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The Future Of BIPA Insurance Litigation After Visual Pak

Law 360

A recent Illinois appellate court decision, National Fire Insurance v.

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Florida Supreme Court Rejects Public Performance Right in Pre-1972 Sound Recordings – What’s Next?

Broadcast Law Blog

This case reached the Florida Supreme Court when it was certified by the United State Court of Appeals which was reviewing a District Court decision reaching the same conclusion as did the Florida Supreme Court – that there was no performance right under state law for pre-1972 sound recordings (see our summary of the District Court decision here ).

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Data on Choice-of-Court Clause Enforcement in US

Conflict of Laws

These courts will not, however, enforce a clause when it is unreasonable or contrary to public policy. These rates were calculated by dividing (1) the total number of cases where a clause was enforced by (2) the total number of cases where the court considered the issue of enforceability. They apply federal common law.

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Illinois To Become Abortion 'Oasis' In Wake Of Dobbs Ruling

Law 360

Abortion providers and officials in Illinois are preparing for potential interstate conflict and litigation as they expect a flood of patients to cross the state's borders following Friday's U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade that could clear the way for every surrounding state to outlaw the procedure.

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The long conference’s relists

SCOTUSBlog

Several of them are sequels to earlier high court decisions. First Amendment The current court is very solicitous of First Amendment rights. Three trials the district court selected as non-binding “bellwether” trials resulted in plaintiff verdicts. Below we briefly discuss those 14 cases. du Pont de Nemours & Co.

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Supreme Court to decide if Oklahoma must execute Richard Glossip

SCOTUSBlog

Maryland , which requires prosecutors to turn over any evidence that is favorable to the defendant and could affect the decision about guilt or punishment, and its 1959 decision in Napue v. But neither of those positions is a valid basis for this Court to review a state-court decision grounded in state law.”

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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

When agencies refused to turn over public records, ProPublica’s lawyers threatened litigation and in one case sued. It was required reading by our detective and communications personnel,” a police chief in Illinois told Harpster. Thousands of emails, police reports and other documents led to a web of thousands more in new states.