Law 360

JULY 24, 2024

A Kentucky federal judge has ruled that digital information isn't covered by the federal smuggling statute and dismissed a charge against a magnetics manufacturer and two executives accused of emailing magnet schematics to Chinese companies.

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Diane Drain

APRIL 15, 2021

At the other end of the spectrum, New Jersey and Pennsylvania provide no homestead exemptions, while Virginia and Kentucky allow just $5,000. Another is that it would turn any existing court judgment into a lien on a person’s home, automatically and retroactively. Morris Institute of Justice, in a commentary.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 23, 2023

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The Supreme Court will be considering a whopping 191 petitions and applications at this week’s conference. The court of appeals denied the Moores’ petition for panel rehearing and rehearing en banc.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 10, 2022

Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. The state appeals court jettisoned the oral-communication violations, holding that there was no evidence of what Ethicon executives and sales representatives actually said when discussing pelvic mesh across the state.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. It’s been a blissful, relist-free month since the court’s last conference. Palmer , which was overseen by a conventional one-judge district court, was decided first. Palmer would ordinarily go through the U.S.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2024

Well-known examples of trade secrets include the recipe for Coca-Cola, Google’s search algorithm, the recipe for Kentucky Fried Chicken, the WD-40 formula, the recipe for McDonald’s secret sauce, Hershey’s chocolate-making process, and Procter & Gamble’s consumer research methods. But there are exceptions and exclusions under patent law.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Despite this history, a new decision out of the High Court is still shocking in its implications for further attacks on free speech. The court ruled that newspapers and television stations that post articles on social media sites like Facebook are liable for other third party comments on those posts. 47 U.S.C. § 230(e)(3).

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SquirePattonBoggs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Although the Court did not rehear the case en banc, a majority of active judges weighed in on the interpretive issue by joining one of the three opinions the order generated. The central issue in Carpenter has percolated in the federal courts of appeals for a while. Before diving into the opinions, let’s set the stage. 3d 522 (6th Cir.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 14, 2023

There are several statutes that form the basis of our antitrust laws. Indeed, the Supreme Court established Fashion Originators’ Guild of America v. Texas, Kentucky, and others, most recently Oklahoma, have all released their own blacklists of financial companies prohibited from doing business with those states. FTC , 312 U.S.

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Broadcast Law Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Broadcasters already upload this information to their public file, and this update merely brings the FCC’s rules in line with the requirements of federal statute and thus has no practical effect on a station’s political file obligations. We wrote in more detail about these changes, here.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The Kentucky Supreme Court Thursday ruled to keep two statewide abortion restrictions in place. Both restrictions went into effect when the US Supreme Court reversed Roe v. The statutes both include exceptions for cases in which the life of the mother is at risk but do not provide exceptions for rape or incest.

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JURIST

AUGUST 4, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Monday upheld an Indiana law requiring medical providers to report complications “arising from” abortions to the state. Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky filed a complaint arguing that the law is unconstitutionally vague. However, Judge St.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 12, 2021

In Cameron , the justices are considering whether the Kentucky attorney general can intervene to defend a state law restricting abortion after another state official declined to do so. Kentucky’s only abortion clinic went to federal district court in Kentucky, arguing that the law is unconstitutional, and both the district court and the U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 3, 2024

Share In a list of orders released on Monday morning , the Supreme Court added one new case to its argument docket for the 2024-25 term. The statute defines “crime of violence” as one that “has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person or property of another.”

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 20, 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, and with only the October and November argument sittings filled, the court has switched into high gear. Court of Appeals for the D.C.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 11, 2024

Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. An Oregon-based timber company went to federal court in Oregon to challenge the monument’s expansion. The Oregon district court rejected the timber company’s challenge. But the D.C. On appeal, the U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit eventually affirmed the district court’s denial of the legislators’ attempt on the ground that the state attorney general was adequately defending the law. Federal law curtails the extent to which a federal court can consider arguments that a prisoner has not presented in state court.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

MARCH 21, 2022

Supreme Court held that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit erred in denying the Kentucky attorney general’s motion to intervene on the commonwealth’s behalf in litigation concerning Kentucky House Bill 454, the state’s controversial abortion law. Supreme Court’s Decision. In Cameron v. Facts of the Case.

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SquirePattonBoggs

MAY 13, 2022

Corpus linguistics is a tool used to identify the original public meaning of words – no small thing when the outcome of a case often hinges on the meaning of a single word in a statute or the Constitution. These examples underscore corpus linguistics’ utility in ascertaining the meaning of statutes. 20-56174, 2022 U.S. 6 (9th Cir.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 19, 2024

Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court has made an exception for searches made during an arrest. A Kentucky appeals court agreed with Bembury that the search was likely unconstitutional. Acknowledging that the U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 23, 2024

Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. But the law caught the attention of a number of states and industry players, which have been fighting it in court ever since. The district court dismissed both claims.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 15, 2023

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The Supreme Court will be considering 117 petitions and applications at this week’s conference. The court will be looking most closely at Kincaid v. . A short explanation of relists is available here.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 8, 2022

A common misconception, perpetuated by popular television shows and movies, as well as the Sixth Amendment, is that everyone gets their day in court. The courts are not for landless laborers. Photo by Karen Neoh via Flickr. Plea bargaining coincided with overt classism in the legal system. DC: The law exists to protect capital.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 29, 2023

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The Supreme Court announced that it would hold its “mop up” conference for October Term 2022 on Thursday, after completing the day’s opinion announcements. A short explanation of relists is available here.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Courts regularly exclude injuries associated with the exercise of free speech or artistic expression. See Pennsylvania General Assembly Statute §7102. in the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego, alleged negligence and assault. Again, the court agreed. even when accompanied by buckets of fake blood.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Courts regularly exclude injuries associated with the exercise of free speech or artistic expression. See Pennsylvania General Assembly Statute §7102. in the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego, alleged negligence and assault. Again, the court agreed. even when accompanied by buckets of fake blood. __.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday filed a class action lawsuit challenging two Kentucky abortion bans for violating the state’s constitutional right to privacy and self-determination. In February 2023, the Supreme Court of Kentucky declined a similar challenge to the abortion bans. Wade in June 2022.

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JURIST

MAY 6, 2024

A group of 12 Republican US senators sent a letter to International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan, threatening repercussions if the court issues arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other officials, according a Monday report from news organization Zeteo.

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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

JUNE 6, 2024

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The Supreme Court worked through two thirds of last week’s new relists, though with very different results. The court granted review in Delligatti v. A short explanation of relists is available here.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 31, 2024

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The Supreme Court cleared out quite a bit of its backlog of relisted cases at last week’s conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. The defendant’s actual conduct is irrelevant.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Supreme Court will return to the bench on October 4, 2021, and conduct oral arguments in person for the first time since March 2020. While this matter was pending before the Sixth Circuit, the Secretary retained lawyers from the Kentucky Attorney General’s office to represent him.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Supreme Court refused to lift preliminary injunctions preventing the Department of Education from implementing a new rule that broadens the definition of sex-based discrimination under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 to prohibit discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation in federally funded schools.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Supreme Court heard oral arguments in four cases last week. The other potential blockbuster of the week, which involves a legal challenge to a Kentucky abortion law, appears likely to be resolved on procedural grounds in favor of the state’s Attorney General. Below is a brief summary of the issues before the Court: Cameron v.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 27, 2022

So-called “trigger” laws have already gone into effect in states where anti-abortion statutes are already on the books have been activated by the decision. HB314 reinforced Alabama statute banning abortion that was never appealed after it was made unenforceable under Roe. Law: Kentucky HB148 2019. South Dakota.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 16, 2022

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. Justice Samuel Alito has spoken of the importance of safeguarding the free exercise of religion , and recently , free exercise questions have been a particular focus of the Supreme Court.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Two principal federal antitrust statutes govern agreements among competitors: the Sherman Act of 1890, which prohibits monopolization and unlawful trade restraints, and the Clayton Act of 1914, which identifies additional prohibited conduct, including with respect to interlocking directorates, and mergers and acquisitions.

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