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Colorado Supreme Court strikes down child sexual abuse law that allowed lawsuits over abuse from decades ago

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The Supreme Court of the State of Colorado struck down the state’s Child Sexual Abuse Accountability Act (CSAAA) on Tuesday, ruling that the law violates the state constitution and is “unconstitutionally retrospective.” M árquez authored the opinion of the court. ” Justice Monica M.

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In term-opener, justices will hear Mississippi’s complaint that Tennessee is stealing its groundwater

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Tennessee is not only the Supreme Court’s first oral argument of the 2021-22 term, but it is also the first time that states have asked the court to weigh in on how they should share an interstate aquifer. The case will be argued on Monday, and it will be the court’s first in-person argument in a year and a half.

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Two cases alleging disability-based discrimination

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Share This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, the viability of certain types of disability-based claims under three federal statutes. courts of appeals are “nearly evenly divided” on this issue, the county asks for the justices’ review. The en banc U.S. Arguing that the U.S.

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Mobbing Red Wing: Federal Circuit Eases Declaratory Judgment Personal Jurisdiction against Patent Holding Companies

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1] The topic is personal jurisdiction –when may a Federal Court exercise its power over an out-of-state patentee in a declaratory judgment action challenging the patent’s validity. ISI is a subsidiary of Trimble, and so forwarded the letter to Trimble’s Chief IP Counsel Aaron Brodsky located in Colorado.

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Christian school renews effort to expand religious freedom over employment

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Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. This week, we highlight cert petitions that ask the court to consider, among other things, at what stage of litigation the ministerial exception should come into play. Both a federal district court and the U.S.

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U.S. Supreme Court Renders Personal Jurisdiction Decision

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Supreme Court yesterday upheld the constitutionality of Pennsylvania’s corporate registration statute, even though it requires out-of-state corporations registering to do business within the state to consent to all-purpose (general) personal jurisdiction. courts over disputes that arise in other countries. The result in Mallory v.

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Update: Upcoming Hearings on Motions to Dismiss Climate Change Nuisance Cases in California and New York

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Alsup in the federal district court in San Francisco will hear oral argument on motions to dismiss filed in City of Oakland v. One set of California cases – filed by San Mateo County, Marin County and Imperial City – was removed by defendants to federal court, then remanded to state court, based on Judge Vince C. BP P.L.C. ,