JURIST

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

The Oklahoma Supreme Court reversed Tuesday a $465 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson (J&J) for public nuisance through its prescription opioid marketing campaign in the state. The Court applies the nuisance statutes to unlawful conduct that annoys, injures, or endangers the comfort, repose, health, or safety of others.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 12, 2024

The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Friday vacated a previous ruling that dismissed a lawsuit brought by the Oklahoma-based Muscogee (Creek) Nation, who challenged the construction of a casino in Alabama on land they claim is sacred.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 24, 2025

In a brief unsigned order , the justices agreed to review a ruling by the Oklahoma Supreme Court that rejected an effort by a Catholic online school to become the nations first religious charter school. In Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. She did not provide any explanation for her recusal. Drummond and St.

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HowAppealing

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

“On Power & the Law: McGirt v. ” Law professor Maggie Blackhawk has posted this essay at SSRN.

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JURIST

JULY 18, 2024

US Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond submitted an appeal to the US Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday. The preliminary injunction , which was issued last month, prevented Oklahoma from enforcing the bill. However, critics of the Bill argue that it promotes racial profiling.

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Above The Law

JUNE 13, 2024

Farley The post Oklahoma Supreme Court Dashes Hope Of Justice For Tulsa Massacre Survivors appeared first on Above the Law. ‘A legal system only begins by foreclosing the past. Only wrongs within the system can be made right.’ - Anthony P.

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HowAppealing

JANUARY 22, 2024

“Supreme Court to Reconsider Execution Oklahoma No Longer Backs; Oklahoma inmate has had nine execution dates set; State no longer stands behind conviction”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law has this report.

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ABA Journal

JUNE 13, 2024

Updated: The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit seeking reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre on behalf of two…

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HowAppealing

JUNE 29, 2021

“Oklahoma Bar Sees Constitutional Challenge to Dues Reinstated”: Holly Barker of Bloomberg Law has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued today.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The post Oklahoma Court Grants Parental Rights To Sperm Donor; Removes Second Mom From Birth Certificate appeared first on Above the Law. All nongenetic parents should take heed.

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HowAppealing

AUGUST 10, 2021

“Oklahoma Asks High Court to Nix Landmark Tribal-Land Ruling”: Jordan S. Rubin of Bloomberg Law has this report. My earlier recent posts about this cert. petition appear here , here , and here.

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HowAppealing

MAY 12, 2022

“Paul Weiss Can Bill Oklahoma Up to $1.4 Million in Tribal Case”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law has this report.

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HowAppealing

MARCH 24, 2023

“City of Tulsa argues it has the ability to prosecute Native people under pre-statehood law; A pre-statehood law, known as the Curtis Act, was used to force allotment; It’s now being used as the latest way to challenge the landmark McGirt v. Oklahoma decision” appeared first on How Appealing.

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HowAppealing

JUNE 15, 2023

“Religious Charter Schools Are OK in Oklahoma; St. Isidore’s approval is a win for authentic educational pluralism and faithful practice”: Law professor Nicole Stelle Garnett will have this op-ed in Friday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal. The post “Religious Charter Schools Are OK in Oklahoma; St.

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JURIST

AUGUST 1, 2023

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed suit Monday attempting to block the Oklahoma from opening the US’s first religious charter school. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, would be run by the Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma City. The proposed charter school, St.

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ABA Journal

JUNE 25, 2024

A contract providing for state funding of an online Catholic charter school violates the First Amendment’s establishment clause, the Oklahoma Constitution and a state law…

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HowAppealing

JUNE 3, 2023

The Law Sees Only One as Indian. A Supreme Court ruling barred Oklahoma from prosecuting crimes committed by Native Americans on tribal land, but some Black tribal members are still being prosecuted because they lack ‘Indian blood.'” The Law Sees Only One as Indian. '” appeared first on How Appealing.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

In a five to one decision, the Oklahoma Supreme Court has reversed a historic $465 million ruling against drugmaker Johnson & Johnson, finding a judge incorrectly interpreted public nuisance laws in the nation’s first major trial over the opioid epidemic, reports the Washington Post.

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HowAppealing

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

“Failures of capital punishment: Alabama, Missouri, and Oklahoma; Incompetence, racism, and. ” Chris Geidner has this post at his “Law Dork” Substack site. ” The post “Failures of capital punishment: Alabama, Missouri, and Oklahoma; Incompetence, racism, and.

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JURIST

JUNE 19, 2024

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry signed a bill into law Wednesday making Louisiana the first state to require public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments. On Wednesday morning, the bill was signed into law during a press conference on education. No state funds will go towards the implementation of this law.

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Above The Law

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Hey, 1L thinking about Health Law reform, this is for you!

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LLRX

MAY 25, 2022

Jim Calloway is the Director of the Oklahoma Bar Association’s Management Assistance Program. From Calloway's perspective, there is people law, and there is business/corporate law. Over the years, there has been a greater divergence in these two types of law practice focuses.

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LegalTalkNetwork

OCTOBER 17, 2018

On October 11th 2018, the Oklahoma Access to Justice Summit was held at the Oklahoma Bar Association in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Below is a summary of our audio coverage and list of interviewees from the summit: Oklahoma Summit on A2J: Getting Legal Help for Families. Oklahoma Summit on A2J: The Justice Gap.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Authorities allege that Google’s collection of location information violated the participating states’ consumer protection laws because “ Google misled its users into thinking they had turned off location tracking in their account settings, when, in fact, Google continued to collect their location information.”

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Above The Law

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Don't be like Oklahoma. The post The Gold Star Standard For Election Day appeared first on Above the Law.

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ABA Journal

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Many states including Oklahoma, where I practice, have laws that create strict liability crimes when a person in power engages in a sexual relationship with…

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The Crime Report

MAY 17, 2021

are listening to advocates’ calls to consider resentencing laws in an attempt to decrease mass incarceration and address the over-imprisonment of people of color. Under the law, people who committed crimes when they were under 25-years-old can petition courts to reduce their sentences after serving 15 years.

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SCOTUSBlog

AUGUST 4, 2023

The order came in a case arising from a nearly five-year-old traffic ticket and a dispute over the interpretation of an 1898 law. Oklahoma that a large portion of eastern Oklahoma remains an Indian reservation, so that state and local governments cannot prosecute Native Americans who commit crimes on the reservation.

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JURIST

MARCH 26, 2021

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the attorney general’s office does not have authority under the consumer protection law to sue natural gas exploration firms over their leasing practices.

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JURIST

JUNE 15, 2024

Garland also expressed hope that the release of the investigation’s findings would lead toward progress in improving relations between marginalized communities and law enforcement as well as provide a launch pad for institutional reform.

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JURIST

MARCH 23, 2021

Hassaid to consider a California agricultural union organizing law. ” Under California law, agricultural businesses must allow labor organizations onto their property up to three times a day over a 30-day period, up to 120 days per year. .” The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in Cedar Point Nursery v.

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LLRX

JUNE 25, 2021

Jim Calloway is Director of the Oklahoma Bar Association Management Assistance Program and co-author of the ABA books “How Good Lawyers Survive Bad Times” and “Winning Alternatives to the Billable Hour: Strategies That Work.”

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MyCase

APRIL 13, 2021

With markedly increased remote interaction during the pandemic, legal services consumers will expect similar connection to and engagement with law firms in 2021 and beyond. Two methods for communicating internally with intention are: Work Chat: Internal comms shouldn’t just be about the law firm spitting information one way.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 26, 2022

Share A sad story involving child neglect has become the subject of a Supreme Court case — and white-hot political rhetoric — because the crime occurred on the reservation of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and the victim (but, crucially, not the defendant) is a citizen of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. The case, Oklahoma v.

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The Researching Paralegal

JANUARY 1, 2022

T he New York Times Has Discovered Oklahoma! Associate Law Professor Jeremy Telman, Oklahoma City University Law School, provided the shocking news. Medical marijuana became legal in Oklahoma three years ago. You cannot throw a rock without hitting a marijuana dispensary in Oklahoma. Just drive around.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 27, 2022

Supreme Court that Oklahoma prosecutors lack the authority to pursue criminal cases against American Indian defendants on reservation lands that cover nearly the entire eastern half of the state is being contested by state lawmakers, reports the Associated Press. A 2020 decision by the U.S.

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Above The Law

APRIL 29, 2022

* Laws matter: life lost after school neglects to follow anti-bullying protocol. The EU's laws will be impacting American free speech, eh? Oklahoma just passed their version of Texas's Roe sidestep. appeared first on Above the Law. Talk about long-arm statutes. [ The Hill ]. NBC News ]. Sorry, not sorry. [

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