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West Virginia will ask US Supreme Court to lift injunction on law restricting transgender athlete participation

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West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey Thursday announced that his office plans to “fight for fairness in women’s sports” and will ask the US Supreme Court to lift an injunction on H.B. However, on January 5, 2023, the court ruled that “H.B.

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The morning read for Friday, March 10

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Here’s the Friday morning read: A Louisiana man whose conviction was overturned in a Supreme Court ruling against split juries is found not guilty at new trial (Corky Siemaszko, NBC News) Outside groups take a first stab at a Supreme Court ethics code (Nina Totenberg, NPR) West Virginia to ask US Supreme Court to allow transgender athlete ban (Andrew (..)

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Climate change at the Supreme Court

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In the last opinion of the term, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in favor of a group of Republican-led states and coal companies to limit the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate carbon emissions system-wide. EPA , and what it means for the future of climate regulation.

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Del. Justices Reverse Chancery AmerisourceBergen Suit Toss

Law 360

Delaware's Supreme Court on Monday overturned a 2022 Chancery Court order that dismissal of federal opioid-related damage claims against AmerisourceBergen in West Virginia justified scuttling a multibillion-dollar stockholder derivative lawsuit, finding the decision "inconsistent" with the court's rules for derivative actions and evidence.

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Justices take up Native health care funding cases and a dispute over sentencing guide

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The Abbott case arose from a long-running multidistrict litigation against the chemical company DuPont by people who allege that they were injured by the company’s release of a chemical known as C-8, used in the production of Teflon, into the air, landfills, and river near its plant in Parkersburg, West Virginia.

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2025 Court Holidays to be Aware of When Calculating Filing Deadlines

TypeLaw Briefing Insights

Any day declared a holiday by the President or Congress, such as the recent National Day of Mourning for former President Jimmy Carter, is considered a Legal Holiday for the purpose of computing time in the federal court filings. And, as weve detailed in other blog articles, federal rules and local rules can differ widely.

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Guest Post: Third-Party Litigation Funding: Disclosure to Courts, Congress, and the Executive

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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. Some, as noted above, have even banned the practice at common law, though state courts have increasingly relaxed those rules in favor of regulation. [23]