The Crime Report

DECEMBER 8, 2022

“ Travis County judges can’t hear appeals from migrants arrested under Texas border security push, court rules ” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2023

“Domestic Abusers Have Gun Rights Too, US Appeals Court Rules; Court vacates conviction of Texas man tied to five shootings; Ruling is latest fallout from US Supreme Court landmark ruling”: Erik Larson of Bloomberg News has this report. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit at this link.

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Parasec

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

FinCEN has released an important update on its website regarding the ongoing legal proceedings related to the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). The latest update, details the actions taken by the Department of Justice (DOJ) in response to a recent court ruling. 6:24-cv-00336, in the Eastern District of Texas.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

“Federal appeals court lets Texas keep anti-migrant buoys in place for now; A judge in Austin had said Texas installed the floating barrier illegally, rejecting Gov. ” Nick Miroff of The Washington Post reports that “ Texas can keep floating barriers in Rio Grande for now, appeals court says.”

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JURIST

JUNE 15, 2023

Specifically, the court said that the non-Indigenous adoptive parents and Texas were unable to demonstrate likely harm, which is one of the three requirements to establish standing before a federal court. The court first heard oral arguments in the case back in November 2022.

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JURIST

JUNE 15, 2021

The US Supreme Court declined Monday to take up an appeal by a group of oil companies challenging a California state court ruling permitting two California cities to sue for damages related to climate change, meaning the case will be heard in state court.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 15, 2020

The conflict involves how water is apportioned between New Mexico and Texas under an interstate compact first approved by Congress in the mid-twentieth century. New Mexico centers around the Pecos River, which originates in north-central New Mexico—near Santa Fe—and flows into Texas, emptying into the Rio Grande. Texas contested.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 28, 2022

Share The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled 6-3 against a plaintiff seeking emotional distress damages for alleged violations of certain federal anti-discrimination laws. The post Court rules against plaintiff seeking emotional distress damages for discrimination appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 25, 2023

All of them are from CIED ( Centro de Investigación de los Estudiantes de Derecho , a student research center in UNSAAC’s faculty of law dedicated to spreading legal information and improving legal culture through study and research, promoting critical and reflective debate to contribute to the development of the country.

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American Legal Net

OCTOBER 5, 2021

New Court Rule Sets Available : USDC, California, Central District, Mag. Courts Removed. USDC, Texas, Southern District, Hon. The post October 1, 2021 Court Rules Update appeared first on American Legal Net. Rocconi ( CAMAR ). Atlas ( TXNFA ). .

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APRIL 21, 2022

“Supreme Court Rules on Stolen Art, Signs and Puerto Rico’s Status; The justices addressed federal benefits in Puerto Rico, an effort to reclaim an Impressionist masterpiece and whether the First Amendment allows some billboard regulations”: Adam Liptak will have this article in Friday’s edition of The New York Times.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

In Missouri, the Attorney General Eric Schmitt filed suit challenging local public school authority to require masks, while the Texas Supreme Court ruled in favor of Governor Greg Abbott allowing him to ban a Dallas school district from requiring masks. That judge found that the mask mandate even satisfied strict scrutiny.

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American Legal Net

JULY 7, 2021

New Court Rule Sets Available : California Superior Court, Shasta County, Probate Division ( CAPRSH ) Illinois Circuit Court, 8 th Circuit, Menard County ( IL08ME ) JAMS—International Arbitration Rules (6-1-21 Rules) ( IARP ) New York Supreme Court, 1 st J.D., Courts Removed. Fernando L.

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Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The Reasonableness of a Fee When Are Legal Fees Earned? The ‘Reasonable Test’ Remains Universal Resources About the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism. They provide the client with some certainty about the cost of legal services and lawyers with more financial stability and consistency in taking on client matters.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

We deal with deadlines, court rules, and client demands, adding to daily pressures to perform. Because of that shakeup, I was assigned to an attorney who had been through many paralegals and legal assistants in a short period of time. The legal community is a small one.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The federal district court ruled in favor of the City of Austin and upheld the sign ordinance. Reagan appealed the case to the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit which reversed the lower court’s decision in October 2020. A ruling on the case is expected in early 2022.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 14, 2025

For decades, legal scholars have recognized that fiduciary duties under corporate law may force private companies to address climate change. For example, in the weeks leading up to the Colloquium, a Texas District Court ruled in Spence v. This imprecision can undercut promising lines of debate.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Former state trooper Torres resigned from his job with the Texas Department of Safety when the department would not provide accommodations for a condition he developed from his military service. In 2018, a Texas state court ruled that the law was an unconstitutional abridgment of state’s sovereign immunity.

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Patently O

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Transfer motions under § 1404(a) are a common tactic in patent litigation, particularly for California-based tech companies sued in the Eastern and Western Districts of Texas. When defendants lose those motions—as they often do in Texas—they frequently seek immediate review in the Federal Circuit by petitioning for a writ of mandamus.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 16, 2022

Share The Supreme Court on Monday struck down a federal campaign-finance law that limits how and when candidates can repay loans that they make to their own campaigns. The 6-3 ruling , which held that the law violates the First Amendment, came in a case filed by Sen. The case, Federal Election Commission v.

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JANUARY 4, 2024

The role of attribution is also receiving increasing focus as attorneys begin to rely more heavily on AI outputs for their legal documents. This form of copying and imitation is a longstanding legal tradition, but the question is whether copying ever goes too far. I hope that they did not overbill the client. 3d 396 (S.D.N.Y.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 22, 2021

In an opinion by Justice Neil Gorsuch , the justices unanimously ruled that the National Collegiate Athletic Association cannot prohibit its member schools from providing athletes with certain forms of education-related benefits, such as paid post-graduate internships, scholarships for graduate school, or free laptops or musical instruments.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 4, 2024

The question came to the court in a case filed against Virginia Tech by Speech First, a group that describes its mission as putting “colleges and universities on notice that shutting down unwanted speech will no longer be tolerated.” A federal district court ruled that the group lacked a legal right to sue, known as standing.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 18, 2022

Share The 2018 Texas Senate race between Republican Ted Cruz and Democrat Beto O’Rourke was one of the closest races in Texas in 40 years , with O’Rourke falling short of unseating Cruz by roughly 200,000 votes out of 8.3 District Court for the District of Columbia agreed. million cast. A three-judge panel of the U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 17, 2023

Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. Over 40 years ago, the Supreme Court ruled in Baker v. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here. David Sosa is a jet-engine engineer in Martin County, Florida. Ferguson v.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Jane Cummings sued Texas-based Premier Rehab for discriminating based on her disability in violation of the Rehabilitation Act and the Affordable Care Act. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit held that Cummings could not seek damages for emotional distress. Premier Rehab Keller, P.L.L.C. ,

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FEBRUARY 22, 2023

That’s because current disclosure of litigation funding relies on a patchwork of state law, court rules, self-reporting, FOIA requests, leaks to journalists, and funding pitches. 29] Notably, they continue to file and litigate in the Western District of Texas; IP Edge, too, has ceased filing in Delaware, per reporting and data. [30]

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JURIST

JULY 17, 2021

A federal district court judge in the southern district of Texas ruled Friday that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was illegally created and issued a permanent injunction against the program.

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JURIST

JUNE 28, 2021

The Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday that federal law does not grant Facebook immunity against lawsuits for users who use its platform to lure minors into sex trafficking. However, the Texas Supreme Court denied Facebook’s motion saying that section 230 does not “create a lawless no-man’s-land on the Internet.”

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Saenz, a case that could reshape the landscape of DNA testing for death row inmates in Texas. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals denied his request for testing, citing state law that limits testing to cases where it would determine guilt or innocence, not merely the sentence. A decision is expected in the coming months.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 15, 2021

A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit sided for a second time with Texas officials and suspended a lower court ruling that had blocked a Texas law banning most abortions. The order issued late Thursday night stated that the court would expedite the appeal and schedule oral arguments.

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JURIST

JANUARY 26, 2024

Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued a statement asserting Texas’ constitutional right to self-defense on Wednesday as tensions with the Biden administration over security along the US southern border escalated. Texas intensified its border security measures with the launch of Abbott’s Operation Lone Star in March 2021.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 5, 2022

For a large part of the history of the United States, domestic abuse was tolerated under the nation’s legal system. is in danger of backtracking on that legal framework precisely because of the nation’s historical legacy of turning a blind eye to domestic violence. Supreme Court ruling, NYSRPA v. But now, the U.S.

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MARCH 27, 2024

“Appeals Court Keeps Block on Texas Migrant Arrest Law; The decision in favor of the federal government left in place a trial court injunction while courts determine whether the measure is legal”: J. appeals court keeps block on Texas immigration law.”

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JURIST

APRIL 13, 2023

A federal appellate court in Texas ruled late Wednesday night that the abortion drug mifepristone is to remain available on a limited basis pending an ongoing legal dispute. Wade case , which had previously enshrined a woman’s right to abortion under the constitutional right to privacy, legalizing it nationwide.

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APRIL 1, 2022

“Texas Supreme Court rules for San Antonio in ‘Chick-fil-A’ lawsuit filed by conservative activists”: Edward McKinley of The San Antonio Express-News has this report. Today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Texas consists of a majority opinion and a concurring opinion.

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JURIST

JANUARY 26, 2021

The US Supreme Court Monday vacated lower court rulings in a case related to Texas’ ban on most abortions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Planned Parenthood sued the Texas government over the issue.

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