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Canada Supreme Court rules declaratory relief may be appropriate in First Nations treaty dispute

JURIST

The Supreme Court of Canada found Friday that the government acted dishonestly when it reneged on an 1877 treaty to an Alberta indigenous community and allowed for declaratory relief. Canada amended its constitution in 1982 and, in doing so, created a new cause of action for bringing treaty disputes.

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Alabama governor signs bill aimed at protecting IVF following state supreme court ruling that embryos are children

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This law comes after weeks of debate following the February 16 Alabama Supreme Court ruling that embryos are considered children under the state’s Wrongful Death of a Minor Act. The legislative effort to protect IVF providers from litigation followed criticism resulting from the Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling.

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No cause of action against employers for take-home COVID

At the Lectern

Victory Woodworks , the Supreme Court today holds that employers currently can’t be sued for failing to prevent the spread of COVID-19 to employees’ household members. Allowing liability “would impose an intolerable burden on employers and society in contravention of public policy,” the court says. In Kuciemba v.

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US appeals court rules University of Texas must face affirmative action lawsuit

JURIST

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled Monday that Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) can continue their lawsuit against the University of Texas Austin (UT) for racial discrimination in their admissions process. The court found that the lawsuit was barred under res judicata because of it’s similarity to Fisher v.

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Supreme Court Rules that SEC and Potentially Other Agencies Cannot Impose Civil Penalties in Administrative Proceedings

FDA Law Blog

By Riëtte van Laack & JP Ellison — On Thursday, the 27 th of June, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Securities and Exchange Commission v. The first question in the Court’s analysis was whether the claim that the SEC brought is a “suit at common law,” i.e., if the case is legal in nature. Jarkesy.

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Supreme Court strikes down Chevron, curtailing power of federal agencies

SCOTUSBlog

Share In a major ruling, the Supreme Court on Friday cut back sharply on the power of federal agencies to interpret the laws they administer and ruled that courts should rely on their own interpretion of ambiguous laws. Kagan predicted that Friday’s ruling “will cause a massive shock to the legal system.”

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Court unanimously favors Tennessee in groundwater dispute with Mississippi

SCOTUSBlog

Share Confirming expectations, the Supreme Court on Monday unanimously denied Mississippi’s claim that Tennessee is stealing its groundwater. As the court confirmed last year in Florida v. The post Court unanimously favors Tennessee in groundwater dispute with Mississippi appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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