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Privilege Takeaways From 3 Cybersecurity Report Rulings

Law 360

A recent Pennsylvania federal court decision compelling Rutter's Inc.

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Animal rights and the First Amendment, due process and a confession of error

SCOTUSBlog

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.”.

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US Supreme Court declines to review overturned Cosby conviction

JURIST

The US Supreme Court Monday declined to review the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling that overturned entertainer Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction. Cosby appealed the decision, and the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned his conviction in June 2021.

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US Supreme Court allows Pennsylvania to count provisional votes for defective mail-in ballots

JURIST

The US Supreme Court rejected Friday an RNC application to stay a recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision that grants voters who cast defective mail-in ballots an option to alternatively cast in-person provisional ballots. The RNC also relied on a 2020 state case, Pennsylvania Democratic Party v.

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They Called 911 for Help. Police and Prosecutors Used a New Junk Science to Decide They Were Liars.

The Crime Report

John Bailey, a police sergeant in Pennsylvania, was among the first to tap Harpster and Adams for help after learning about their technique from the FBI. But when prosecutors cross the line and intentionally circumvent court rules for evidence standards, he said, that’s cause for concern.

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December 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The appellate court also found that even if the trial court erred, the error was harmless because the State proved both acts beyond a reasonable doubt. Hawaii Court Ruled that Commercial Aquarium Fishing Required Environmental Review. Zepeda , No. 80593-2-I (Wash.

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The lives they lived and the court they shaped: Remembering those we lost in 2020

SCOTUSBlog

Under Clinton, Days was initially seen as a potential candidate for a seat on the Supreme Court. But he became the center of a political firestorm after he told the court that it should not affirm the conviction of a Pennsylvania man who was found guilty of possessing sexually explicit videotapes of minors. The George H.W.

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