JURIST

AUGUST 14, 2023

A Montana state judge ruled Monday that a provision of state law is unconstitutional because it violates “the right to a clean and healthful environment,” a fundamental right enshrined in Montana’s Constitution. Montana , is the first constitutional climate suit in US history to make it to trial.

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JURIST

JUNE 12, 2023

Trial began Monday in a lawsuit brought by 16 youth plaintiffs alleging that the state of Montana has failed to protect them and future generations from the harmful effects of climate change. Montana is the first constitutional climate suit in US history to make it to trial, as similar actions in nearly every state have been dismissed.

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JURIST

JANUARY 19, 2023

According to the petition, the Wildlife Service intentionally kills ten grizzly bears in Montana in a year. The post US conservation groups sue federal agencies over Montana grizzly bear removal program appeared first on JURIST - News.

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OCTOBER 24, 2024

* Former OpenAI employee says the company "broke copyright law." here's a splashy profile about how OpenAI broke copyright law. [ NY Times ] * Disciplinary authorities recommend suspending Montana Attorney General's law license. Montana Free Press ] * Law firm leadership FOMO.

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MARCH 24, 2025

“Buckle Up: In Montana, Republican Lawmakers Target the Judiciary; Republicans in Montana and other states complain that liberal judges are tossing out the laws they pass; Now, conservative legislators are trying to change the rules, and the judges.” ” David W. Chen of The New York Times has this report.

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ABA Journal

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The Montana Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a state law banning consideration of greenhouse gas emissions in fossil-fuel-permitting decisions, citing a state constitutional provision…

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JURIST

APRIL 15, 2023

The Montana House of Representatives Friday passed a bill that would ban the use of social media app TikTok within the state in a 54-43 vote. The bill will now be submitted to Montana Governor Greg Gianforte, who must sign the bill for it to become law. This, the legislators argue, violates Montana’s right to privacy.

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Law 360

MAY 18, 2023

A group of TikTok users have sued Montana's attorney general over the state's first-of-its-kind law banning the social media platform, slamming the prohibition as unconstitutional and "an attempt to exercise powers over national security that Montana does not have," according to the complaint entered Thursday in federal court.

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MAY 22, 2023

TikTok sued Montana's attorney general in federal court on Monday over the state's first-of-its-kind law intended to ban the social media platform, slamming the law as "flatly inconsistent with the Constitution" and based on unfounded claims that the Chinese government can access users' data.

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JULY 6, 2023

TikTok and a group of creators asked a Montana federal judge Wednesday to block the enforcement of the state's first-of-its-kind ban on the social media platform before the law goes into effect Jan. 1, saying the law's "constitutional defects are extraordinary" and spell out irreparable harm for the app's users.

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Law 360

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

A Montana federal judge on Thursday granted TikTok and its users' bid to block a new law that would ban the Chinese social media app within the Treasure State's borders, saying the statute oversteps state power and could infringe on the First Amendment.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 5, 2024

The State of Texas on Thursday sued social media platform TikTok for violating a Texas law enacted to protect children’s online privacy. Texas law requires social media companies to take steps to protect kids online and requires them to provide parents with tools to do the same.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

One of the plaintiffs’ reasons for granting the petition included how Ballot Measure 2’s duplicative disclosure provision is not narrowly tailored according to exacting scrutiny since it requires reporting within 24 hours even though the law already requires reporting that same information.

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OCTOBER 4, 2021

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JURIST

JANUARY 11, 2024

The hearing was initiated by House Republicans who accused Mayorkas of failing to follow immigration law and of violating the public trust as border crossings have reached record levels. He blames the high 10,000 border encounters a day as a direct result of Mayorkas’ refusal to enforce the laws of Congress.

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HowAppealing

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

“GOP Wins in Partisan High Court Races Has Party Mulling Tweaks; GOP sees court wins in North Carolina, Ohio with party labels; Montana lawmaker pushing to change court election ballots”: Eric Heisig of Bloomberg Law has this report.

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JURIST

JUNE 6, 2023

Human Rights Campaign (HRC), an LGBTQ+ rights group, declared a state of emergency for LGBTQ+ people in the US on Tuesday in a new report that highlights the steep increase in laws and harassment targeting the LGBTQ+ community. HRC highlighted testimony from parents of transgender children leaving states with restrictive laws.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Desmond sent a letter to event organizers, local politicians, local law enforcement and owners of facilities booked for use by the festival questioning whether Blount County Pride would violate the AEA. The AEA bans “male or female impersonators who provide entertainment that appeals to a prurient interest” in public.

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Law 360

MAY 17, 2023

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte on Wednesday signed a first-of-its-kind law banning TikTok from operating in the state, a move that the popular video app was quick to condemn as unlawful.

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JUNE 28, 2023

TikTok has been quietly paying the legal bills for a group of creators who are challenging Montana's first-of-its-kind law banning the social media platform, the creators' counsel at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP confirmed to Law360 on Wednesday.

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Diane Drain

APRIL 16, 2022

SHOULD THE LAW CHANGE? Current state law precludes debtors like the Hebenthals from receiving tax refunds if they recently filed for bankruptcy before getting the funds. Montana is the only other state that allows this money to be seized by the bankruptcy trustee. SHOULD THE LAW CHANGE? Is bankruptcy an option?

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Two men have been charged by federal prosecutors in Montana with illegally shooting about 3,600 birds, including bald and golden eagles, and selling them, as well as their wings and feathers, on the black market, Eduardo Medina reports for the New York Times.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 7, 2021

The court held that tribal governments — and thus their police officers — retain the power to temporarily stop, and if necessary, search non-Indians traveling on public rights-of-way (highways) through reservations for suspected violations of federal or state laws. In Montana v.

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JURIST

MARCH 26, 2021

The case stems from a 2016 incident wherein a police officer of the Crow Nation —a federally recognized tribe with an Indian reservation located in south-central Montana—detained Joshua Cooley and searched his truck, which was parked on the side of US Route 212. Cooley was charged with weapons and drug offenses in violation of federal law.

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The Crime Report

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

A Poplar, Montana man was sentenced in federal court on Monday to 38 months in prison and two years of supervised release for assaulting a police officer with a hammer while law enforcement was responding to an assault at his home. Nolan Hendrickson pleaded guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon.

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ABA Journal

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Paul Kirgis, dean of the University of Montana’s Alexander Blewett III School of Law, has resigned from his post. In a Thursday email to the…

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JURIST

MAY 22, 2023

The CAC’s ability to ban cyber products is based on the Cybersecurity Law of the People’s Republic of China. The law, enacted in 2017, was intended to promote national security interests and “online morality.” The method of review and which projects are considered critical are not made clear by the text of the law.

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OCTOBER 28, 2022

The lawsuit alleges that Montana has violated state law and provisions of the state constitution by loosening restrictions on the hunting and trapping of wolves.

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JURIST

JULY 23, 2022

In Texas and Louisiana’s filing to the Supreme Court, it is argued that federal immigration law requires non-citizens who are undocumented or who have committed certain offenses to be detained. Attorney General of Georgia Chris Carr joined 19 other attorneys to urge the Supreme Court to stop the memorandum from taking effect.

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JURIST

AUGUST 21, 2023

.” The decision was made in accordance with Articles 64 and 65 of the National Telecommunications Law , which give the MOCT the power to investigate or suspend any service that is “in conflict with the good manners of the society or public and principles of the Islamic laws” or threatens national security.

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JUNE 24, 2022

The parent who gets sole physical custody will not be allowed to move out of state with the children without informing the other parent.

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MARCH 25, 2021

Montana 8th Judicial District ( Supreme Court 2021 ). Markkaya Gullett was killed in a Ford Explorer crash near her home in Montana. General Jurisdiction : Ford has a longstanding permanent relationship with Montana, advertises heavily in the state, and receives hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars in revenue from in-state sales.

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JURIST

MAY 1, 2023

Bailey explained why he felt this rule was necessary in the order stating, “Because these gender transition interventions lack a solid evidentiary foundation and pose very serious side effects, they are unlawful under Missouri law absent sufficiently protective guardrails.”

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The Crime Report

JUNE 2, 2021

The unanimous decision Tuesday was a turning point for Native American law cases at the High Court, amounting to a break from a reliance on “racist precedents” for guidance, Mary Kathryn Nagle of Pipestem Law LLC, counsel for amicus National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center told Law360.

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JURIST

JUNE 30, 2023

Platforms that breach the law can potentially face a hefty fine of up to 1 percent of their global revenues. The exact date for the official implementation of the new law has not yet been announced, as it is still pending approval from the European Commission. In April, the company was fined £12.7M

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 1, 2021

Cooley that tribal governments — and thus their police officers — have the power to search and temporarily detain non-Indians suspected of breaking federal or state laws within reservations. Breyer’s opinion looks to, and likely extends, the reach of the court’s decision in Montana v. United States.

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JURIST

JUNE 1, 2021

” The court went on to state that detention is only permissible if a violation of law is “apparent.” Both of these, the court held, introduced confusion into enforcement over difficulties with the “problem of interpretation” of the law.

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