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Muscogee Creek Nation files lawsuit against Oklahoma city for breaches of tribal sovereignty in traffic enforcement

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The Muscogee (Creek) Nation filed a complaint in US federal court Wednesday against the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, accusing the city of violating tribal sovereignty by writing tickets to tribal members for traffic violations committed within reservation boundaries.

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Court denies mental incompetency plea in Oklahoma execution case

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Share The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to block the execution of an Oklahoma man with schizophrenia, rejecting a claim from his legal team that he does not understand the reason for his execution. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit when Cole sought relief from that court during earlier litigation.

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Justices decline to halt two executions in Oklahoma amid questions about state’s lethal-injection method

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Share On Wednesday afternoon, in the shadow of reports of Justice Stephen Breyer’s forthcoming retirement announcement , the Supreme Court denied an application to postpone the executions of two Oklahoma men. The brief order , with no recorded dissents, cleared the way for Oklahoma to execute one of the men, Donald Grant, at 11 a.m.

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April session to feature religious charter school case and challenge to LGBTQ+ books in schools

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United States (April 21) Whether a litigant who files a notice of appeal after the time to do so has expired must file a second notice when the time to appeal is reopened. Oklahoma Charter School Board v. Davis (April 29) Whether a federal court may certify a case as a class action when some of its members have not been injured.

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Guest Post: Third-Party Litigation Funding: Disclosure to Courts, Congress, and the Executive

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Stroud is General Counsel at Unified Patents – an organization often adverse to litigation-funded entities. [1] litigation finance boom of the past 20 years—as has been widely reported, private equity now undergirds huge swaths of U.S. Guest post by Jonathan Stroud. Patent assertion finance today is a multibillion-dollar business. [2]

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Oklahoma Access to Justice Summit

LegalTalkNetwork

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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Pharmaceutical company agrees to settle Florida opioid case for $65M

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Endo will continue litigating other claims not covered by this settlement agreement. Prior to that, the Oklahoma Supreme Court reversed a $465 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson for public nuisance through its statewide prescription opioid marketing campaign. and Endo Health Solutions Inc.,