The Crime Report

APRIL 29, 2022

The Supreme Court has ruled that victims of discrimination, which is forbidden by four federal statutes, may not sue if the only harm was emotional distress, reports the New York Times. She claimed to have suffered “humiliation, frustration and emotional distress” as a result.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 18, 2023

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit handed down a decision in California Restaurant Association v. The court overturned a District Court ruling to invalidate a Berkeley, California, prohibition on natural gas infrastructure in newly-constructed buildings. O n Monday, April 17, 2023, the U.S. City of Berkeley.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 8, 2021

This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider cases and statutes about suing various government entities, ranging from two counties to a state governor to the United States itself. Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor v. Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor v.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Three years ago, the court agreed to take up this question in another case, United States v. Instead, a unanimous court ruled that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit had improperly injected the issue into the case. Sineneng-Smith , but it did not resolve it. citizens through adoption. citizens through adoption.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 29, 2024

The district court ruled for Medical Marijuana and the other companies on Horn’s RICO claim. The companies came to the Supreme Court last fall, asking the justices to take up the case and weigh in.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 3, 2025

Devas then filed suit in federal court in the United States seeking to confirm the arbitration award. They relied on the New York Convention (a treaty to which the United States is a party, which calls for the enforcement of these sorts of arbitration awards). Although the district court agreed to confirm the award, the U.S.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 16, 2022

Howrey Professor of Law at the George Washington University Law School, state statutes vary widely on defining what constitutes aggression. Concealed carry is allowed in all 50 states, and a Supreme Court ruling is expected shortly in a New York case about whether individuals have a Second Amendment right to carry guns openly in self-defense.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Below is my column in the Hill on the makings of a blockbuster case in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. Bruen, the first major gun rights case before the Supreme Court in ten years. The court will soon take up New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. Penal Law § 400.00(2)(f)

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 13, 2024

Horn went to federal court in New York, arguing that the company that sold Dixie X, Medical Marijuana, Inc. The district court ruled for the company on Horn’s RICO claim. Shortly after, he failed a random drug test at work and was fired.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Judges should certify that the “Brady rule,” mandated under a 1963 Supreme Court ruling, is followed at each criminal trial. New York State initiated this practice in 2017, and the requirement was added to the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure in 2020. Certify Compliance. Establish an Oversight Commission.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 12, 2021

Barrett noted that under a variety of consumer-protection statutes, like the Telephone Consumer Protection Act and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, statutory damages are relatively low, but courts may order defendants who are found liable to pay the plaintiff’s attorney’s fees.

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Fordham Law News

APRIL 21, 2022

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, New York State’s legislative bodies have crafted new laws to help prevent tenants’ evictions. 4] Landlords sued New York State’s Chief Administrative Judge, County Sheriffs, and other officials throughout the state— challenging CEEFPA on constitutional grounds. [5]

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

It argued that these claims were not viable because the policy’s choice-of-law provision had designated New York as the governing law in the absence of applicable federal maritime law. Because the claims were based on Pennsylvania statutes, it argued, they were barred by the choice-of-law clause. Raiders opposed this motion.

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MyCase

AUGUST 16, 2022

For example, Nevada lawyers will have a different retirement process than New York lawyers. According to Law.com , attorney retirement in New York is “remarkably complex” with “variations of ‘retire’… used in different contexts.” Consider Retirement Benefits. Prepare an Exit Plan. Complete Your Estate Planning.

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LawTechnologyToday

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

The most popular usage of e-books by those who do access them was to conduct research on statutes, followed by forms/agreements/contracts, court rules, regulations, and cases in that order. In reality, most attorneys are not looking to add an e-reader device to carry around, and using e-Books on phones and laptops can be a pain.

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Broadcast Law Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2013

The Boston decision was not a total victory for Aereo, however, nor was the decision a detailed refutation of the well-reasoned contrary decision in the Washington DC court. While the New York decision was binding on District Courts in the Second Circuit, it was not deemed to be conclusive for all courts across the country.

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Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 11, 2024

After the painting was looted, it found its way into the United States and, in 1976, Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza bought it from the Hahn Gallery of New York, where the painting was publicly in display, allegedly ignoring its origin. The Museum Thyssen-Bornemisza purchased the painting from the Baron in 1993.

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Conflict of Laws

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Supreme Court ruled that comity requires an assessment of the interests of the foreign nation involved and the requesting nation. [3] and English courts do not give effect to foreign blocking statutes, like the French Blocking Statute, but have ruled in favor of disclosure of documents and information.

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JURIST

JUNE 24, 2023

The US Supreme Court ruled Friday in US v. The crux of the case rests on Article III of the US Constitution, which governs the Court’s judicial purview. The US District Court Southern District of Texas ruled in favor of the states, enjoining Homeland Security from enforcing the memorandum.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 6, 2017

Circuit also rejected EPA’s argument that the court did not have authority to review stays issued under Section 307(d)(7)(D) of the Clean Air Act. The district court ruled that EPA was required to conduct such evaluations in October 2016 and set an expedited schedule for EPA’s compliance. Allco Finance Ltd. Klee , Nos.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Despite this history, a new decision out of the High Court is still shocking in its implications for further attacks on free speech. The court ruled that newspapers and television stations that post articles on social media sites like Facebook are liable for other third party comments on those posts. 47 U.S.C. §

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Conflict of Laws

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

“The 2005 Hague Choice of Court and the 2019 Hague Judgments Conventions versus the New York Convention – Rivals, Alternatives or Something Else?”, The Value of a New Judgments Convention for U.S. Litigants”, New York University Law Review 94 (2019), pp 1210-1243. Coco, Sarah E. Cong, Junqi. Kasem, Rouzana.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The appellate court also found that even if the trial court erred, the error was harmless because the State proved both acts beyond a reasonable doubt. Hawaii Court Ruled that Commercial Aquarium Fishing Required Environmental Review. New York v. New York v. Zepeda , No. 80593-2-I (Wash.

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Conflict of Laws

APRIL 20, 2022

Implementing the Hague Judgments Convention”, New York University Law Review 97 (2022), forthcoming (Draft available here ). The 2005 Hague Choice of Court and the 2019 Hague Judgments Conventions versus the New York Convention – Rivals, Alternatives or Something Else?”, Cardoso, Connor J. Coco, Sarah E.

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Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 11, 2022

“The 2005 Hague Choice of Court and the 2019 Hague Judgments Conventions versus the New York Convention – Rivals, Alternatives or Something Else?”, The Value of a New Judgments Convention for U.S. Litigants”, New York University Law Review 94 (2019), pp 1210-1243. Coco, Sarah E. Cong, Junqi. Kasem, Rouzana.

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Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 7, 2021

“The 2005 Hague Choice of Court and the 2019 Hague Judgments Conventions versus the New York Convention – Rivals, Alternatives or Something Else?”, The Value of a New Judgments Convention for U.S. Litigants”, New York University Law Review 94 (2019), pp 1210-1243. Coco, Sarah E. Cong, Junqi. Kasem, Rouzana.

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

“The 2005 Hague Choice of Court and the 2019 Hague Judgments Conventions versus the New York Convention – Rivals, Alternatives or Something Else?”, The Value of a New Judgments Convention for U.S. Litigants”, New York University Law Review 94 (2019), pp 1210-1243. Coco, Sarah E. Cong, Junqi. Kasem, Rouzana.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 31, 2022

Implementing the Hague Judgments Convention”, New York University Law Review 97 (2022), forthcoming (Draft available here ). The 2005 Hague Choice of Court and the 2019 Hague Judgments Conventions versus the New York Convention – Rivals, Alternatives or Something Else?”, Cardoso, Connor J. Coco, Sarah E.

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Conflict of Laws

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Implementing the Hague Judgments Convention”, New York University Law Review 97 (2022), forthcoming (Draft available here ). The 2005 Hague Choice of Court and the 2019 Hague Judgments Conventions versus the New York Convention – Rivals, Alternatives or Something Else?”, Cardoso, Connor J. Coco, Sarah E.

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 21, 2022

Implementing the Hague Judgments Convention”, New York University Law Review 97 (2022), forthcoming (Draft available here ). The 2005 Hague Choice of Court and the 2019 Hague Judgments Conventions versus the New York Convention – Rivals, Alternatives or Something Else?”, Cardoso, Connor J. Coco, Sarah E.

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HowAppealing

DECEMBER 21, 2023

“Lawsuit Over Naked Baby on Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ Is Revived; The suit about the 1991 album had been dismissed because of the statute of limitations; But an appeals court ruled that it could proceed, noting that the album had been reissued in 2021”: Matt Stevens of The New York Times has this report.

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HowAppealing

JUNE 15, 2023

“Supreme Court Upholds Native American Adoption Law; At issue in the case was whether a law aimed at keeping Native American adoptees within tribes is constitutional”: Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times has this report. ” David G. ” This morning, the U.S. .” ” This morning, the U.S.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 14, 2024

District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle has ruled that the federal law prohibiting people from possessing firearms inside post offices is unconstitutional. The ruling is based on 2022 Supreme Court ruling New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. The case concerned Emmanuel Ayala, U.S. 18 U.S.C. §

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HowAppealing

AUGUST 10, 2023

“A Mississippi case leads US appeals court to strike down lifetime gun ban for drug users”: Margaret Baker of The Biloxi Sun Herald has this report. Lindsay Whitehurst of The Associated Press reports that “ Appeals court rules against longstanding drug user gun ban cited in Hunter Biden case.”

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HowAppealing

OCTOBER 9, 2021

“Texas’ restrictive abortion law temporarily restored by federal appeals court”: Madlin Mekelburg of The Austin American-Statesman has this report. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit at this link. ” Ann E. .”

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 25, 2021

There is a move in many states to refuse to allow such exemptions, but courts have pushed back. In New York, the state is appealing a preliminary injunction against its refusal to allow religious exemptions to its vaccine mandate. They also can refile if the lower court has not reached a decision by Oct.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 30, 2023

847-880 (available here ) Brannigan, Neil “Resolving conflicts: establishing forum non conveniens in a new Hague jurisdiction convention”, Journal of Private International Law 18 (2022), pp. Implementing the Hague Judgments Convention”, New York University Law Review 97 (2022), pp. 187-214 Coco, Sarah E. 8 (2021), pp.

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