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2023 is the Year of New Consumer Rights

Diane Drain

The Preamble We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

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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. Facts of the Case Respondent Flowers Foods, Inc. produces and markets baked goods that are distributed nationwide.

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Cities, counties, and states score major procedural win in climate liability suits against fossil fuel companies

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

In total, at least 25 cases have been filed in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawai’i, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Vermont. The Supreme Court sided with the fossil fuel company defendants, ruling that appellate courts could review all grounds of the remand order.

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Data on Choice-of-Court Clause Enforcement in US

Conflict of Laws

These rates were calculated by dividing (1) the total number of cases where a clause was enforced by (2) the total number of cases where the court considered the issue of enforceability. The state courts in Florida and Connecticut have become more likely to enforce in recent years. They apply federal common law.

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

The California Supreme Court denied three petitions for review. Second Circuit Rejected Challenges to Connecticut Renewable Energy Programs. The Second Circuit said the Connecticut statutes authorizing the solicitations did not compel utilities to enter into contracts with specific bidders. California Chamber of Commerce v.

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FDA-Approved Labeling: Is Enough Enough?

FDA Law Blog

Nevertheless, court decisions that contrast with FDA’s positions are imposed on drug manufacturers of all sizes and types. Take, for example, sunscreens.

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The “great chief” and the “super chief”: A final showdown in Supreme Court March Madness

SCOTUSBlog

Ask any constitutional law student to name the most iconic Supreme Court decision, and they’ll probably answer Marbury v. Those two landmark rulings stand as the most celebrated decisions the court has ever issued. Connecticut ) and race ( Brown and Loving v. Here’s the championship match-up. Board of Education.

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