Broadcast Law Blog

JULY 16, 2021

Just by posting a photo to some website does not mean that the owner has given up its copyright protections – and just because you can easily right-click on the image and paste it on your website doesn’t mean it is legal to do so. However, relying on the creative commons license can be perilous.

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JURIST

JUNE 25, 2024

The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the creation of a publicly-funded religious charter school, S t. The court said the St. ” The state’s Charter School Board would have provided oversight of performance and legal compliance. ” This is binding on state through the Fourteenth Amendment.

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JURIST

JUNE 12, 2023

The lower court ruled in favor of Hester, enjoining the county from imposing cash bail amounts on defendants who could not afford them. ” The post US Supreme Court declines to take up cash bail constitutionality case appeared first on JURIST - News. Judge Robin S.

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Intelligize Blog

MARCH 14, 2024

A constitutional ruling by an Alabama judicial body has the rest of the country wondering about its potentially widespread implications. We’re not talking about the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that embryos created through IVF are children , but another recent decision. Sound familiar? One such case in the U.S.

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JURIST

JULY 17, 2021

The court disagreed and affirmed the lower court ruling stating: Our cases are clear that we may not disregard Supreme Court precedent unless and until it has been overruled by the Court itself.

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JURIST

JANUARY 25, 2022

Since July 2020, Assange has been locked in a court battle with US prosecutors in UK courts. The legal battle began when the US requested the extradition of Assange on charges of illegally receiving and publishing classified information. A lower court ruled in favor of Assange, barring his extradition.

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JURIST

MARCH 4, 2025

A Nigerian government official on Sunday addressed the Supreme Court’s annulment of local elections, after months of silence, with the view that while he disagreed with the decision, he would respect the court’s ruling.The Supreme Court of Nigeria nullified the local government elections in the Rivers State on October 5, 2024.

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JURIST

AUGUST 4, 2022

With the ruling, Battersbee’s family has exhausted all legal challenges. Hollie Dance and Paul Battersbee, Battersbee’s parents, began their legal battle in July when the hospital determined that Battersbee was brain dead and should be removed from ventilation. The hospital may now pull their son off of life support at any time.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 14, 2022

Here’s the Friday morning read: How the Supreme Court rules during a pandemic shows what may happen next (Joan Biskupic, CNN). The Supreme Court Had No Legal Reason to Block Biden’s Workplace Vaccine Rules (Mark Joseph Stern, Slate). The Supreme Court Goes Anti-Vaxx (Irin Carmon, New York magazine).

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 31, 2023

Introduction In the Netherlands, international high-tech surrogacy is a hot topic, resulting in interesting legal developments. Important conditions include having a medical reason and medical, psychological and legal information and counseling. or rules that provide for the legal parenthood of the intended parents.

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JURIST

MARCH 7, 2025

The constitutional issue was resolved in 2024 when the South Carolina Supreme Court overturned a lower court decision that blocked executions via electrocution, lethal injection, and firing squad. The death penalty is legal in the US federally and in 27 states.

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At the Lectern

APRIL 11, 2021

Could prior Supreme Court decisions help eliminate uncertainties in the recall process? That’s an interesting question, because the only court decisions regarding a gubernatorial recall aren’t published in the official reports and their precedential effect is questionable. They might not even be citable. (Cf.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 17, 2022

Share On Wednesday, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that a VA benefits decision that was based on an agency regulation in effect at the time the decision was rendered does not constitute “clear and unmistakable error” even if the agency regulation is later deemed to conflict with the text of the relevant benefits statute.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The plan would replace the current Judicial Selection Committee, under which elected officials, senior judicial figures, and legal professionals share responsibility for appointing the 15 Supreme Court justices. A second area in which “rule by judges” can be restrained is in strengthening laws to overcome Supreme Court decisions.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Through his counsel, Bourgeois told the justices that he met the current psychological standards for intellectual disability, which became the required legal standard after he was sentenced. He asked the justices to delay his execution so they could consider whether he was legally fit to be punishable by death.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 27, 2025

Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, which had thrown out David Smiths 22-year conviction and sentence for a brutal attack on Quortney Tolliver in 2016. The state trial court rejected that motion, and he was convicted. And he faulted the lower court for mischaracterizing the state courts ruling.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 2, 2021

Share Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Wednesday morning read: Supreme Court Rules on Tribal Police and Immigrants’ Testimony (Adam Liptak, The New York Times). billion cancer case award (Robert Barnes, The Washington Post).

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FDA Law Blog

JULY 8, 2024

By Riëtte van Laack & JP Ellison — On Thursday, the 27 th of June, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Securities and Exchange Commission v. The first question in the Court’s analysis was whether the claim that the SEC brought is a “suit at common law,” i.e., if the case is legal in nature. Jarkesy.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 2, 2021

The suit comes a few months after the Seoul Central District Court ruled against Netflix in June and confirmed its liability to pay for network usage costs incurred by ISPs. Netflix has filed an appeal against the Seoul court decision, which is currently pending.

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JURIST

JULY 7, 2021

A South African court has agreed to hear ex-president Jacob Zuma’s challenge to a 15-month jail term for failing to attend a corruption hearing, the South African Broadcasting Corporation reported. They claimed that respect for the rule of law and court decisions is crucial for the protection and promotion of human rights.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

But a federal appeals court ruled last year that Gutierrez does not have a legal right to sue, known as standing, to bring federal civil rights claims challenging the constitutionality of the Texas laws governing DNA testing. Now the Supreme Court will weigh in. A divided panel of the U.S.

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Patently O

DECEMBER 28, 2023

The Beijing Internet Court ultimately ruled in his favor, ordering Liu to apologize publicly, pay ¥500 ($72) in damages, and cover ¥50 ($7) in court fees. Still, the Beijing Internet Court itself emphasized the approach of judging AI copyright issues based on the specific facts.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 27, 2022

Our justice system is supposed to protect such people by assigning them a “legal guardian” —a surrogate decision-maker who acts under the authority of the probate court or of state laws governing guardianships. During a custodial interrogation of my adult ward, the investigator identified me on tape as the legal guardian.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 18, 2023

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit handed down a decision in California Restaurant Association v. The court overturned a District Court ruling to invalidate a Berkeley, California, prohibition on natural gas infrastructure in newly-constructed buildings. O n Monday, April 17, 2023, the U.S. City of Berkeley.

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Broadcast Law Blog

APRIL 18, 2013

We’ve written extensively about copyright issues for audio services, but the big copyright decision that recently made headlines is a TV issue, though one that could have an impact on audio as well. Why, then, did the Court rule that no public performance was involved?

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 3, 2025

First, talking with Aaron Street, representing one of the Devas companies, Sonia Sotomayor asked: Why cant we just answer the question presented, which was whether the FSIA requires minimum contacts statutorily, and let the court below on remand address the issues that werent addressed below, the arbitration issue and the minimum contacts issue?

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FDA Law Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2024

In June, the Supreme Court ruled that the SEC cannot use its administrative authority to impose civil penalties for securities fraud on the ground that these penalties violate the U.S. H&P specifically relies on the Supreme Court decision in Jarkesy , as well as the 2023 Supreme Court decision in Axon Enterprise, Inc.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Share The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral argument in the case of a civil rights tester who searches the internet to find hotels whose websites do not provide information about the accessibility of their facilities, as required under the Americans with Disabilities Act. A federal trial judge threw out Laufer’s case. But the U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 9, 2024

Within 30 days of being notified that their money was now in the government’s hands, Sanchez and Palacios went to court seeking its return. Both signed affidavits explaining that the money belonged to them and had been sent as payment for legal electronics, not drugs. In Sanchez v.

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Introduction It is widely recognized that choice of court and choice of law agreements are powerful tools for structuring and planning international dispute resolution. The agreement provided that disputes arising out of or in connection with the agreement would be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

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At the Lectern

JANUARY 19, 2023

the Supreme Court today holds a father’s appellate challenge of a juvenile court ruling that his conduct put his son at risk of serious harm was mooted by the juvenile court’s later termination of its jurisdiction. In In re D.P. ,

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The argument was notable because a surprising group of justices appeared genuinely to struggle with the legal issue at the heart of the case – repeatedly calling it “rather odd,” “very odd,” “close,” and “really a tough case.” But a 2012 Supreme Court decision, Martinez v.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 20, 2022

Some older Supreme Court decisions support that theory of consent. Some courts read [Supreme Court precedent] as effectively foreclosing [this consent-by-registration theory of jurisdiction], while others insist it remains viable.”. Animal Legal Defense Fund. Animal Legal Defense Fund , 21-760. New Relists.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 29, 2021

The Tenth Circuit upheld the district court decision in favor of the IRS and its authority to conduct the audit. Thomas noted that in 2005 a fractured divided court ruled Gonzales v. There is also massive public support for legalization that has been building for years. Raich , 545 U.S.

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Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 25, 2023

This number of ratifications, comparable to that of other prominent countries such as United States or Japan , speaks volumes about Morocco’s commitment to being an integral part of the global network of jurisdictions benefiting from the work of the HCCH on the harmonisation of private international and fostering mutual legal cooperation.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 31, 2024

Tokyo High Court On February 22, 2024, the Tokyo High Court ruled against an appeal in the Yokosuka climate case. Therefore, the plaintiffs in the Yokosuka case have largely inherited the legal structure adopted in that case. The case was filed by 45 residents in Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture in 2019.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

APRIL 10, 2024

Supreme Court ruled that public officials may be held liable for their social media activity in certain circumstances. The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed. The Sixth Circuit Court ruled that Freed was not liable because he maintained his Facebook page in his personal capacity. In Lindke v.

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