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The long conference’s relists

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Ferguson involves a First Amendment challenge to Washington state’s law prohibiting “conversion therapy,” the practice of seeking to change a gay or transgender person’s sexual orientation or gender identity through counseling. A federal district court in North Carolina ultimately invalidated much of the law, and the U.S.

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Whether “bump stocks” are “machineguns,” and a very specific arbitration issue

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Brownback , involving whether the Federal Tort Claims Act’s “judgment bar,” which bars any claim based on the same subject matter as a dismissed FTCA case, applies when both the actions were originally brought together. The Supreme Court did not grant review in any new cases since our last installment. In Cargill , the en banc U.S.

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Too Clever By Half: Why Public Nuisance is Again at the Heart of a Public Health Debate

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Below is my column in the Wall Street Journal on the ongoing opioid litigation and an important ruling out of the Oklahoma Supreme Court. ” The Oklahoma Supreme Court last week struck down a $465 million opioid award against Johnson & Johnson based on a legal theory that has previously been tried and failed against guns.

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This week’s relists: preemption of consumer protection laws, bankruptcy claims, COVID mandates and. Chevron deference again?

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Yes, the statute really does have a full cite to the opinion in it. The California state law at issue in Flagstar Bank v. Kivett , and the New York state law in Cantero v. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit held that the California law requiring escrow interest was not preempted by the National Bank Act.

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Red states urge Supreme Court to block suits against big oil

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The states also allege that suits involving the interstate effects of pollution are exclusively governed by federal common law and belong in federal court to avoid the risk of inconsistent judgments. Relisted after the Jan. 10 and Jan. 17 conferences.)

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The criminal side of the docket is not what you think

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ScotusCrim is a recurring series by Rory Little focusing on intersections between the Supreme Court and criminal law. Crime is a big seller in movies and television, but the criminal law system itself is far less dramatic and generally fails to hold the public’s attention. What even counts as a “criminal law” case? and Martin v.

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In a slew of new cases, the justices take in closer look

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But in response to legal challenges, Congress amended the law in 2022 to give the FTC the power to make changes to the authoritys rules. They argued that the law was unconstitutional because it delegated federal power to a private company a concept known as the private nondelegation doctrine. history.

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