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US Justice Department finds Pennsylvania courts discriminate against opioid users

JURIST

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Monday publicly released a letter that found Pennsylvania’s court system violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) because it prohibited or limited individuals under court supervision from taking medication to treat opioid use disorder (OUD).

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US Supreme Court rules for student in campus free speech case

JURIST

The US Supreme Court ruled 8-1 Monday in Uzuegbunam v. During litigation, the college dropped the policy and argued that the students no longer had standing to continue the litigation. Further, according to the court, nominal damages by themselves can redress a past injury. Thomas dismissed this fear as excessive.

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Federal jury orders 3M to pay $77.5M to veteran over alleged hearing damage from its earplugs

JURIST

million to a US Army veteran for alleged hearing damage that resulted from using the company’s military-issue earplugs. The US District Court for the Northern District of Florida Pensacola Division heard the case , with Judge Casey Rodgers presiding. The total amount of damages in the trials lost exceeds USD 300 million.

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Arizona Woman Arrested for ‘Feeding the Homeless’ Sues Bullhead City

LegalReader

The lawsuit seeks compensatory damages of $1 and a court order overturning Bullhead City's ordinance restricting "food-sharing" in public spaces.

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CNN Losses Another Motion in Defamation Case as Court Orders Tapper to Appear

JonathanTurley

The litigation has not been going well for the network and it just lost another key motion to block an effort to depose Jake Tapper. Worse yet, the court appears to have questioned the veracity of the host in a sworn deposition on his lack of knowledge over the financial subject matter of the deposition.

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Case preview: Justices to consider effect of change in government policy on cases seeking symbolic damages

SCOTUSBlog

The Supreme Court will hear oral argument on Tuesday in a case questioning whether a lawsuit seeking only symbolic damages can go forward after the government changes the unconstitutional policy being challenged, or whether the case is instead moot – that is, no longer a live controversy. Background. In an unsigned opinion, the U.S.

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How many monetary judgments that Chinese courts decided to enforce are successfully enforced?

Conflict of Laws

Of these, 26 were successful cases where the Chinese courts decided to recognize and enforce foreign judgments while 3 were partially successful cases (the Chinese courts recognized compensatory damages but rejected punitive damages); the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments were rejected in the remaining 34 cases.