LawSites

DECEMBER 29, 2021

In Florida, a committee appointed by the state Supreme Court approved “in concept” changes that would create a Law Practice Innovation Laboratory Program similar to Utah’s regulatory sandbox and that would allow some loosening of the rules around nonlawyer ownership of law firms. As Exhibit B, I give you the Florida Supreme Court’s Oct.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

And because federal firearms laws do not “clearly and unambiguously prohibit bump stocks,” the 6th Circuit concluded, the rule of lenity applies and it was “bound to construe the statute in” the defendant’s favor. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit disagreed and upheld the regulation. In National Rifle Association v.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The FAA exempts “contracts of employment of seamen, railroad employees, or any other class of workers engaged in foreign or interstate commerce.” Arrow Highway Steel, represented in part by Dean Erwin Chemerinski , argues that Section 351 does not (unlike the statute in Bendix ) burden interstate commerce. Florida , 21-53.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Texas authorities say they have the right to keep it under civil forfeiture statutes. Likewise, power imbalances can nullify business contracts and financial transactions. The result is not only the erosion of constitutional rights, but also loss of respect for law enforcement, which a University of Central Florida study confirms.

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Patently O

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

University of South Florida Board of Trustees v. Scientists at the University of South Florida (USF) and Mayo Clinic developed the mice with partial funding from a National Institutes of Health grant. On appeal, USF argued the statute requires the funding agreement predate the inventive work. United States , 22-2248 (Fed.

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FDA Law Blog

JUNE 12, 2022

Under the False Claims Act (FCA), if a company’s fraudulent conduct induces a governmental entity to enter into a contract with the company, then any claims for payments under that contract are false. established by statute and case law. This fraudulent inducement theory is well?established So is fraud?on?the?FDA

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 13, 2024

Coverage of federal fraud statutes Porat v. Florida and Moore v. There are six newly relisted cases this week, so I’m going to be more summary than usual in describing them. This week’s relists are a real grab bag of issues. United States and Kousisis v. relisted after the June 6 conference) Returning Relists Hamm v. Kentucky ex rel.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 20, 2020

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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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

But the court declined to invalidate the entire agency for this structural flaw, instead severing the for-cause provision from the rest of its authorizing statute. LLC involves how to determine the law to be applied under federal admiralty law in a maritime contract case. 17 conference) Returning Relists City of Ocala, Florida v.

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LegalTalkNetwork

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Tom Bruce, co-founder of the Legal Information Institute (LII), talks about what the LII is and how it has adapted to changing technology, including using natural language processing techniques to identify defining terms in regulations and statutes and linking together related subjects. The Florida Bar Podcast: . Lawyer 2 Lawyer: .

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 6, 2018

Jacobson’s lawsuit asserted defamation, breach of contract, and promissory estoppel claims. Lawsuit Filed Challenging Environmental Review of Florida Passenger Railroad, Including Failure to Assess Sea Level Rise Impacts. Martin County, Florida v. Department of Transportation , No. 1:18 -cv-00333 (D.D.C.,

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Above The Law

MARCH 26, 2025

Farmworker Association of Florida, Inc. Trump) What its about: In this case the Farmworker Association challenged Section 10 of Florida’s SB 1718, which regulates the transportation of individuals who have entered the U.S. James Uthmeier (SDFL 3/11/2025) Judge Roy Altman (R. unlawfully. Trump (DMD 3/10/2025) Judge Adam B.

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Above The Law

APRIL 7, 2025

EPA (2025), Barrett dissented in favor of the EPAs authority to impose receiving water limitations under the Clean Water Act, arguing that such limitations were useful when EPA issues general permits to broad categories of dischargers, and pushing back against the majoritys restrictive interpretation of the statute. Luxshare, Ltd.

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