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Restitution, medical malpractice, and a capital appeal

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Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has relisted for its upcoming conference. Once again this week, the Supreme Court has been busy sifting through the relists. And the court denied review of a petition raising a First Amendment challenge to university bias-response teams.

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United States: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Rejects Use Of Independent Contractor Statute For Joint Employment Status Determination - Mintz

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In a recent decision, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) confirmed that the framework used in federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) cases.

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Court wrestles with Superfund contribution puzzle

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United States featured sharply different interpretations of the contribution provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, also known as CERCLA or the Superfund statute. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that the territory is time-barred from seeking contribution from the U.S.

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United States: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Recognizes Wrongful Discharge Claim For Employees Exercising Rebuttal Rights Under Personnel Record Statute - Foley Hoag LLP

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On December 17, 2021, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (SJC) held that an employee has a cause of action against an employer for wrongful discharge where the employer terminates the employee for.

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No new relists — but a preview of a free-exercise issue the court is watching closely

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Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The court on Monday granted review in four consolidated cases that involve the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978. A short explanation of relists is available here.

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Environmental Rights in State Constitutions

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The district court in Oregon in 2016 seemed to favor such a right, but a divided Ninth Circuit concluded in 2020 that the plaintiffs lacked standing. The plaintiffs are now back in the district court seeking much more modest relief.). Photo by Mark Koch on Unsplash. Now we have an important new decision from Montana.

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In New York State Rifle, the court should look to text, history, and tradition

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The court should decide the case based on text, history, and tradition, the methodology it applied in District of Columbia v. In Heller, the court eschewed an “interest-balancing” test under which judges “decide on a case-by-case basis whether the right is really worth insisting upon,” and it should do the same here.

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