JURIST

OCTOBER 14, 2023

On Sunday, President Vahagn Khachaturian signed the Armenian parliament’s decision to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ( ICC ) into law , placing the Caucasus country under the Hague-based institution’s jurisdiction despite warnings from its longtime ally Russia.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The Supreme Court of Illinois Thursday ruled that individuals have a five-year period to launch a claim under the Biometric Information Privacy Act. This ruling reverses an appellate court decision that allowed for only a one-year period on claims relating to unlawful handling of people’s data under the act. Black Horse Inc.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2023

“Parsing Invalidating Statutes (Part I)”: John F. ” Therein, he writes, “There are hundreds of state statutes that direct state courts not to give effect to choice-of-law and forum selection clauses.” Coyle has this post at the “Transnational Litigation Blog.”

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APRIL 15, 2024

“Supreme Court Signals Another Corruption Law to Be Pared Back; Court has reined in reach of federal corruption statutes; Would be win for Indiana mayor who got $13,000 gratuity”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law has this report.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 11, 2023

Share For decades, the Supreme Court has steadily narrowed the scope of the federal criminal wire fraud statutes, and Thursday’s decision in Ciminelli v. The court held that the federal criminal wire fraud statutes do not incorporate a “right to control” theory of fraud. As the court previously held in Kelly v.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 9, 2023

Choosing between the two competing readings, “one limited and one near limitless,” the Supreme Court on Thursday handily rejected the government’s “boundless” interpretation of the aggravated identity theft statute. The government also charged Dubin with aggravated identity theft, which carries a separate two-year sentence.

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At the Lectern

APRIL 22, 2024

Reynoza , the Supreme Court today interprets Penal Code section 136.1 , subdivision (b)(2), which makes illegal an attempt to prevent or dissuade a witness from “[c]ausing a complaint. Quoting from a legislative report when the statute was enacted in 1980, the court says, “our Legislature remains free to clarify section 136.1(b)(2),

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Constitutional Law Reporter

JULY 23, 2024

Supreme Court held that 18 U.S.C. Facts of the Case As the Court explained in its opinion, Federal and state law distinguish between two kinds of payments to public officials—bribes and gratuities. As enacted in 1984, the statute at issue in the case, 18 U.S.C. The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed Snyder’s conviction.

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JURIST

JULY 5, 2024

The Peruvian Congress approved a bill on Thursday that introduces a statute of limitations for crimes against humanity in the second vote, despite opposition from human rights organizations for its potential interruption of ongoing investigations into serious abuses.

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APRIL 9, 2024

Congress’ house, appeals court rules, rejecting Jan. 6 defendant’s challenge; The ruling upholds a statute that criminalizes parading, picketing or demonstrating in a Capitol building.’” Court of Appeals for the D.C. Congress’ house, appeals court rules, rejecting Jan. “‘Whose house?’ Circuit issued today.

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AUGUST 31, 2023

Justices Remand ‘Mallory’ to Trial Court, Registration Statute Uncertainty Expected to Linger; The Tuesday ruling shut down the defendants’ bid for a fast-tracked examination of whether or not the consent by registration statute violates the U.S. The post “Pa.

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Law 360

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Cisco rehearing denial allows a new invocation of the Alien Tort Statute to proceed, which could capture the U.S. Supreme Court's attention, and has potentially dramatic consequences for U.S. The Ninth Circuit's Doe v. companies doing business with foreign governments, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.

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Day on Torts

OCTOBER 18, 2024

A third complaint filed more than one year after dismissal of the original complaint did not fall within the savings statute and was time barred. Defendant filed a motion to dismiss based on the statute of limitations. The trial court granted dismissal, and the Court of Appeals affirmed. In Abdou v. Brown , No.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The International Criminal Court (ICC) ruled unanimously on Thursday that Mongolia failed to comply with its request to arrest and surrender Russian President Vladimir Putin. The court referred Mongolia’s non-compliance to the Assembly of State Parties (ASP), which oversees the administration of the court.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Supreme Court held that a claim under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) does not accrue for purposes of 28 U.S.C. 2401(a) ’s default six-year statute of limitations until the plaintiff is injured by final agency action. The District Court dismissed the suit as time-barred under 28 U. In Corner Post, Inc.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit reversed and remanded a lower court ruling on Tuesday which allowed the organizations VoteAmerica and the Voter Participation Center (VPC) to send out mail-in ballot applications to Kansas voters with pre-filled information.

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Day on Torts

OCTOBER 18, 2024

A third complaint filed more than one year after dismissal of the original complaint did not fall within the savings statute and was time barred. Defendant filed a motion to dismiss based on the statute of limitations. The trial court granted dismissal, and the Court of Appeals affirmed. In Abdou v. Brown , No.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The Nebraska Supreme Court ordered the state’s Secretary of State to implement Legislative Bill (LB) 20 on Wednesday, providing for the automatic restoration of voting rights for felons in Nebraska upon completion of their sentence.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 29, 2023

United States broke no new ground, as it followed a steady line of cases applying a rule under which time limits in federal statutes do not create jurisdictional bars unless the statute makes that intent clear. Share Tuesday’s decision in Wilkins v. So, if the bar is jurisdictional, they would be completely out of luck.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2023

United States and the Aggravated Identity Theft Statute; 18 U.S.C. 1028A, this is your day in court”: Orin S. United States and the Aggravated Identity Theft Statute; 18 U.S.C. 1028A, this is your day in court” appeared first on How Appealing. Kerr has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

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JURIST

JUNE 13, 2023

The court found that two members of Ultima Generazione (Last Generation), Guido Viero and Ester Goffi, damaged the base of the Gruppo del Laocoonte (Laocoön Group) statute inside the Vatican Museum, resulting in incalculable damage. But the court found that the base was an integral part of the statue.

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JURIST

JULY 4, 2024

The Supreme Court of Japan ordered the Japanese government to compensate victims of forced sterilization after holding that the now-defunct Eugenic Protection Law was unconstitutional. The post Japan top court finds forced sterilisation law unconstitutional appeared first on JURIST - News.

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Law 360

AUGUST 16, 2024

Supreme Court's recent ruling in Corner Post v. Federal Reserve Board has helped to alter the fundamental underpinnings of administrative law — and its plaintiff-centric approach may have implications for some specific environmental laws' statutes of limitations, say Chris Leason and Liam Martin at Gallagher and Kennedy.

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JURIST

JANUARY 24, 2024

The US Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed Tuesday a lower court order and ruled against a trailer park in a case involving the application of the Fair Housing Act (FHA). The court found that the policy had a disproportionate impact on Latino residents.

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Day on Torts

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Defendant moved for summary judgment based on the statute of limitations, arguing that plaintiff experienced pain, bleeding and other symptoms after her June 2019 procedure; that she experienced complications after her October 2019 procedure; and that her temporary dentures did not fit in 2019. Continue reading

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JURIST

JUNE 20, 2021

The US Supreme Court on Thursday reversed a ruling that allowed several individuals to sue food corporations Nestlé USA and Cargill over child slavery claims, limiting corporate liability under the Alien Tort Statute. The case which the Supreme Court decided was Nestlé USA, Inc. Doe I, consolidated with Cargill, Inc.

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OCTOBER 31, 2023

“A Small Fish and an Uncollected Fee Add Up to Big-Government Challenge at the Supreme Court; Herring fishermen and anti-regulation groups seek to overturn the ‘Chevron’ precedent that lets federal agencies interpret unclear statutes”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The US Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from North Carolina on Monday over the constitutionality of a state law allowing employers to sue employees working as undercover investigators. The challenged statute, N.C. The court stated that the law substantially “burden[ed] newsgathering and publishing activities.”

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Share The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard the case of a Texas death-row inmate seeking DNA testing for evidence that he believes will clear him. A federal appeals court threw out Rodney Reed’s federal civil rights lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Texas law governing DNA testing, explaining that Reed had filed his suit too late.

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The Crime Report

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

On Monday, the Supreme Court heard arguments in a case set to decide whether a defendant has to actually “steal an identity,” under at least common understanding of what that means, to be convicted of aggravated identity theft under federal law. Now, the court is set to decide if that qualifies as identity theft under the law.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 20, 2023

Share People given consecutive sentences under the federal law that imposes penalties for the use of a firearm in relation to a crime of violence or drug trafficking may now be entitled to a new sentencing hearing, thanks to the Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling Friday in Lora v. United States.

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Court-MartialTrialPractice

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Generally When deciding what a word or term in a statute means, the rule of statutory interpretation is to give the word or term its plain and ordinary meaning. If the word or term is clear and unambiguous, then the court will not look beyond the text of the statute to determine its meaning.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 30, 2024

The Supreme Court of Kenya reversed the Court of Appeal ruling on Tuesday that declared the Finance Act 2023 unconstitutional. President Ruto signed the Finance Act 2023 into law on June 26, 2023, but it was later contested for unconstitutionality in the High Court.

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DECEMBER 5, 2021

“The Cell Phone Donut Hole in the Tracking Device Statute”: Retired U.S. has this article in the Federal Courts Law Review. Magistrate Judge Steven Wm. Smith (S.D.

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JUNE 20, 2024

“A dispute between Egg Harbor and a popular restaurant has just been settled by the Wisconsin Supreme Court; The Door County village condemned a strip of property at Shipwrecked Brewpub to build a sidewalk, which the property owner claimed was illegal by state statute”: Christopher Clough of The Green Bay Press-Gazette has this report.

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Law 360

JUNE 2, 2023

Although many states have passed statutes meant to prevent individuals or entities from filing strategic lawsuits against public participation, other states have not, so it's time for Congress to enact a federal statute to ensure that free speech and petitioning rights are uniformly protected nationwide in federal court, say attorneys at Skadden.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Virginia elections officials filed an emergency application to stay with the US Supreme Court Monday, requesting the court restore a state program that would remove 1,600 individuals from state voter lists. The federal district court ruled that the order violated the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA).

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