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This week’s relists: preemption of consumer protection laws, bankruptcy claims, COVID mandates and. Chevron deference again?

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The case involves an insurance company’s attempt to block its insured’s Chapter 11 reorganization plan, which establishes a trust for certain current and future asbestos personal-injury liabilities. But the plan treats holders of insured and uninsured asbestos personal-injury claims differently. relisted after the Sept.

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Justices meet to fill out 2024-25 docket

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Oklahoma v. Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. United States 24-417 Issue : Whether the United States enjoys greater rights than a private party to withdraw from a contract based solely on its determination that it no longer wishes to be bound by that contract. Oklahoma v. Federal Trade Commission v.

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Legal Ethics Roundup: So Many Legal Ethics Headlines, Engaging In Democracy, Ethics Jobs & More

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From the Washington Post : A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday took the extraordinary step of ordering a new trial for Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip , whose long-running appeal attracted broad support after independent investigations revealed prosecutorial misconduct. Read more and listen here. #9 Two headlines for #9.

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