CourtTechBulletin

DECEMBER 16, 2021

We were curious as to the status of online court help to the self-represented litigants as a good 2021 year-end wrapup article for the CTB? Colorado courts have a dedicated page for "Efiling for Non-Attorneys" at: [link] There are links to forms and video/written tutorials listed. We share what we found below.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Parents Advocating for Safe Schools (PASS), an association of Minnesota parents, filed suit against the state of Minnesota and Governor Timothy Walz, asking the court to order Walz to impose a statewide mask requirement for all public schools. Pass also asked the court to issue a temporary restraining order compelling Walz to require masks.

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American Legal Net

JULY 20, 2021

New Court Rule Sets Available : Iowa District Court, 8 th Judicial District ( IA08 ). Courts Removed. The post July 15, 2021 Court Rules Update appeared first on American Legal Net.

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JURIST

MARCH 27, 2024

A three-judge panel of the Fifth District Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that a controversial Texas law, Senate Bill (SB) 4 , will remain on hold as litigation continues. This ruling is the latest in the continuing legal battle over SB4. The discretion to pursue these same noncitizens likely lies exclusively with the Executive.

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Patently O

JANUARY 4, 2024

The role of attribution is also receiving increasing focus as attorneys begin to rely more heavily on AI outputs for their legal documents. This form of copying and imitation is a longstanding legal tradition, but the question is whether copying ever goes too far. I hope that they did not overbill the client.

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JURIST

JULY 18, 2024

US Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond submitted an appeal to the US Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday. The appeal challenges a court order against a preliminary injunction that halts the controversial anti-illegal immigration House Bill 4156 in the state.

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Above The Law

APRIL 22, 2022

. * Is US tech lagging for legal reasons? One man's trash is another's 4th amendment violation.for now: Iowa Gov. wants to overturn an Iowa Supreme Court ruling that bans cops from searching people's trash without a warrant. One man's trash is another's 4th amendment violation.for now: Iowa Gov. Some think so. [

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JURIST

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The US Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously upheld an Arkansas law setting prescription drug reimbursement rates for pharmacies. Enforcement of the law had been blocked since 2017 when PCMA won at both the district and circuit court levels. The decision in Rutledge v.

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JURIST

JANUARY 3, 2021

US Chief Justice John Roberts praised the heroic efforts of information technology departments across the country for their role in keeping the federal courts functioning during the COVID-19 pandemic in his annual report released Thursday, lauding new partnerships and innovations implemented in various districts to maintain safety for all.

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MyCase

AUGUST 12, 2022

Legal record management is a vital aspect of any law firm. Though legal record keeping is part of daily practice for law firms, it is often disorganized. In this article, we’ll cover: Tips on organizing and accessing your legal records by category groupings . The Type of Legal Records You’re Storing.

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JURIST

JULY 17, 2023

A district judge in Iowa issued a temporary injunction on the state’s new “ fetal heartbeat law ” Monday following a suit by abortion providers to block the strict abortion ban, formally known as House File (H.F.) Patience and perseverance are also hallmark traits on both sides, traits that continue to deserve respect.

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Attorney at Work

JUNE 23, 2022

My home state, Iowa, has disciplined an average of 68 attorneys (just under 1% of the number of practicing attorneys in the state) each year over the past decade. I’m an Iowa-based attorney and CPA. It dawned on me that I needed legal counsel for this legal proceeding. That is, not if you don’t allow it to become one.

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JURIST

APRIL 24, 2021

Additionally, courts must inform defendants on the record before accepting a guilty plea that the defendant will lose the right to vote upon conviction. Virginia recently restored civil rights to released felons, and Iowa last year struck down the last permanent voting ban for felons.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 20, 2023

Share During oral argument in two consolidated cases on Tuesday, the court seemed poised to reverse the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit and reject a ruling observers said would gut the government’s primary anti-fraud statute.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Iowa and other states prohibit texting while driving but allow cellphone usage for other purposes, such as navigation. Iowa , police officers pulled Struve over after observing Struve using a cellphone – for an unidentifiable reason – for 10 seconds while driving. In Steven Struve’s case, Struve v. In the decision below, the U.S.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

“They contradict both their legal mandate and the evidence-based best practices they’re supposed to reflect, and they have already resulted in discrimination that violates state and federal law.” According to the ACLU, there are currently 11 anti-LGBTQ+ bills in the Virginia state legislature.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 24, 2022

Share The current Supreme Court is undoubtedly pro-arbitration – but after Monday’s oral argument in Morgan v. At the same time, the justices seemed to differ over why that was, and what standard the court should adopt for future cases. The district court decided that by delaying, Sundance waived its right to demand arbitration.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 18, 2022

Share The Federal Arbitration Act requires courts to enforce arbitration agreements in most circumstances. Most courts have held that the arbitration agreement is still enforceable unless the other party has been prejudiced. Sundance , which will be argued on Monday, the Supreme Court will consider whether this is the correct rule.

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Patently O

OCTOBER 31, 2022

His legal scholarship was deep and contemplative, and includes two articles published in the Iowa Law Review. is cited extensively in petitions for certiorari before the Supreme Court. His most recent work with Mark Lemley and Sean Seymore, The Death of the Genus Claim , 35 Harv. & Tech., Guest Post by Prof.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 10, 2022

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in a challenge to the constitutionality of the law. And both sides of the dispute contend that a ruling for the other side will have legal implications far beyond animal welfare. A federal district court rejected the challengers’ argument, and the U.S.

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JURIST

MARCH 17, 2021

Effective immediately, these rights will be restored upon completion of any sentence of incarceration, even if the individual remains on community supervision or has outstanding court fees and fines. ” Only two other states—Iowa and Kentucky—have constitutions that permanently disenfranchise citizens with past felony convictions.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 14, 2023

On Tuesday, the justices will hear arguments in a pair of cases on whether a defendant can be found to have acted knowingly if it believed its conduct was unlawful but its conduct represented an objectively reasonable interpretation of the relevant legal requirement.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 28, 2022

The Supreme Court has called the right to a jury trial one of the foundations of American law. However, through laws and court decisions it has been recognized as one of the most basic requirements of a fair trial. Supreme Court has held that acquitted conduct may be considered by a judge for sentencing. Constitution.

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Patently O

MARCH 17, 2022

I’m teaching my usual Introduction to Intellectual Property course, together with an especially large Civil Procedure class (which at Iowa is 4 credit hours), and the Iowa Innovation, Business & Law Center is running an exciting speaker series on Genetics, Law and Society. Read it here: [link].

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Patently O

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Ebrahim is visiting at Iowa Law this semester, where he’s teaching Cybercrime & Security and Entrepreneurship Law & Ethics. Companies and law firms with a transnational presence in Islamic countries should recognize that patents may present different considerations in countries with less secular legal systems.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 10, 2021

In June 2020, the Supreme Court issued a summary reversal – meaning it decided the case without merits briefing or oral argument – in Andrus v. In an unsigned opinion, the court ruled that Terence Andrus had demonstrated that his lawyer provided deficient performance at sentencing for failing to investigate or introduce mitigating evidence.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

She contacted the Minneapolis police officer at the scene and shifted blame to Mohamud and her friends, according to court documents. Because of Weyker’s statements, which one court described as “ lies and manipulation ,” Mohamud and her friends were arrested on suspicion of tampering with a federal witness. Supreme Court.

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The Crime Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Kashawna Harris, 30, has been in and out of the criminal legal system since she was 12 years old for drug offenses and theft charges. In the past, when she was trying to comply with court orders to keep her out of prison, she struggled to communicate with her probation officer and keep track of appointments.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit striking down some provisions of the Indian Child Welfare Act. Although the district court largely agreed with the challengers, the en banc 5th Circuit later upheld various provisions. Four petitions involve a decision by the en banc U.S. In Cherokee Nation v.

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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

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

On or before October 1, radio stations in Alaska, American Samoa, Guam, Hawaii, Marianas Islands, Oregon, and Washington and TV stations in Iowa and Missouri must submit their license renewal applications. After 20 years, enhanced equal employment opportunity data collection could again be a reality for broadcasters.

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The Crime Report

JULY 2, 2021

Some counties in Alabama, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, and Tennessee pay $10; in Georgia, some pay $5, says The Indy. In Rhode Island, juror compensation stands at a flat rate of $15 per day, regardless of how long or in which court one serves. Many other cities and counties are trying to increase jury duty pay. Rhode Island Sen.

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Broadcast Law Blog

AUGUST 30, 2021

Circuit Court of Appeals challenging the new sponsorship identification rules. Looking ahead to October, radio stations in Alaska, American Samoa, Guam, Hawaii, Marianas Islands, Oregon, and Washington and TV stations in Iowa and Missouri should be preparing their license renewal applications for submission on or before October 1.

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Patently O

JUNE 15, 2022

Gugliuzza, Temple University Beasley School of Law; Jonas Anderson, American University Washington College of Law; and Jason Rantanen, University of Iowa College of Law. Guest post by Paul R. Overall, from 2008 through 2021, the Federal Circuit granted 37.3%

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LawSites

APRIL 19, 2022

This is the story of how I accidentally came to dominate the search results for an incredibly competitive legal keyword in New York City, of all places. I built a document automation app online to help people fight their tickets for free using a recent court decision that had come down in Manhattan. And now I’ll share it with you.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

A federal district court in Missouri Monday issued a preliminary injunction halting the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate for health care workers in 10 states. ” The 10 states where the injunction has effect are Alaska, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 24, 2021

A Christian group at the University of Iowa scored a major win this week before the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. The University of Iowa registers student organizations under its “Registration of Student Organizations” (RSO) policy. veteran, service in the U.S.

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