Law 360

MARCH 28, 2023

court ruling that HM Revenue & Customs couldn't seek additional taxes on income from services he provided to the BBC and BT Sport. A soccer player turned BBC television presenter won an appeal against an over £4.9 million ($6 million) tax bill from the British authorities, with a U.K.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Gaines has become a national figure in her campaign against biologically male students competing in women’s sports. UNM has a history of cancellation campaigns against conservative and libertarian speakers, as previously discussed on this blog.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 7, 2022

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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JonathanTurley

JUNE 24, 2021

Below is my column in the Hill on the recent ruling on college athletes by the Supreme Court. The decision could prove to be the critical “crossing the Rubicon” moment for college sports and force schools to address long unsettled questions regarding big sports programs. Then came the horse collar tackle.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 25, 2021

In my torts class, we discuss sports torts and defenses. One of those issues is the common inclusion of waivers and binding arbitration language on the back of tickets in microscopic type. That issue came up in an interesting case involving the Chicago Cubs.

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The IP Law Blog

JULY 11, 2022

Supreme Court ruling in a related matter, where the Court affirmed a decision from a U.S. district court enjoining the NCAA from limiting universities from providing student-athletes with certain education-related benefits. [1] 2] The Court issued its decision on June 21, 2021.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 10, 2023

A judge should disqualify himself or herself in a proceeding in which the judge’s impartiality might reasonably be questioned and shall disqualify himself or herself in a proceeding in which disqualification is required by law or applicable Supreme Court rule. In all other instances, a judge should not recuse himself or herself.”

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

In that case, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of public high school teacher Marvin Pickering, who wrote a letter to the local newspaper criticizing a school board’s allocation of funding for athletic programs. He argued that academic integrity was being sacrificed for sports. 205 , 391 U.S. 563, 574 (1968).

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Nigrelli : where the court ruled that the private property exclusion violates the Second Amendment. New York responded roughly a week later with Senate Bill S51001 (June 30, 2022, Extraordinary Session). The new law created a target rich environment for new challenges. The new decision comes from Judge John Sinatra (W.D.N.Y.)

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Day on Torts

JANUARY 29, 2021

He had played several sports before but had never “participated in shot put and was not familiar with the event.” He stayed home for 2-3 weeks before being released to return to school, and he was eventually released to return to sports. Having analyzed all the issues raised by both parties, the trial court’s verdict was affirmed.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

APRIL 26, 2021

Supreme Court ruled in Tandon v. Accordingly, the Court granted an injunction pending disposition of the appeal in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. On April 9, 2021, the U.S. Newsom , 593 U. Facts of the Case.

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JURIST

MARCH 29, 2021

Several states are also considering or have recently passed bills that would prohibit transgender youth from playing school sports on teams that align with their gender identity. The post Federal appeals court rules professors do not to have to respect student pronouns appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 18, 2022

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Friday that four cisgender girls do not have standing to challenge the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Association’s (CIAC) policy , which allows transgender athletes to compete in sports according to their gender identity. The lawsuit arose in 2020.

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 3, 2021

The Court decided to reject the enforcement of the Californian default judgment on the ground of violation of procedural public policy of Japan because Y was deprived of an opportunity to file an appeal as the notice of entry of judgment was sent to a wrong address. Again, the issue of punitive damages was not raised before the Supreme Court.

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Customs & International Trade Law

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Binding Ruling Requests An importer of sports equipment retained Diaz Trade Law (DTL) to submit a binding ruling request to CBP. DTL drafted a persuasive binding ruling request and CBP agreed with DTL’s classification and issued a binding ruling reflecting the proposed HTS classification. And Xinjiang Zhongtai Chemical Co.

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JURIST

APRIL 12, 2024

DuBose added on Facebook that the bill is a response to the participation of transgender women in women’s sports and the inclusion of transgender women in women’s locker rooms. ” DuBose also sponsored a bill in 2023 that prohibited transgender college athletes from competing in sports that correlate with their gender.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Here’s the Friday morning read: Clarence Thomas secretly participated in Koch network donor events (Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott, and Alex Mierjeski, ProPublica) Sports betting fight heading to Supreme Court (Dara Kam, News Service of Florida) Coerced, censored, shut down: How will Supreme Court manage social media’s toxic sludge?

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JURIST

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Burke dismissed the government’s motion without prejudice, noting that a stay may be appropriate if the Eleventh Circuit or Supreme Court take up these cases. This case had already made its way up to the Eleventh Circuit when the court ruled that the ban could go into effect.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 29, 2023

The decision comes after two other district courts ruled in favor of the law — sending this issue to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and potentially the Supreme Court. of owners utilize these rifles for self-defense outside of their home and 61.9% utilize them for self-defense at home.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 13, 2025

Moreover, Texas added, the world has changed more broadly in the two decades since the courts ruling in Ashcroft , with online obscenity becoming much more dangerous for kids as the volume, production quality, and algorithm usage increases. Even if Ginsberg does not apply to online pornography, the state writes, H.B.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 7, 2023

In Bruen , the Court ruled in a 6-3 decision that New York State’s Sullivan Act, passed in 1911—which required anyone applying for a pistol concealed carry license to show “proper cause”—was unconstitutional. The 2022 SCOTUS case New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 31, 2022

On December 30, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit handed down a major opinion in in Adams v. The court ruled 7-4 against a statutory and constitutional challenge of a transgender student to a district policy requiring students to use bathrooms corresponding to their biological sex.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 17, 2021

While the lower courts ruled for Harvard, the trial judge did note that there may have been bias in favor of minority admissions and encouraged Harvard to deal with such “implicit bias” while monitoring ‘any significant race-related statistical disparities in the rating process.’

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 12, 2022

” In off-the-record comments to ACC Network broadcasters prior to the season (which were overheard by a Virginia Tech sports information official), Adair lamented this divide and his team’s lack of consensus on how to support social-justice initiatives.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 25, 2025

Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights some of the cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. In 1974, the Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution generally permits states to strip people convicted of felonies of their right to vote. A list of all petitions were watching is available here. Peterson v.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Boebert and Carlson are outspoken in their opposition to gender transitioning for children, transgender athletes competing in girl’s sporting event, and other current controversies. I was, therefore, gladdened by the Supreme Court ruling 8-1 in favor of free speech in the case, even if it meant a victory for odious Westboro Church.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 24, 2021

Why The ‘Trump Court’ Won’t Be Like Trump (Peter Canellos, Politico Magazine). Kavanaugh’s Sports Fandom Shines in Athlete-Centered Opinion (Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson & Jordan Rubin, Bloomberg Law). Supreme Court Rules for Cheerleader Who Posted Vulgar Snapchat Message (Mark Walsh, Education Week).

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Above The Law

JULY 18, 2023

Pro Publica ] * California Supreme Court rules that U.S. Supreme Court can't boss it around. [ * Harlan Crow got a tax break for designating his superyacht as a profit-seeking venture. Though it seems like its voyages were limited to shuttling around his buddies like BFF Clarence Thomas. [ appeared first on Above the Law.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Hunt , in which the Court struck down an Alabama law imposing a fee on all interstate waste coming into the state under the Dormant Commerce Clause. The Court ruled that “no state may attempt to isolate itself from a problem common to the several States by raising barriers to the free flow of interstate trade.”

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 26, 2022

In her opinion, Kruger rebuffed the plaintiffs’ suggestion that the court should adopt a “more flexible and holistic approach” to determine whether a defendant can be held responsible for failing to protect a victim from harm caused by another person.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 20, 2025

Some have questioned the extension of this protective standard to cases involving public figures, which encompasses anyone who has achieved a modicum of fame in business, sports, or other pursuits. A couple of justices have also expressed skepticism aboutwhy non-public figures should shoulder such a burden when people lie about them.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 22, 2021

Share On a day on which the court issued major rulings on college sports and securities law , the order list from the justices’ private conference last week made less of a splash on Monday morning. A closely divided California Supreme Court ruled that the compensation should be excluded from income.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The court ruled against her and found that the park’s duty was only to “make conditions as safe as they appear to be” and that Munoz “ was aware of the risk she encountered, and expected to be surprised, startled, and scared.” particularly those with ravenous monkeys.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The Oslo District Court ruled in favor of the Norwegian Government on January 4, 2018, reasoning that, “[e]missions of CO2 abroad from oil and gas exported from Norway are irrelevant when assessing whether the Decision entails a violation of Article 112.”.

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Above The Law

MARCH 10, 2025

While Clement’s argument may be wrong, he is quite clever and has an interesting spin, arguing that the rule barring dismissals without leave of the court can basically only inure to the benefit of a defendant. Basically, the leave of court rule can only be for the purpose of protecting and not further jeopardizing the accused.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 24, 2024

Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit to lift those orders while they appealed. The court of appeals refused, instead expediting argument. By a split vote, the 6th Circuit then reversed the lower courts’ rulings , concluding that the states were likely to win their appeals. The court thus allowed the laws go into effect.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

And he currently represents state officials defending an Arizona law that bars transgender women and girls from competing in college and school sports. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in February, he appealed to the Supreme Court, which agreed to take up his case and heard oral argument in late April.

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