SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 19, 2022

Share Four years ago, Congress passed the First Step Act , a bipartisan criminal-justice law that aimed to reduce overly severe sentences. Last year, the Supreme Court trimmed the scope of that law, unanimously ruling that one of its reforms does not apply to certain low-level crack-cocaine offenders. The case, Concepcion v.

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FDA Law Blog

JANUARY 4, 2022

Several states, including Connecticut, California, District of Columbia , Massachusetts , and Nevada, have adopted or incorporated the Code in their statutes or regulations. For example, California’s drug marketing law requires pharmaceutical companies to adopt an internal marketing compliance policy that aligns with the PhRMA Code.

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Mondaq

JULY 12, 2022

As a general matter, courts and statutes tend to be more permissive of non-compete agreements in the context of the sale of a business.

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Law 360

MAY 24, 2022

cannot use a free speech statute to duck a climate change suit brought by the Massachusetts Attorney General, the state's top court ruled Tuesday, finding that the law in question applies to private suits but not public enforcement actions. ExxonMobil Corp.

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FDA Law Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2022

district court of Massachusetts by former employee and whistleblower Michael Bawduniak in April 2012 as a qui tam action. In a statement , the company denied all allegations raised in the case, saying that it believed its intent and conduct to be at all times lawful and appropriate. Wasserstein — On September 26, 2022, Biogen Inc.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 28, 2021

United States featured sharply different interpretations of the contribution provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, also known as CERCLA or the Superfund statute. These are the kinds of entities that can be expected to have good legal advice about how environmental laws interact with CERCLA.”.

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LettersBlogatory

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The Boston Public Health Commission was created by statute, Chapter 147 of the Acts of 1995. The statute gives the BPHC the power make public health rules and regulations, but only consistent with other state law. 239 or any general or special law to the contrary.”

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 5, 2021

The Mexican government has filed a federal complaint in Massachusetts against Interstate Arms Corp. The Mexican government has filed a federal complaint in Massachusetts against Interstate Arms Corp. arguing that the gunmakers’ activities violated Connecticut and Massachusetts consumer protection laws.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 14, 2024

In the first months of 2024, legislators in four states— Maryland , Massachusetts , New York , and Vermont —have pushed for legislation that would collectively require large fossil fuel producers and refiners to pay for hundreds of billions of dollars of state-level climate adaptation infrastructure.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 9, 2023

Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, announced that she was taking a look, “long and hard,” at potential charges. Newsom cited the kidnapping statute but apparently failed to read it or the underlying cases. First, let’s look at the law. The reason is that these claims are made for cable news, not courts of law.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The complaint below alleged three counts (Intentional misrepresentation – fraud; Fraudulent Concealment; Violation of Massachusetts Consumer Protection Law). The reason may be the running of the statute of limitations. Depoian is asking for double or treble damages allowed under law for these claims.

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FDA Law Blog

AUGUST 8, 2024

Governors, state cannabis regulators, law enforcement groups and local governments weighed in, as did marijuana advocates and opponents, marijuana industry associations, Members of Congress, federal law enforcement groups, healthcare and human rights groups, unions and trade associations, and private individuals. 21 U.S.C. §

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FDA Law Blog

MARCH 12, 2024

In fact, federal law and regulation appear to require AbbVie to list these patents.” Kaleo also delisted, but not without noting that “the decision to list each of these patents was proper, consistent, and required by the applicable statutes, regulations, and FDA’s guidance available at the time of listing.”

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Broadcast Law Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

December 1 is also the deadline for noncommercial ownership reports to be filed by noncommercial radio stations in Alabama, Connecticut, Georgia, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont , and noncommercial television stations in Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota (see our Advisory here ).

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At the Lectern

JULY 27, 2023

The court granted review in two cases alleging that failures to adequately disclose hospital emergency room “Evaluation and Management Services” fees violated the state’s Consumers Legal Remedies Act and Unfair Competition Law. In an unpublished opinion , the Sixth District Court of Appeal in Capito v. In In re Ja.O. , COVID insurance.

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At the Lectern

JULY 28, 2022

” The appellate court concluded that, because common law claims cannot be brought against public entities, the county could not be sued for breach of an implied-in-fact or implied-in-law contract. shall reimburse providers for emergency services and care provided to its enrollees.” ” Forum selection clause.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 6, 2017

Each month, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP (APKS) and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. A number of different parties had lined up on either side of the issue of whether EPA’s stay was lawful. and non-U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 17, 2025

Konan sued the USPS under the Federal Tort Claims Act, asserting claims under Texas law for nuisance, tortious interference, conversion, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. It reasoned that loss and miscarriage cover intentional acts, as the statute only qualifies transmission with negligent. But the U.S.

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JURIST

JUNE 24, 2023

” The states of Texas and Louisiana originally filed their lawsuit against the federal government in 2021, saying: The Biden Administration is refusing to take custody of criminal aliens despite federal statutes requiring it to do so. carte blanche to avoid accountability for abandoning enforcement of immigration laws.”

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 5, 2022

Despite 48 states outlawing it, and the House voting unanimously to do the same, the Massachusetts Senate adjourned its final formal session this week without taking a vote on a measure that would make the sharing of nonconsensual pornography illegal in the state, reports the Boston Globe.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 21, 2021

But the group does support a constitutional amendment imposing 18-year term limits and allowing each sitting president to fill two seats per four-year term, although the group believes that term limits imposed by statute would pose constitutional issues. Gabe Roth, executive director of Fix the Court, presented a different view.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 6, 2025

committed his offense of conviction in 1995, when federal law required payment of restitution for 20 years after entry of judgment. The question is how such laws should be considered when state-law disputes are brought in federal court under diversity of citizenship jurisdiction because the dispute involves citizens of different states.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 30, 2021

However, “laws forbidding the carrying of firearms in sensitive places such as schools and government buildings” are presumptively valid, implying that arms may be carried in non-sensitive places. Sir John Knight (1686) read the statute to prohibit “going or riding armed in affray of peace,” i.e., in a manner “to terrify the King’s subjects.”

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 28, 2021

Share This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, the scope of the First Amendment — specifically, whether a law forbidding clandestine recordings is overbroad and whether a state may require individuals to carry identification cards labeled “SEX OFFENDER.” HRB Tax Group, Inc.

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FDA Law Blog

JANUARY 4, 2022

Several states, including Connecticut, California, District of Columbia , Massachusetts , and Nevada, have adopted or incorporated the Code in their statutes or regulations. For example, California’s drug marketing law requires pharmaceutical companies to adopt an internal marketing compliance policy that aligns with the PhRMA Code.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 2, 2022

Morrissey-Berru , under which employees deemed “ministers” of religious institutions are not covered by various employment and discrimination laws. Associate professor Margaret DeWeese-Boyd sued Gordon College, a private Christian liberal arts college in Wenham, Massachusetts, when it did not promote her to a full professorship.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 4, 2022

McDonough , a case that the court already rescheduled seven times last term, and which involves the construction of a statute providing disability pay for members of the military. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, by a divided vote , deferred to the Department of Veterans Affairs construction of the statute under Chevron U.S.A.,

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 20, 2022

Morrissey-Berru , under which employees deemed “ministers” of religious institutions are not covered by various employment and discrimination laws. This case involves Margaret DeWeese-Boyd, an associate professor of social work at Gordon College, a private Christian liberal arts college in Wenham, Massachusetts. Next up is Texas v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Four jurisdictions (Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut and the District of Columbia) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding committing to the TCI program. In a report published today, Columbia Law School’s Sabin Center for Climate Change Law examines how New York law could further advance equity if New York joins TCI.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Those arguments are based on both the constitutional protection of religious values but also laws like Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. The issue reached the Supreme Court this week when health workers challenged a similar law in Maine allowing for medical but not religious exemptions.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Issue : Whether a state law that grants an express preference to entities with an existing in-state presence to build facilities serving a distinctly interstate market discriminates against interstate commerce, notwithstanding that a few of the preferred in-state incumbents are headquartered elsewhere. LSP Transmission Holdings, LLC v.

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JonathanTurley

JULY 27, 2021

Elenis could force a hitherto evasive Court to rule directly on the conflict between anti-discrimination laws and the religious clauses. The case involved Charlie Craig and David Mullins who went to the Colorado cake shop of Jack Phillips to order a cake celebrating their earlier marriage in Massachusetts. It was like Brown v.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 31, 2021

See Pennsylvania General Assembly Statute §7102. The plaintiff also brought criminal charges against the defendant’s son arising from this incident and the defendant’s son pleaded guilty to assault in the third degree (Penal Law § 120.00 [2]). 1500 Massachusetts Avenue. He could also face civil liability from the boy’s family.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 30, 2022

See Pennsylvania General Assembly Statute §7102. The plaintiff also brought criminal charges against the defendant’s son arising from this incident and the defendant’s son pleaded guilty to assault in the third degree (Penal Law § 120.00 [2]). 1500 Massachusetts Avenue. The Massachusetts case of Smith v.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The same law is at the center of Environmental Protection Agency v. The Supreme Court recently invalidated a removal restriction for an agency headed by a single official in Seila Law LLC v. The Bruen test, the state court added, was “fuzzy,” “backward-looking,” and “unravels durable law.” Calumet Shreveport Refining, L.L.C.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Stillie , the case challenging Alaska’s disclosure requirement statute for political contributions. The court also denied review of two cases challenging New York City’s rent-regulation laws , with Justice Neil Gorsuch noting that he would have granted the petitions. The court denied review in Smith v. And the U.S.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. Conservation Law Foundation v. 1442, or the civil-rights removal statute, 28 U.S.C. Source: Khanrak ). By Margaret Barry and Korey Silverman-Roati.

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