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A seven-case late-May calendar

At the Lectern

Sony Music Entertainment : (1) Do representations a seller made about a creative product on the product packaging and in advertisements during an ongoing controversy constitute speech in connection with an issue of public interest within the meaning of the anti-SLAPP statute (Code of Civ. Proc., § 425.16)? (2) & Prof. (2)

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Solar energy, civil sexual assault cases to be decided

At the Lectern

Unpublished opinions in both Collins and Walker , issued by the same panel in the Fourth District, Division Two, affirmed the denials of resentencing petitions under Senate Bill 1437 , 2018 legislation that limited criminal liability for felony murder and eliminated it for murder under the natural-and-probable-consequences doctrine.

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Supreme Court will hear forum selection and workers’ comp cases, but it turns down two animal rights matters; also, there’s one separate statement

At the Lectern

The First District, Division One, published opinion concluded the defendant could not be relieved from a mandatory lifetime sex offender registration requirement despite his felony conviction for attempting to distribute harmful material to a minor having been reduced to a misdemeanor. Justice Groban wrote, “I. Vigilant Insurance Co.

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“America’s Got Trump”: Get Ready for a Truly Made-for-TV Prosecution

JonathanTurley

The only way to convert it into a Class E felony requires a showing that the “intent to defraud includes an intent to commit another crime or to aid or conceal the commission thereof.” Even if he shows this is a viable felony charge, the longer five-year limitation could be hard to establish.

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The Closing: Trump’s Final Argument Must Be Clarity to Chaos in Merchan’s Courtroom

JonathanTurley

Trump’s lawyers are defending a former president who is charged under a state misdemeanor which died years ago under the statute of limitations. Trump’s team needs to drive home that a non-disclosure agreement is common in political, business and entertainment circles.

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Raskin Denounces Closed-Door Depositions Despite Conducting Closed-Door Depositions

JonathanTurley

Scott Fitzgerald once said that “the truest sign of intelligence is the ability to entertain two contradictory ideas simultaneously.” ” If so, Capitol Hill this week seems like a Mensa convention. This week, House Oversight Committee ranking member Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md.,