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US Justice Department to give $144.5M to victims of 2017 Texas mass shooting in settlement

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The survivors and families of the victims joined in a lawsuit against the US government, alleging negligence under the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act due to the government’s failure to prevent Kelley from purchasing a firearm despite his prior felony convictions. The post US Justice Department to give $144.5M

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Supreme Court takes Clean Water Act case

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And over a dissent by Justice Neil Gorsuch, the justices declined to decide whether the Constitution guarantees the right to a trial by a 12-person jury when the defendant is charged with a felony. The justices should also weigh in, Avenatti contended, on whether an attorney can be held liable for extortion for his conduct during litigation.

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California Dreaming: Newsom’s Kidnapping Claim Against DeSantis is Long on Politics and Short on the Law

JonathanTurley

It is a curious call for a governor to make after he ran ads in Florida calling on people to “join us in California.” California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) chimed in, declaring the flight from Florida might be “ State-sanctioned kidnapping.” Gavin Newsom (D., for kidnapping charges against Gov.

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The Biden Family Tree: How Investigations are Exposing the Bidens’ Influence-Peddling Dynasty

JonathanTurley

Trump’s personal and financial dealings have featured greatly in litigation. The Bidens are suffering from legal exposure in actions concerning everything from withholding child support to peddling influence to federal felonies. When attorney John F. The same may be true with Biden. The motive is often all too apparent.

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. The court also declined to “create a new tort named abusive litigation.” CLIMATE LITIGATION CHART. and non-U.S.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. In re: Border Infrastructure Environmental Litigation , No. and non-U.S. 17cv1215, 17cv1873, 17cv1911 (S.D.

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Restrictions on gender-affirming medical care – and assault weapons

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Bruen ,” which instructed courts to look for analogous laws in history when considering the constitutionality of restrictions on the personal right to bear arms, “the state and the affected subdivisions have a strong likelihood of success in the pending litigation.” Florida and Moore v. rescheduled before the Mar. Kentucky ex rel.

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