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Virginia School Board to pay transgender student $1.3 million in discrimination case

JURIST

Held in the District Court and Court of Appeals, the school board was found to have violated Title IX of the Education Amendment of 1972, in enacting the school policy prohibiting any child “with gender identity issues” from using shared bathrooms with other boys and girls.

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Justices take up double jeopardy case

SCOTUSBlog

Share The Supreme Court on Monday added one new case, involving the double jeopardy clause and the Hobbs Act, to its docket for the 2025-26 term. The announcement that the court had granted review in Barrett v. In March 2024, the Supreme Court threw out a ruling by the U.S.

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Virginia General Assembly approves state-level Voting Rights Act

JURIST

The Virginia General Assembly on Thursday approved a comprehensive state-level Voting Rights Act by a 21-18 vote in the state senate. The bill seeks to restore certain provisions of the federal Voting Rights Act that were gutted by a 2013 Supreme Court decision. All votes in favor of House Bill 1890 came from Democrats.

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2023 is the Year of New Consumer Rights

Diane Drain

The Preamble We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

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The Nigerian Court of Appeal declines to enforce a Commonwealth of Virginia (in USA) Choice of Court Agreement

Conflict of Laws

In the year 2020, the Nigerian Court of Appeal delivered at least three decisions on foreign choice of court agreements. [1] In the first two decisions delivered in the year 2020, the Nigerian Court of Appeal gave full contractual effect to the parties’ foreign choice of court agreement. [2]

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Virus Coverage Outcomes 'Don't Bode Well' For Policyholders

Law 360

Two recent court decisions out of the mid-Atlantic region "don't bode well" for policyholders, according to an attorney for insurers, as the Virginia Supreme Court refused to hear a hotel management company's virus coverage loss case and the Fourth Circuit again held that pandemic-related losses aren't covered by insurance policies.

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The morning read for Thursday, April 8

SCOTUSBlog

Share Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read: Stephen Breyer worries about Supreme Court’s public standing in current political era (Joan Biskupic, CNN).