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Mandatory minimums, payday lending, and voting rights in first session of Supreme Court term

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But the lower courts ruled, and the federal government contends, that the “safety value” is only available to defendants who do not have any of the indicators. And when that principle is applied, it contends, the choice-of-law provision in its contract with Raiders Retreat is enforceable.

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Guest Post: Third-Party Litigation Funding: Disclosure to Courts, Congress, and the Executive

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That’s because current disclosure of litigation funding relies on a patchwork of state law, court rules, self-reporting, FOIA requests, leaks to journalists, and funding pitches. 604C (2021); Nonrecourse Civil Litigation Advance Contracts, Ohio Rev. 12; Nonrecourse Civil Litigation Act, Neb.

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a West Virginia federal district court had erred in concluding that it had jurisdiction to consider the coal company Murray Energy Corporation’s and its affiliates’ lawsuit that sought to compel EPA to conduct evaluations of the Clean Air Act’s employment effects.

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) authorization of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports from three facilities in Louisiana, Maryland, and Texas. On October 4 , the federal district court for the Northern District of California vacated the U.S. In an unpublished decision, the D.C.

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In a slew of new cases, the justices take in closer look

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They contended that it would seem to follow from Apprendi that a jury must find any facts necessary to support a (nonzero) restitution order, and they suggested that the court should take up a lower court ruling to the contrary. A federal district court rejected this challenge, and the U.S. In Snope v.

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Over sharp dissents, court intervenes to allow federal government to execute 13th person in six months

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The issue was a technical one: whether the government was permitted to administer Higgs’ execution in accordance with the law of Indiana, even though Higgs was convicted in Maryland and his sentencing order did not specify that he could be executed under Indiana law. But Maryland abolished capital punishment in 2013.

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100 Days of Trump 2.0: The Inflation Reduction Act

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For example, the USDA released $20 million in frozen awards made through the conservation programs funded by the IRA, stating that it will honor contracts that were already made directly to farmers. District Court for the District of South Carolina is expected imminently.