SCOTUSBlog

JULY 9, 2021

Puerto Rico is a United States territory, with its own constitution. Section 12616 eliminated the local law exemption of the Animal Welfare Act and effectively criminalized cockfighting in Puerto Rico. Issue : Whether Congress has power under the commerce clause to criminalize cockfighting on the island of Puerto Rico.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 27, 2022

A former Police of Puerto Rico was convicted last week for assaulting a juvenile, falsifying police records and lying to officials. The incident took place in 2014, when Officer Jose Cartagena and other POPR officers pursued, shot at and beat a child victim.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 10, 2023

Share The court turns to sovereign immunity on Wednesday when it hears argument in Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico v. The case involves the board Congress created in response to Puerto Rico’s dire financial distress in 2016. Centro de Periodismo Investigativo.

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ABA Journal

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Supreme Court on Tuesday arguing that denying disability benefits to residents of Puerto Rico violates the… The ABA filed an amicus brief with the U.S.

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JURIST

MARCH 1, 2021

Vaello-Madero , the court will address whether Congress violated the equal-protection part of the Fifth Amendment’s due clause by establishing SSI but not extending it to Puerto Rico. Congress extended it to the 50 states, Washington, DC and the Northern Mariana Islands, but not to Puerto Rico. ” In Babcock v.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

El gobernador de Puerto Rico, Pedro Pierluisi, dijo el domingo que Estados Unidos está “moralmente obligado” a tomar medidas después del reciente referéndum del territorio a favor de lograr la condición de Estado estadounidense.

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Customs & International Trade Law

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory, although uniquely situated as a part of the customs territory of the United States it simultaneously operates its own internal tax system for importations into Puerto Rico. The post Importing into Puerto Rico? Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Generally, the use tax is 11.5

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HowAppealing

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

“Supreme Court Looks at Puerto Rico’s Status in Case on Benefits; A federal law excludes residents of Puerto Rico from a Social Security program that provides monthly payments to needy people”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report. program for the poor and disabled.”

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Law 360

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' podcast company is headed toward Chapter 11 mediation after a $965 million defamation damages judgment, Puerto Rico takes another step in restructuring the island's public debt, and the U.S. Supreme Court remanded issues over an increase in trustee fees to the Second Circuit.

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ABA Journal

AUGUST 7, 2018

A nearly century-old shipping regulation is hampering Puerto Rico's economic and physical recovery in the wake of Hurricane Maria last year, and Congress should enact…

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Horse-racing jockeys in Puerto Rico are not employed by any racetrack or horse owner. In Confederación Hípica de Puerto Rico, Inc. Confederación Hípica de Puerto Rico, Inc. The post In Puerto Rico horse-racing dispute, a looming question over independent contractors appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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LegalReader

APRIL 21, 2022

Sotomayor, whose parents were born in Puerto Rico, opined that there is no "rational basis" for Congress to deny Supplemental Security Income benefits to U.S. territory of Puerto Rico. The sole dissenting justice was Sonia Sotomayor. citizens who live in the U.S.

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FDA Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

HPM) Directors, Karla Palmer and Dara Levy , will present at the Puerto Rico Pharmaceutical Summit 2024, February 6, 2024, at the La Concha Renaissance San Juan Resort in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Two Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C. As a bonus, you can spend a day or two away from the cold US weather.

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Unlike traditional attorney trust accounts, IOLTA programs , available in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, allow lawyers to hold client retainers, settlements and other money in interest-bearing accounts.

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HowAppealing

APRIL 21, 2022

“Supreme Court Rules on Stolen Art, Signs and Puerto Rico’s Status; The justices addressed federal benefits in Puerto Rico, an effort to reclaim an Impressionist masterpiece and whether the First Amendment allows some billboard regulations”: Adam Liptak will have this article in Friday’s edition of The New York Times.

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CourtTechBulletin

MARCH 24, 2022

Apple launches the first smartphone driver’s license/ID with Arizona Additional states to follow, including Colorado, Hawaii, Mississippi, Ohio, and the territory of Puerto Rico Read more ».

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Law 360

JULY 10, 2024

Two international soccer organizations are pushing back against efforts by a local media company to obtain an injunction that prohibits banning its reporters from covering matches of Puerto Rico's national team, arguing they have nothing to do with such decisions.

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Law 360

JULY 21, 2021

will pay Puerto Rico $25 million to settle numerous allegations that they polluted the territory's groundwater with a common gasoline additive, in a deal approved by a Puerto Rico federal court Wednesday. ExxonMobil Corp. and Esso Standard Oil Co.

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Law 360

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

FIFA, its Puerto Rican affiliate and a regional soccer association all must face claims that they tried to block soccer rivals in Puerto Rico, after an island federal judge held that FIFA, like its co-defendants, can only nix fraud claims but not antitrust allegations.

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Above The Law

APRIL 17, 2025

. “San Juans 241-page complaint is almost a word-for-word carbon copy of the original complaint filed in the Municipalities Case, the judge wrote, referencing another lawsuit filed by other Puerto Rican cities as a putative class action against fossil fuel companies for causing climate change damages felt by the towns.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 20, 2022

After Ramos , criminal defendant asks justices to preserve non-unanimous acquittals in Puerto Rico. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , Nelson Daniel Centeno asks the justices now to decide whether Ramos prevents Puerto Rico from allowing non-unanimous acquittals. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

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ABA Journal

AUGUST 7, 2018

A nearly century-old shipping regulation is hampering Puerto Rico's economic and physical recovery in the wake of Hurricane Maria last year, and Congress should enact…

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JURIST

MAY 2, 2022

The shipment from Colombia would pass through Tortola and Puerto Rico on its way to Miami and New York. The plan allegedly was for the advance cash payment to be left in a private jet at the Miami-Opa Locka airport and retrieved by Oleanvine Maynard to the BVI.

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Mondaq

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

On June 20, 2022, Puerto Rico's governor signed Act No. 41, which modifies several of Puerto Rico's current employment statutory entitlements, providing greater employment.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 5, 2022

Federal law enforcement agents on Thursday arrested former Puerto Rico governor Wanda Vázquez Garced, charging her in a bribery scheme that was allegedly aimed at financing her failed 2020 gubernatorial campaign, reports the Washington Post.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 18, 2022

They argued that the common law definition of birthright citizenship includes any territory under a country’s dominion, and American Samoans should receive the same citizenship granted to people born in other US territories like Puerto Rico.

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Mondaq

APRIL 19, 2022

In a recent case issued by the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico ("the Court"), the Court addressed the standard and level of proof that must be presented by employers when raising as an affirmative defense.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Puerto Rico police arrested at least 380 people on Tuesday as part of a major crackdown on 12 gangs dedicated to the sale of drugs and weapons, the Associated Press reports. Police Commissioner Antonio López said the gangs were targeted after receiving tips from residents who had complained about violence in their communities.

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Mondaq

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Puerto Rico enacted Act No. 37-2020, which created a special five-day paid leave for non-exempt employees in the private sector.

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Law 360

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

a Puerto Rico-based bank linked to a corruption scandal involving the territory's former governor. The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network said Friday that it has imposed a $15 million anti-money laundering fine against Bancredito International Bank and Trust Corp.,

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Through oral arguments, the court will determine whether the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act’s general grant of jurisdiction to the US federal courts preempts a Puerto Rican governmental body’s sovereign authority. On January 11, the court will hear arguments in Financial Oversight Board v.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Speakers at the protest also called for solidarity for the international community, mentioning Hurricane Fiona’s drastic effects on Puerto Rico. ” she asked. I observed more than 50 protestors for several hours.

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JURIST

MARCH 13, 2024

Henry has been out of the country and stuck in Puerto Rico due to riots at Port-au-Prince’s international airport. Amid the tension, the Haitian government extended a state of emergency around Port-Au-Prince, enforcing a curfew and banning all forms of public protest.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 5, 2025

Plaskett rose to demand recognition and to know why she was not allowed to vote: “I note that the names of representatives from American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia were not called, representing, collectively, 4 million Americans.

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FDA Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Richardson — On September 24, 2021, the owner of a pharmacy in Puerto Rico pleaded guilty to participating in a felony conspiracy to convert government property and to commit health care fraud in connection with the illegal vaccination of minors between the ages of 7 to 11 with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.

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Mondaq

AUGUST 2, 2022

District Court for the District of Puerto Rico has recently ruled on a case dealing with Puerto Rico's Dealer's Contracts Act, also known as Law 75.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The Department of Justice announced Monday that two men pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit a hate crime and obstruction of justice for assaulting a homeless transgender woman mere hours before she was found murdered three years ago in Puerto Rico, Li Cohen and Christopher Brito report for CBS News. 24, 2020.

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