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“Courts Strike Down Gun Control Measures in Two States; The rulings in Maryland and Oregon come amid a shifting legal landscape in the wake of a Supreme Court decision that has imposed new limits on gun regulation”

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Courts Strike Down Gun Control Measures in Two States; The rulings in Maryland and Oregon come amid a shifting legal landscape in the wake of a Supreme Court decision that has imposed new limits on gun regulation”: David W. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at this link. ” And Bryan P.

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Justices decline to reinstate Ohio man’s attempted murder conviction

SCOTUSBlog

The state trial court rejected that motion, and he was convicted. In his dissent from the denial of review, Thomas castigated the 6th Circuit for failing to give the state appeals courts decision the kind of substantial deference it deserved under the federal law governing state prisoners requests for post-conviction relief.

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Justices take up double jeopardy case

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The justices once again did not act on several high-profile petitions for review, including a challenge to Marylands ban on military assault-style weapons and Rhode Islands ban on large-capacity magazines. The announcement that the court had granted review in Barrett v.

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More Venue and Corporate Games: This time with ANDA filing

Patently O

The 2017 Supreme Court decision in TC Heartland gave renewed teeth to the venue statute governing litigation. The FDA is headquartered in Maryland, and that was the office that received the ANDA documents. and probably also in Maryland, but not in N.J. Celgene Corp. Mylan Pharma ( Fed.

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4th Circuit En Banc Judgment Affirms District Court Decision in Best Price Stacking Case

FDA Law Blog

Kirschenbaum — In November 2020, we blogged about a decision by the Federal District Court of Maryland dismissing a Federal False Claims Act (FCA) qui tam suit alleging that Forest Laboratories knowingly reported inflated best prices under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program (MDRP), resulting in underpayment of rebates.

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Justices dismiss “civil rights tester” case

SCOTUSBlog

In her view, before a court invalidates the lower court’s decision on fairness grounds, the party seeking to have the decision invalidated ‘must explain what harm — other than having to accept the law as the lower court stated it — flows from the inability to appeal the lower court decision.”

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L.A. County Police Refuse Release of Officer History on Misconduct, Dishonesty

The Crime Report

Based on a 1963 Supreme Court decision, Brady vs. Maryland , prosecutors have a constitutional duty to give defense attorneys evidence that could cast doubt on a defendant’s guilt or reduce a potential sentence, including information that could diminish the credibility of prosecution witnesses.