SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Share In its first opinion of the 2023-24 term in an argued case, the Supreme Court on Tuesday morning threw out a dispute over whether a self-appointed “civil rights tester” has a legal right to file a lawsuit under the Americans with Disabilities Act alleging that a hotel had failed to provide information about its accessibility on its website.

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Broadcast Law Blog

JULY 1, 2015

Obviously, that settlement does not appear to resolve the issues with independent sound recording owners (like Flo & Eddie who brought the actions that have resulted in NY and California decisions finding a performance right in pre-1972 recordings in those two states). First, a review of the issue with pre-1972 sound recordings.

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Broadcast Law Blog

AUGUST 21, 2018

Yesterday, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued its decision reversing the District Court’s opinion and sending the case back to the District Court for additional hearings. First, we need to provide a little background on the litigation over pre-1972 sound recordings.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Gambling on tribal lands first came to prominence with a Seminole casino in Florida in the late 1970s. The Supreme Court first addressed the problem squarely in its 1987 decision in California v. Some background about the general compromise that governs that problem sets the stage for this dispute.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. Climate Litigation Chart (Update #92): FEATURED CASE. DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS. and non-U.S. Pritzker , Nos.

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Broadcast Law Blog

MARCH 16, 2017

The Florida case has been referred to that state’s highest court for an advisory ruling on the state of the state’s law on the issue, and earlier this week, the same thing happened in California. A decision on this issue in any state is binding only in that state.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Share The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral argument in the case of a civil rights tester who searches the internet to find hotels whose websites do not provide information about the accessibility of their facilities, as required under the Americans with Disabilities Act. But the U.S.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The Furman litigation was the culmination of a campaign conducted by a group of lawyers under the auspices of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. They hoped the Supreme Court would strike down the death penalty because of its demonstrated racial discrimination and other inequities. The Furman Framework. The ruling was narrow in scope.

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Broadcast Law Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

This week, the US Court of Appeals essentially ended Flo and Eddie’s New York case against Sirius XM where it tried to establish a public performance royalty in pre-1972 sound recordings. An issue in a Federal case is certified or referred to a state court when there are issues of state law that control the determination of the Federal case.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 20, 2022

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The court denied cert on Monday. Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by Justices Stephen Breyer and Elena Kagan, filed an opinion dissenting from the court’s denial of summary vacatur.

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Broadcast Law Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2022

FCC , which rejected the requirement that broadcast licensees independently check two federal databases to verify whether an airtime lessee is a “foreign governmental entity” (see our Broadcast Law Blog article on the Court’s decision here ).

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Broadcast Law Blog

AUGUST 24, 2016

On the PRO front, we also talked about the settlements of the antitrust litigation brought by both the radio and TV industry over SESAC royalties (settlements about which we wrote here ). Rates under the settlements, which will be decided by arbitration if not resolved by negotiation, are currently being worked on.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 13, 2024

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. With just a few weeks left before the Supreme Court’s summer recess, we’re entering the busiest phase of the year for relists. The court granted review in two cases on Monday: one-time relist Facebook v.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 28, 2024

As the case comes to the Supreme Court, Medrano contended that the use of his statements violated his rights under Miranda v. Arizona , the landmark 1966 decision that requires police officers to tell suspects that they have a right to remain silent and to have a lawyer with them during interrogation. Nike has denied any wrongdoing.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 4, 2023

But that hasn’t stopped some from promoting his methods and even deploying 911 call analysis in court to win convictions. She said she disguised 911 call analysis in court by “getting creative … without calling it ‘science.’”. “I Searches for 911 call analysis in national court dockets come up virtually empty too.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. Federal Court in Rhode Island Allowed Failure-to-Adapt Claims to Proceed. and non-U.S. FEATURED CASE.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. Supreme Court. DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS. Colorado Federal Court Remanded Local Governments’ Climate Case to State Court.

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LegalTalkNetwork

AUGUST 23, 2018

DeRenzi), The Florida State Bar President (Michelle Suskauer), and nationally known Supreme Court advocate and commentator (Dean Erwin Chemerinsky from Berkeley Law) to name a few. ABA Annual Meeting 2018: Blockbuster Supreme Court Decisions in a Partisan Era. It was a big year of leadership coverage as well.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 6, 2018

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. The court dispensed with the cities’ three primary arguments for remanding the cases. and non-U.S. FEATURED CASE.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 30, 2022

The Dobbs dissent rightly predicted that discovering what kind of abortion regulation is “legitimate” will lead to even more abortion litigation. Additionally, travel distance is a known barrier to care that jeopardizes health, which the court recognized in 2016 in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 8, 2021

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. In a 7-1 decision, the U.S. The Court’s decision concerned the interpretation of 28 U.S.C. and non-U.S.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 9, 2021

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS. and Minnesota Federal Courts Remanded Climate Cases Against Fossil Fuel Industry. and non-U.S.

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