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Federal judge declares Tennessee’s anti-drag bill unconstitutional

JURIST

Judge Thomas Parker, a judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, Friday ruled that Tennessee’s Adult Entertainment Act (AEA) is unconstitutional. In his opinion, Parker ruled that the AEA violates First Amendment rights. He stated that free speech does not extend to just words.

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Fed Judge Thwarts Parts of New Jersey’s Gun Law

The Crime Report

District Judge Renée Marie Bumb has placed a temporary block on parts of New Jersey’s gun law meant to limit the number of places individuals can carry weapons after last year’s Supreme Court ruling expanding gun rights, Daniel Han reports for Politico.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

Law 360

Antitrust law took center stage this week as college general counsel try to figure out the what and how of paying student athletes under a new court ruling, and the U.S. Department of Justice is trying to break up the entertainment venue dominance of Live Nation and Ticketmaster.

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India Supreme Court dismisses Bilkis Bano case applications to delay time to surrender

JURIST

The court had agreed to entertain these applications on Thursday, which were mentioned before Nagarathna. Subsequently, Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud ordered the reconstitution of the bench which heard the case, in accordance with the Supreme Court Rules of 2013. The convicts’ time to surrender expired on Saturday.

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Hochul’s Circular Firing Squad: Federal Court Rules Against New York’s Gun Law

JonathanTurley

It is hard not to see that listing as an obvious effort to do precisely what Hochul said: to recreate the ban by including virtually every location as a “sensitive area.”.

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Supreme Court finalizes revised policy on clemency record confidentiality

At the Lectern

Today’s administrative order announcing the new policy says the court “will not entertain such a motion if filed after a clemency record has been returned to the Governor,” which happens when the court makes an affirmative clemency recommendation. (Pen. See rule 8.45 Superior Court (1999) 20 Cal.4th

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Year in Review: The Briefing’s Top 3 Podcast Episodes in 2023

The IP Law Blog

Weintraub Tobin’s Intellectual Property podcast, The Briefing , published nearly 50 episodes this year covering a variety of IP issues relating to trademark, copyright, and entertainment law. Supreme Court ruled in Andy Warhol Foundation v. As we look back, we want to share The Briefing’s most popular episodes in 2023.