations Applicable to Collection Lawsuits and Non-Judicial Trustee’s Foreclosure Sales of Real Property, article by Larry O. Furthermore, as was fully discussed above, the Arizona Supreme Court, in Mertola, LLC v. Supreme Court – Statute of Limitations under FDCPA. Short answer: No.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The Supreme Court of India Thursday overturned a judgement by the High Court of Judicature at Bombay and ruled that sexual assault under the Protection of Children of Sexual Offense Act (POSCO) does not require “skin to skin contact.” ” The Supreme Court examined two similar cases at once.

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JURIST

APRIL 25, 2024

Philip Randolph Institute and Action challenged the statute from 1877 was written with the intent to exclude Black people from voting and continues to have a disproportionately discriminatory impact. After passing the new law with the scienter requirement, the state’s attorneys argued that the lawsuit was moot.

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JURIST

AUGUST 8, 2023

US Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Monday that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) will begin to help Ukraine with its ongoing Russian war crime investigations and assist the International Criminal Court (ICC).

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Attorney at Work

JANUARY 25, 2022

Surely you follow the activity of the courts in your jurisdiction so you can properly advise your clients. Read the actual statute or opinion. The post Marketing Tips: When You Don’t Know What to Write appeared first on Attorney at Work. What should she do? You only need to recognize it. Illustration ©iStockPhoto.com .

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JUNE 2, 2023

Although many states have passed statutes meant to prevent individuals or entities from filing strategic lawsuits against public participation, other states have not, so it's time for Congress to enact a federal statute to ensure that free speech and petitioning rights are uniformly protected nationwide in federal court, say attorneys at Skadden.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 15, 2020

The US Supreme Court refused Monday to review an appeal seeking to reinstate Kansas’ voter identification law. Fish , was appealed from the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. The court’s denial means the Tenth Circuit’s decision stands. The case, Schwab v. Marion County Election Board, 553 U.S.

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JURIST

AUGUST 22, 2024

In the complaint, filed in the Jackson County Circuit Court, plaintiffs say that records reveal that the police have been conducting surveillance on political activists in the city. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of two local organizations and an individual activist.

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JURIST

JUNE 3, 2023

Judge Thomas Parker, a judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, Friday ruled that Tennessee’s Adult Entertainment Act (AEA) is unconstitutional. The court analyzed the AEA using strict scrutiny, the most demanding standard of judicial review. Parker previously enjoined the AEA in April.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 16, 2022

Share The Supreme Court on Monday limited the ability of federal courts to review certain factual findings in immigration proceedings that determine whether noncitizens will be deported or will be allowed to remain in the country. But the Supreme Court held that a federal immigration statute — 8 U.S.C.

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Above The Law

MARCH 5, 2025

(Photo by Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images) One of the quickest lessons you pick up in law school is that the path to knowing the law doesn’t end at finding a line in the Constitution or a statute and reading it aloud to anyone who would hear it. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, Alana C.

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JURIST

AUGUST 14, 2021

The Washington Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously held that a homeless person’s vehicle automatically qualifies as a homestead without the need for a declaration and that the impoundment of that vehicle and associated costs constitute excessive fines—a violation of the Eighth Amendment to the US Constitution.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in Patel v. Garland (“the immigration case”) asking whether a federal court can review a decision by an agency within the Department of Justice ruling that a person is ineligible for permanent residency and in Hughes v. Thus, Patel sought review before the Supreme Court.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2023

VMWare filed a motion to dismiss but before the court could rule, ZT dropped the case with a voluntary dismissal with prejudice. At that point VMWare aske the court for attorney fees under 35 U.S.C. Section 285 permits a court to award attorney fees at the conclusion of a patent lawsuit. ” WPEM, LLC v.

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OCTOBER 25, 2021

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (the “Federal Circuit”), of course! Like patent office cases, when decisions of the Veterans Administration (“VA”) are appealed to the federal court system, the cases are not heard in your everyday district courts, but instead in everyone’s favorite court with nationwide jurisdiction.

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JURIST

JUNE 18, 2024

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Monday granted an en banc rehearing for a case about procedures for Ohio citizens proposing Ohio constitutional amendments through ballot initiatives. ” The district court denied their injunctive relief request and they appealed to the Sixth Circuit.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Share The Supreme Court on Monday heard oral argument in Patel v. Garland , an immigration case that raises a question about federal court review for noncitizens who were denied certain types of discretionary relief. First, the applicant must meet precise eligibility requirements under the statute. a green card).

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Paralegal Bootcamp

JULY 28, 2022

In my office, we have had several cases we had to give to contract attorneys because of conflicts with co-defendants. In my office, we have had several cases we had to give to contract attorneys because of conflicts with co-defendants. I struggle with clients that yell – especially when your attorney doesn’t get back to them.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

AUGUST 26, 2022

If you’re like I was when I was working for a big commercial litigation firm, I assumed that since the public called personal injury attorneys the “ambulance chasers,” then personal injury paralegals were paralegals who worked for the ambulance chasers, and I never really thought much about it. 1 – The Liaison.

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