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Supreme Court Rules Bribery Statute Doesn’t Criminalize Gratuities for Past Acts

Constitutional Law Reporter

As enacted in 1984, the statute at issue in the case, 18 U.S.C. Justice Kavanaugh cited that six reasons that, taken together, led the Court to conclude that §666 is a bribery statute and not a gratuities statute—”text, statutory history, statutory structure, statutory punishments, federalism, and fair notice.”

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SCOTUS Holds No Time Limit for Damages Under Copyright Act

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court held that the Copyright Act entitles a copyright owner to obtain monetary relief for any timely infringement claim, no matter when the infringement occurred. The Court did not address when copyright infringement claims accrue with regard to the statute of limitations. We hold that no such limit on damages exists.”

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Expressing concern for debt collection defendants, Supreme Court overturns rule limiting motions to vacate void default judgments

At the Lectern

When a Court of Appeal found untimely a motion to vacate a nine-year-old default judgment for improper service, it concluded that, although the applicable statute (Code of Civ. Well, case law doesn’t anymore, not after today’s Supreme Court decision in California Capital Insurance Company v.

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SCOTUS Issues First Opinion of the Term

Constitutional Law Reporter

In reaching its decision, the Court explained that equitable tolling “effectively extends an otherwise discrete limitations period set by Congress” when a litigant diligently pursues his rights but extraordinary circumstances prevent him from bringing a timely action. It also noted that pursuant to Irwin v.

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Is it Okay Now to Say There is a Thin Record on Jackson’s Judicial Philosophy?

JonathanTurley

That is curious because just a week ago, many of these same figures went ballistic when I noted that we have little evidence of a judicial philosophy in past decisions by Judge Jackson and it would be one of the key issues in her confirmation hearings. ’” ( 3:45 ) It is not clear if we can now take Jackson’s word on the subject.

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Is There Really a Fiduciary Duty to Destroy the Climate?

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

4] Canadas statute is an updated version of what have been called constituency statutes in the United States, which explicitly expand the fiduciary duties of corporate managers and directors beyond shareholders but do not usually include the environment among allowable factors, except in Arizona and Texas. [5]

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

The Court held that the provision used “extension” in its “temporal sense,” but that the statute did not impose a “continuity requirement” and instead allowed small refineries to apply for hardship extensions “at any time.” In re Enbridge Energy, LP , Nos.

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