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Forum Selection Clauses, Afghanistan, and the United States

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It offers insights into best drafting practices for choice-of-court clauses. The first has to do with contract drafting. Finally, it is important to note that the State of Michigan has adopted a statute that clearly spells out when its courts should and should not give effect to choice-of-court clauses. Afghanistan Ltd, No.

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Student Loan Forgiveness Program Fails to Survive Supreme Court Scrutiny

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Nebraska , 600 U.S. _ (2023), the U.S. The HEROES Act allows the Secretary to ‘waive or modify’” provisions of the student aid laws, “but does not allow the Secretary to rewrite that statute to the extent of canceling $430 billion of student loan principal,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote on behalf of the Court. In Biden v.

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New California Legislation Would Be a Major Step Forward for Climate Disclosure

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23] The draft rule required them only if they are determined to be “material,” which has led to a considerable amount of confusion. [24] 51] That doctrine only applies to federal regulations, however, not to state statutes, so it does not pose a danger to the two California bills. Nebraska, 600 U.S. 12, 2022. [49]

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Biden vaccine policies face Supreme Court test amid nationwide COVID-19 surge

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For example, they write, one hospital in rural Nebraska could lose one-third of its staff, while a nursing home in rural Missouri could also lose nearly a third of its staff – creating the possibility that both might have to shut down.

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When the president takes lawmaking matters into his own hands, the court must step in

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Nebraska and Department of Education v. The plan was rolled out via a handful of press releases , a fact sheet , and two memos — without the standard rulemaking procedure that includes providing notice of a draft rule and giving affected individuals the opportunity to comment on it. A preview of the cases is here. In West Virginia v.

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Justice Breyer: A formidable defender of reproductive rights

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In that case, Breyer led the majority in striking down a Nebraska criminal statute that made it unlawful to perform dilation-and-evacuation and similar abortion procedures even though the risks of mortality and morbidity to the pregnant person are significantly lower than induced-labor procedures. A close reading of Stenberg v.