JURIST

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

It is the first major sporting event New Yorkers can bet on since the state legislature legalized online sports betting last month. The press release cites a barrage of misleading advertisements that have flooded the state since legalization, including those for “risk-free bets” and “$1,000 welcome offers.”

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Juvenile Court jurisdiction should be based on a young person’s age at the time of their offense, replacing statutes in some states that kick a juvenile case up to adult criminal court when a person turns 18 during the course of court proceedings, according to a forthcoming essay in the Villanova Law Review. Photo by peretzpup via Flickr.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 1, 2024

Share The Supreme Court on Monday sent a pair of challenges to laws in Texas and Florida that would regulate how large social media companies control content posted on their sites back to the lower courts for another look. Texas and Florida passed the laws at the center of the two cases in the wake of Jan. 6, 2021, attacks on the U.S.

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The IP Law Blog

AUGUST 26, 2021

The crux of the case turned on the meaning of the phrase, “exclusive ownership,” which the California legislature used in California’s copyright statute in 1872. They filed similar suits in Florida and New York contending that those states’ copyright laws required a similar result. Sirius XM Radio, Inc. ,

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Diane Drain

APRIL 15, 2021

Critics say that and other provisions could harm homeowners struggling to make ends meet, and the legislation might force debtors to seek additional legal help on old bankruptcy cases they thought were closed. This blanket protection of a person’s home investment would rise to $250,000 if the bill passes.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 29, 2021

As I survey the legal profession broadly, and the world of legal tech and innovation specifically, I see uncertainty and inertia. It is as if we are serving time in a legal tech limbo. After all, it was a good year for the legal tech industry. Overall, the legal tech industry saw unprecedented growth.

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Broadcast Law Blog

JULY 16, 2021

Just by posting a photo to some website does not mean that the owner has given up its copyright protections – and just because you can easily right-click on the image and paste it on your website doesn’t mean it is legal to do so. So the case moves forward to trial if the parties do not settle.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 16, 2022

Still, the case illustrated the confusion surrounding application of the “initial aggressor” legal doctrine in U.S. jurisprudence, according to a forthcoming Legal Studies Research Paper published under the auspices of George Washington University Law School. The jury didn’t agree.

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Patently O

AUGUST 22, 2022

Bonito Boats centers on a Florida statute prohibiting copying of unpatented boat hulls via direct molding. The Florida courts had refused to enforce the law because it conflicted with Federal Patent Law. For our patent law course today, the students read the Justice O’Connor unanimous opinion in Bonito Boats, Inc.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 9, 2024

Luis Sanchez is a part-owner of a small business in Florida selling electronics to Latin American customers. Both signed affidavits explaining that the money belonged to them and had been sent as payment for legal electronics, not drugs.

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Hoban Law Group

JUNE 8, 2021

Including improper drug claims in the labeling of non-drug products can expose your company to liability from the FDA/FTC to consumer actions brought under state consumer protections statutes, class action lawsuits, etc. to legally sell hemp-derived products in the state. New York, Florida, etc.).

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 19, 2021

United States , holding that a conviction under the federal statute penalizing felons in possession of a firearm requires not only the defendant’s knowledge that he possessed a gun, but also that he knew he had the legal status of a convicted felon. 922(g) , the federal felon-in-possession statute. He was acquitted.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

One “friend of the court” brief filed in support of Pulsifer tells the justices that the lower court’s ruling “turns the statute on its head by foreclosing safety-valve relief for the vast majority of defendants to whom the statutory amendment might apply.” In Acheson Hotels v. Raiders Retreat Realty Co.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 9, 2023

It is a curious call for a governor to make after he ran ads in Florida calling on people to “join us in California.” California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) chimed in, declaring the flight from Florida might be “ State-sanctioned kidnapping.” Gavin Newsom (D., for kidnapping charges against Gov.

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 17, 2023

The United States legal system is immensely complex. There are state courts and federal courts, state statutes and federal statutes, state common law and federal common law. A clause is contrary to public policy when a statute or a judicial decision declares that enforcement is inconsistent with the policy of the state.

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JURIST

APRIL 22, 2025

Twenty eight students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School (MSD) in Parkland, Florida, and Florida State University (FSU) demanded Monday that Governor Ron DeSantis oppose efforts to lower the state’s minimum age to purchase a firearm after another deadly shooting last week.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

City of Sanford, Florida : The case involves whether a retired firefighter can bring a claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) alleging that her employer is discriminating in how benefits are provided to disabled retirees. The Court also considered five other cases. Below is a brief summary: Stanley v. Thompson v.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The legality of LD-15, which had an approximately 51.5% Because of the wrinkles of the court’s jurisdictional statutes, Garcia comes from the three-judge district court directly to the Supreme Court as an appeal over which the court has mandatory jurisdiction. Florida and Moore v. The suit now known as Trevino v. 12 and Jan.

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Broadcast Law Blog

MARCH 22, 2023

In a request for declaratory ruling filed by the Florida Association of Broadcasters, an interesting question has been posed to the FCC – can other political advertisers who buy time during the LUR period be entitled to these low rates if they are “authorized” by the political candidate? Should they be?

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FDA Law Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

FDA, ruled that limiting Orphan Drug Exclusivity to the indication, rather than the condition designated, is inconsistent with the plain language of the statute. In yet another blow to FDA’s implementation of the Orphan Drug Act—specifically Orphan Drug Exclusivity—the Eleventh Circuit, in Catalyst v.

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Broadcast Law Blog

APRIL 13, 2016

The FCC yesterday upheld a previously issued $15,000 fine to an operator of an illegal station in Florida, rejecting arguments that the community service provided on the station should mitigate the fine. landlords and advertisers) that their support could “expose them to FCC enforcement or other legal actions.”

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Broadcast Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

This decision seems to contradict that of the 11 th Circuit finding a similar Florida statute to be unconstitutional (which we mentioned in a prior weekly summary here ). For further details on how the Bureau resolved these matters, see the Bureau’s decision available here.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 22, 2024

For years, we have been following the bizarre murder-for-hire case involving the fatal shooting of Florida State University law professor Daniel Markel. This case rocked the legal academic community. All of the evidence pointed toward the family of Markel’s estranged wife Wendi Andelson. The same could be true about her father.

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JURIST

APRIL 18, 2021

The Florida House of Representatives passed HB 1475 Bill on Wednesday, requiring public institutions to designate athletic teams and sports based on “biological sex.” Kara Gloss from the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida reacting to the vote stated : Transgender athletes have the right to participate in school sports.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The first was that the companies violated anti-terrorism statute 18 U.S.C. §§ 2333(a) & (d)(2). The statute allows victims of international terrorism to bring federal lawsuits against perpetrators and collect damages. The court rejected the anti-terrorism claims, as the statute in question requires that terrorism be international.

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JURIST

MARCH 12, 2024

Florida education officials and civil rights attorneys reached a settlement on Monday over the state law dubbed “Don’t Say Gay.” This agreement paves the way for students and teachers in Florida classrooms to openly discuss sexual orientation and gender identity, albeit mostly outside of formal instruction.

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JURIST

APRIL 6, 2023

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Wednesday announced it had filed a lawsuit to block the application of a legal opinion in connection with Idaho’s abortion laws. The statute in its plain language states, criminal penalties will apply to “every person who performs or attempts to perform an abortion.”

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JURIST

MARCH 7, 2025

They argued that there is no legal remedy to address these harms. ” However, an Arizona statute stated that “a physician may not intentionally or knowingly perform, induce or attempt to perform or induce an abortion if the probable gestational age of the unborn human being has been determined to be greater than fifteen weeks.”

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Share This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, whether the prosecution in a case of illegal gun possession by a person with a nonimmigrant visa must prove he knew of his legal status, and the inquiry courts should follow in deciding to close the courtroom to the public. 18 U.S.C. §

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 20, 2022

Two pending petitions raise the question of the constitutionality of state statutes providing that corporations are deemed to have consented to “general” personal jurisdiction by virtue of having registered to do business in a state. was filed by a plaintiff seeking to enforce a similar registration statute. Animal Legal Defense Fund.

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JURIST

APRIL 9, 2024

In 1971, the Tucson branch of reproductive rights organization Planned Parenthood challenged the constitutionality of the statute. Wade , at which point the state statute was deemed unconstitutional and enforcement of it was enjoined. Though Planned Parenthood initially lost, the case was revived after the passage of Roe v.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The book combines art and academic analysis into a refreshing and creative take on major Supreme Court cases — with an added dash of “Florida weirdness” to keep things interesting. Artist and lawyer Xavier Cortada has created 10 striking paintings, each depicting a significant Supreme Court case originating in Florida.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 16, 2021

As recounted earlier , in 2008, Tarahrick Terry, then in his early 20s, was arrested in Florida for carrying just under 4 grams of crack cocaine. Maintaining an arid reading of the statute, the court focused on two weighty, if technical-feeling facts, rather than a perhaps more unifying reading of the statute. 841(b)(1)(C).

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 14, 2024

In Florida, U.S. It also noted that the sweeping meaning of this provision: [The] legal principle cannot be used to abridge the right to bear arms by regulating it into practical non-existence. Under this criminal statute, with the proliferation of the federal government comes the diminution of the People’s right to bear arms.

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JURIST

JUNE 30, 2024

Furthermore, the Texas Legislature has the constitutional authority to regulate medical practice, and parents can choose only among legal medical procedures. The Supreme Court said last week that it will review the legality of state efforts to ban gender-affirming medical care for minors.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 3, 2023

From her home in Florida, Laufer – who has multiple sclerosis and uses a wheelchair or a cane to move around – combs the internet to look for hotels whose websites do not provide information about the accessibility of the hotel’s facilities. Share Deborah Laufer is a self-appointed civil rights tester.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Taamneh could reshape legal liability for some of the nation’s largest technology companies. The justices will consider whether that landmark statute protects internet platforms when their algorithms target users and recommend someone else’s content. The justices’ decisions in Gonzalez v. Google and Twitter v. Gonzalez v.

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