LawSites

JULY 20, 2022

states — California, Colorado, Virginia, Utah, and Connecticut — have passed data privacy laws within the past five years and several other states are expected to soon pass similar laws. Third, SixFifty’s document library allows companies to draft compliance paperwork that are specific to any one data privacy law in the U.S.

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Broadcast Law Blog

APRIL 25, 2019

With the June 3 filing deadline fast approaching for license renewals for radio stations in Maryland, DC, Virginia and West Virginia , stations (including FM translators and LPFMs) licensed to any community in any of those states should be beginning to prepare their applications.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 17, 2023

The Navajo Nation reservation is about the size of Ireland or West Virginia, with large portions bordered by the Colorado River. For a narrow claim that would order the United States to merely assess the scope of the Navajo Nation’s water rights and draft a plan to implement them, this case is unusually dramatic.

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Broadcast Law Blog

MAY 30, 2019

June 3 is the filing deadline for license renewals for radio stations in Maryland, DC, Virginia and West Virginia. The draft NPRM is available here. The license renewal cycle, about which we have been warning broadcasters for at least the last year (see, for instance, our posts here , here and here ), is now upon us.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The project will include the drafting and adoption of security policies, an audit of current technology usage and needs, and the development and implementation of a staff training plan. will use a $35,000 grant to expand existing information security efforts and protect the organization against the ever-increasing threat of cyberattacks.

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Broadcast Law Blog

JUNE 30, 2019

Even though there are no renewal filing deadlines this month, radio stations in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and DC must continue their on-air post-filing announcements on the 1 st and 16 th of the month.

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Conflict of Laws

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina School of Law, and Mitu Gulati, the Perre Bowen Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law. It is that many choice-of-law clauses are drafted in perplexing ways, which leave unclear the extent of protection they offer to investors. Stockton, Jr.

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JURIST

JANUARY 17, 2025

” First drafted in 1923 by Alice Paul , Congress adopted the ERA in 1972, providing that “equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the US or any state on account of sex.” ” It further provides that Congress shall have the power to enforce appropriate legislation to protect gender equality.

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LawSites

JANUARY 17, 2022

Launching January 2022, our AI-driven engine will automate litigation processes like lawsuit and motion drafting, discovery preparation, procedural calendaring and much more by turning days of work into 2-3 minute-long activities. Read what our public defender partners in Virginia have to say about us. Desktop app for Mac and Windows.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The project will include the drafting and adoption of security policies, an audit of current technology usage and needs, and the development and implementation of a staff training plan. will use a $35,000 grant to expand existing information security efforts and protect the organization against the ever-increasing threat of cyberattacks.

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Above The Law

APRIL 10, 2025

(Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) In early June 2022, in the wake of the unprecedented leak of a draft of the Supreme Courts Dobbs opinion, Nicholas Roske, a California man in his mid-20s, was arrested near Justice Brett Kavanaughs Maryland home. Roske, who was reportedly angry about the Courts decision to overturn Roe v.

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LawSites

JANUARY 17, 2022

Launching January 2022, our AI-driven engine will automate litigation processes like lawsuit and motion drafting, discovery preparation, procedural calendaring and much more by turning days of work into 2-3 minute-long activities. Read what our public defender partners in Virginia have to say about us. Desktop app for Mac and Windows.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Ergon-West Virginia, Inc. In its November 17 opinion, the Fourth Circuit found that on remand from the 2018 decision EPA had addressed most of the deficiencies but that supplemental materials from another case called into question EPA assertions about the criteria the Department of Energy and EPA used to support denial. 19-2128 (4th Cir.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 30, 2021

The neglect is fueled by media coverage, Ravid concluded after analyzing a dataset of 10 years of articles from The Washington Post’s coverage of federal and state homicide cases from Virginia, Washington D.C., A draft of the paper, which has not yet been peer reviewed, can be accessed here. . and Maryland.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2022

As in past hearings , Mark Paoletta, a lawyer who represented Justice Clarence Thomas’s wife, Virginia, in September when she appeared before House investigators of the Jan. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, said the committee should instead be investigating the leak of the draft opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The court had already held in West Virginia State Board of Education v. She told me to draft a concurrence outlining her own view that Newdow had standing, and that the Pledge passed constitutional muster. One of the highest-profile cases decided during my clerkship with her was Elk Grove Unified School District v.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 19, 2021

Scott distinguished professor of law at the University of Virginia. O’Brien , which applied intermediate scrutiny so weak that the court accepted a barely rational basis for punishing a protester who burned a draft card. Oberstar professor of law and public policy at the University of St. Thomas (Minnesota).

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 30, 2021

In 1786, Virginia enacted an act on affrays – drafted by Thomas Jefferson – forbidding a person to “go nor ride armed … in terror of the country.” Many of the civilians had gone armed, but Adams conceded that “the inhabitants had a right to arm themselves at that time, for their defence, not for offence.”.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 18, 2022

In a case involving a former inmate who accused a Virginia prison of discrimination, a federal appeals court has held that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) covers individuals with “gender dysphoria.”. The ruling expanded the legal consensus on the discrimination protections available to some transgender people. Changing Definitions.

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Customs & International Trade Law

JULY 7, 2023

The list updates the guidance agenda released in February 2023 and focuses on Level 1 draft and final guidances. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) President Joe Biden has nominated Virginia Solicitor General Andrew Ferguson and Utah Solicitor General Melissa Holyoak to fill Republican slots at the Federal Trade Commission.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 3, 2021

Virginia, and Connecticut, a version of a proposal drafted by Cynthia Lee, a law professor at George Washington University, has been adopted. As many states have grappled with the issue of when it is appropriate to use deadly force in certain encounters, many have raised the legal standard. In Washington, D.C.,

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 8, 2023

23] The draft rule required them only if they are determined to be “material,” which has led to a considerable amount of confusion. [24] Orts, “Climate Contracts,” 29 Virginia Environmental Law Journal 197 (2011) (making the case that business needs to play a more active role in climate solutions at all levels). [10] Times , Oct.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 16, 2024

Two briefs supporting the fishing companies – one filed by the Goldwater Institute and another by a group of 27 states, led by West Virginia – pointed to the experience of the states, several of which have either abandoned their own versions of Chevron deference or declined to adopt one in the first place.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 16, 2022

Nothing in the Supreme Court’s leaked draft opinion in Dobbs v. To the contrary, the draft expressly states that “Nothing in this opinion should be understood to cast doubt on precedents that do not concern abortion.” Virginia , was based on different constitutional grounds and would not be negated by this opinion.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Federal Court in Virginia Declined to Issue Preliminary Injunction in Challenge to CEQ Amendments to NEPA Regulations, Denied Motions to Dismiss. Wild Virginia v. Department of State , No. 17-cv-02032 (D.D.C. Council on Environmental Quality , No. 3:20-cv-00045 (W.D. Federal Court Upheld Environmental Review for Logging Project.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 3, 2022

In the latest badly drafted gun law to go before the court, New York has forced a challenge that could result in a major ruling reinforcing individual rights under the Second Amendment. Notably, the court has accepted a variety of other cases that could curtail agency authority, including West Virginia v.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in West Virginia v. The Supreme Court agreed to take up the case, while the Biden administration has announced plans to draft its own set of new regulations. Environmental Protection Agency , a major test of the agency’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 26, 2023

Virginia and her dissent in Ledbetter v. But when asked about burning flags and burning draft cards under the court’s First Amendment cases, it earned only half credit (Question #41). Some lawyers already use it to help draft contracts or patent applications. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 7, 2022

And in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency , one of the final cases released before this year’s summer recess, the court reversed a lower-court ruling that had interpreted the Clean Air Act to give the EPA expansive powers over carbon emissions.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The case, West Virginia v. The Supreme Court then granted a request by Republican-led states and coal companies to review that ruling; meanwhile, the Biden administration EPA has indicated that it will not reinstate the Clean Power Plan and is instead drafting its own rules on greenhouse-gas emissions from power plants.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

The dispute at the center of West Virginia v. Two coal-mining companies and 20 Republican-led states, including West Virginia and North Dakota, asked the Supreme Court to review the D.C. And depending on exactly how the justices rule, their decision could limit the power of federal agencies more broadly. Circuit’s ruling. economy.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JANUARY 13, 2021

The records included spreadsheets tracking and analyzing comments, draft ANPRM fact sheets, meeting agendas, and emails and meeting invitations regarding CEQ’s process for managing comments. Federal Court Ordered FOIA Production of CEQ Records Related to NEPA Rulemaking. Southern Environmental Law Center v. 3:18-cv-00113 (W.D.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 2, 2021

Virginia Federal Court Said Challenge to NEPA Regulations Was Not Justiciable. Wild Virginia v. Among the inadequacies found by the court was Ecology’s failure to consider climate change in drafting the permits. WildEarth Guardians v. Steele , No. 9:19-cv-00056 (D. June 24, 2021). Council on Environmental Quality , No.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 9, 2021

Fish and Wildlife Service agreed to prepare a draft recovery plan for the jumping mouse by the end of January 2022, and to finalize the plan by the end of January 2023. Federal Court Directed Department of Interior to Search for Drafts of Zinke Order Rescinding Moratorium on Coal Leasing Program. Wild Virginia v.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The voters dismiss this argument, countering that the president has been called the “chief executive officer of the United States” since long before the 14th Amendment was drafted. Chase declined to vacate the conviction of a Virginia man who argued that the judge in his case was a secessionist. Chase, sitting on the court of appeals.

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Above The Law

APRIL 7, 2025

Attorney – Assistant Ethics Counsel, Virginia State Bar Richmond. From the posting: The Virginia State Bar has an immediate opening for an experienced attorney to work as an Assistant Ethics Counsel. Learn more and apply here. Learn more and apply here.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 3, 2024

The court left open the possibility that some of the charges against Trump could still go forward if they were based on his private acts, but it generally left the task of drawing those distinctions for the trial court – and in so doing, further reducing the chances that Trump might face trial before the elections. 6, 2021, attacks on the U.S.

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