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Court rules against plaintiff seeking emotional distress damages for discrimination

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Share The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled 6-3 against a plaintiff seeking emotional distress damages for alleged violations of certain federal anti-discrimination laws. Kavanaugh wrote a short concurrence, joined by Gorsuch, focused on the risks of judicial extension of remedies for implied causes of action.

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December 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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In October, the federal district court for the Eastern District of Texas denied the plaintiff’s request for a preliminary injunction. Oklahoma Federal Court Allowed Landowner to Proceed with NEPA Challenge of Osage Nation Oil and Gas Leases. Hawaii Court Ruled that Commercial Aquarium Fishing Required Environmental Review.

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Vaccine requirements, cancer claims, and circuit splits

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Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit rejected Monsanto’s argument that it could not have violated California’s duty to warn because the Environmental Protection Agency had concluded under the labeling provisions of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act that the herbicide did not pose “any unreasonable risk to man or the environment.”

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Spooky Torts: The 2023 List of Litigation Horrors

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The court ruled against her and found that the park’s duty was only to “make conditions as safe as they appear to be” and that Munoz “ was aware of the risk she encountered, and expected to be surprised, startled, and scared.” Police were called to his home in Texas over a possible murder.

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September 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Circuit Found Deficiencies in Climate Change and Environmental Justice Analyses for Texas LNG Export Terminals. In addition, the court rejected the federal-officer removal statute, federal enclave jurisdiction, and the Class Action Fairness Act as grounds for removal.