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SCOTUS Clarifies Reach of FAA Exemption for Transportation Workers

Constitutional Law Reporter

Petitioners Neal Bissonnette and Tyler Wojnarowski owned the rights to distribute Flowers products in certain parts of Connecticut. To purchase those rights, they entered into contracts with Flowers that require any disputes to be arbitrated under the FAA. goods across borders via the channels of foreign or interstate commerce.”

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How to Criticize U.S. Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (Part I)

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courts apply a presumption against extraterritoriality to limit the reach of federal statutes. 2023), the Supreme Court held that federal statutes should be presumed to apply only to conduct in the United States unless those statutes clearly indicate that they apply extraterritorially. Second, U.S. Hectronic International, Inc.

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Second Circuit Holds Marketing Campaign Organizer Liable Under FTC Act for Deceptive Representations of Its Marketing “Affiliates”

Broadcast Law Blog

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and is a significant victory for the FTC and its co-plaintiff, the State of Connecticut. The decision in this case, FTC v. LeadClick Media, LLC , comes from the U.S.

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The court said the statutory language authorized courts to grant stays and that EPA’s reading of the statute “would have the perverse result of empowering this court to act when the agency denies a stay but not when it chooses to grant one.” Second Circuit Rejected Challenges to Connecticut Renewable Energy Programs. S241948 (Cal.

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October 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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1442, or the civil-rights removal statute, 28 U.S.C. The district court rejected eight grounds for removal, but the Fourth Circuit concluded its appellate jurisdiction was limited to determining whether the companies properly removed the case under the federal-officer removal statute. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore , No.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Connecticut ; Requested “Tutorial” on Climate Change. Connecticut ) and Ninth Circuit ( Native Village of Kivalina v. Jacobson’s lawsuit asserted defamation, breach of contract, and promissory estoppel claims. ExxonMobil Corp. applied federal common law.

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