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Illinois Supreme Court extends statute of limitations period in unlawful data-handling claims

JURIST

The Supreme Court of Illinois Thursday ruled that individuals have a five-year period to launch a claim under the Biometric Information Privacy Act. This ruling reverses an appellate court decision that allowed for only a one-year period on claims relating to unlawful handling of people’s data under the act.

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Data on Choice-of-Court Clause Enforcement in US

Conflict of Laws

There are state courts and federal courts, state statutes and federal statutes, state common law and federal common law. This feeling of pity is compounded when I imagine this same lawyer trying to advise her client as to whether a choice-of-court clause will be enforced by a court in the United States.

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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. Beginning in March 2013, Michael Johnson, a state prisoner in Illinois convicted of murder, was held in solitary confinement for over three years. relisted after the Sept.

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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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Six cases to look out for

SCOTUSBlog

Coverage of federal fraud statutes Porat v. Raoul , 23-879 Issue : Whether Illinois’ sweeping ban on common and long-lawful arms violates the Second Amendment. City of Naperville, Illinois , 23-880 Issues : (1) Whether the state of Illinois’ ban of certain handguns is constitutional in light of the holding in District of Columbia v.

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Supreme Court once again considers the “categorical approach” to sentencing enhancements

SCOTUSBlog

Louisiana did not initially file a response to Granier’s petition, but – when instructed to do so by the Supreme Court – it countered that Granier was not entitled to relief because no Supreme Court decision had clearly accepted claims of implied bias. rescheduled before the Mar. Kentucky ex rel.

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Supreme Court takes Clean Water Act case

SCOTUSBlog

The justices did not act on two sets of high-profile petitions that they considered last week: a group of challenges to bans imposed by Illinois and several municipalities in that state on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, as well as challenges to bans on gender-affirming care for minors in Tennessee and Kentucky.

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