Mondaq

MAY 30, 2022

In 1869, Wyoming became the first state to extend voting rights to women. In 1977, Wyoming became the first state to enact a law allowing for the formation of a business entity known as a "limited liability company".

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EvidenceProf Blog

JULY 24, 2021

Federal Rule of Evidence 801(d)(1)(B) provides an exclusion to the rule against hearsay for a statement that (B) is consistent with the declarant’s testimony and is offered: (i) to rebut an express or implied charge that the declarant recently fabricated.

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EvidenceProf Blog

JANUARY 7, 2021

Federal Rule of Evidence 801(d)(1)(B) provides an exclusion to the rule against hearsay for a statement that (B) is consistent with the declarant’s testimony and is offered: (i) to rebut an express or implied charge that the declarant recently fabricated.

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LegalReader

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Even if the property owner or business owner fails to clear away snow, they may be able to protect themselves from liability by placing cones or signage around slippy areas.

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HowAppealing

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

“US Supreme Court Justice’s Visit to UW Canceled”: Yesterday, the University of Wyoming issued a news release that begins, “United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch’s scheduled visit to the University of Wyoming College of Law and campus Sept. 16 has been canceled.”

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Above The Law

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Law.com ] * Wyoming wants to make it easier to do drivebys on wolves. [ Gothamist ] * "Negligently parked helicopter" isn't a phrase you see often. [ ABA Journal ] * Judge tells woman who owes over $50K in contempt that her lawyers aren't helping. Bloomberg Law News ] * Lawyer taking on over 50 clients to go after Diddy.

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Law 360

JULY 31, 2024

The former CEO of a Wyoming-based flavoring and aromas business should be sanctioned for failing to produce any documents in a Connecticut state court lawsuit accusing him of withholding company money and property after refusing to work, the plaintiff said.

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HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

“Interview with Wyoming’s newest Supreme Court Justice”: Ryan Collins of Oil City News has this Q&A.

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LegalReader

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

State hospital staff are accused of rape, abuse, and neglect.

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Law 360

JUNE 20, 2024

The Federal Communications Commission has granted an exception to its rule prohibiting ownership of stations carrying more than one top-four network in a local market, allowing Gray Television to sell a Cheyenne, Wyoming station as part of a larger deal.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 5, 2021

A new report from the Sentencing Project, a nonprofit promoting effective and humane responses to crime and imprisonment, reveals that $190 billion in federal school funding connected to the COVID-19 pandemic could help districts in Wyoming and across the nation close the so-called school-to-prison pipeline, reports the Public News Service.

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LegalReader

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The use of force after an individual is in custody also constitutes police brutality. .

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Above The Law

MAY 21, 2021

Family values FTW!

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HowAppealing

AUGUST 2, 2021

16”: The University of Wyoming issued t his news release today. “US Supreme Court Justice to Visit UW College of Law Sept.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

The shooting occurred after a 911 caller reported suspicious behavior outside an apartment building in Wyoming, Ohio. Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney Melissa Powers announced Friday that three officers involved in the fatal shooting of Joe Frasure, Jr. will not face criminal charges because their actions were justified.

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Law 360

JANUARY 30, 2024

A Wyoming company urged the U.S. Supreme Court to look into whether lower courts and the U.S. Department of Justice unlawfully snubbed its allegations that London's Standard Chartered Bank cleared roughly $56 billion in violation of U.S. sanctions targeting Iran.

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JURIST

APRIL 7, 2022

An energy company was sentenced Tuesday in Cheyenne, Wyoming, for multiple violations of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA). ESI owns many companies that run wind energy generation facilities throughout the US, including in Wyoming and New Mexico. ESI Energy Inc.

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LegalReader

DECEMBER 1, 2022

There is a long list of felony crimes that can cause a legal immigrant to be deported.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Mohave, Arizona, and Casper, Wyoming, was convicted of unlawfully distributing controlled substances resulting in death. The court of appeals denied rehearing of the case on February 25, 2021, affirming the District Court of Wyoming’s decision and finding the evidence of guilt overwhelming.

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HowAppealing

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

“Wyoming abortion bans indefinitely struck down by Teton County judge”: Jasmine Hall of The Jackson Hole News & Guide has this report. ” Mead Gruver of The Associated Press reports that “ Judge strikes down Wyoming abortion laws, including an explicit ban on pills to end pregnancy.”

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My Shingle

JULY 12, 2021

Last month with the country reopening post-pandemic, on the eve of my 57th birthday, I embarked on a bucket-list trip to the Dakotas with Wyoming and Montana tossed in because why not? Compared to the East Coast where I reside, the west is more immense in every respect: big, endless sky, wide-open roads and days…

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JURIST

JUNE 14, 2022

Those arrested included men from 13 states, including Michigan, Texas, Alabama, Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, South Dakota, Washington, Oregon, Illinois, Arkansas and Missouri. Coeur d’Alene Police Chief Lee White said that evidence indicates the men came to riot in several areas of downtown, not just the pride event.

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Law 360

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Wyoming's former banking commissioner is the new chief risk and compliance officer of Two Ocean Trust, a Jackson Hole-based trust company specializing in wealth management for ultra high-net-worth clients, families and foundations, after nearly 25 years as a regulator in the state, according to the company.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The mystery around the death of Gabrielle Petito, the white woman who has been headline news across the country, and whose remains were recently discovered in Wyoming, is frustrating people who say the media ignores an epidemic of missing and murdered Native American women in the state, reports NPR.

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LegalReader

MARCH 2, 2022

A letter of denial is not final.

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Law 360

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

New Jersey-based auditor Berkower LLC has escaped a lawsuit accusing it of playing a role in an alleged scheme to defraud those who pledged early support for a digital asset project, with a Wyoming federal judge ruling that plaintiff Axtra LLC fell short in pleading its racketeering claims.

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Law 360

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Individuals who a Wyoming company alleges helped fund a "pump-and-dump" scheme asked a Michigan federal judge to toss the civil conspiracy and racketeering claims against them, saying the company's allegations don't show that they engaged in an established pattern of fraud needed to support those claims.

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JURIST

APRIL 24, 2021

Supporters of the bill argue that the District of Columbia is not properly represented in Congress despite having a larger population than Vermont and Wyoming. The bill comes at a time filled with discussion of voting rights and disenfranchisement. Senator Chuck Schumer said the bill is “about democracy. It’s about voting rights.”

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Law 360

AUGUST 28, 2023

A Wyoming holding company is asking a Michigan federal court to hold accountable a group of people located in multiple states who it alleges drove the company into receivership to transfer its ownership and then inflated its share price, making millions of dollars for themselves.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Federal, local and state authorities recently carried out arrests, searches and seizures in California, Oklahoma, Wyoming, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Nevada, North Carolina, and Virginia in a bust of a network of thieves, dealers and processors involved in catalytic converter thefts worth hundreds of millions of dollars, reports Joe Barrett for (..)

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Law 360

MAY 24, 2022

corporate tax lawyer played a "meaningful role" in a $19 million insurance trap sprung on a Wyoming company and its owner, according to a federal complaint filed in Maryland federal court. A Washington, D.C.,

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Mondaq

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it had "instituted proceedings against American CryptoFed DAO LLC, a Wyoming-based organization, halting the effectiveness of the company's.

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Mondaq

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

On November 10, 2021, the SEC announced that it had instituted proceedings against a Wyoming-based decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) to halt its registration of two digital tokens.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Delaware, Texas and Wyoming are actively promoting P2P crypto usage in such a way that they’re manufacturing hundreds of thousands of felons (like me!) every day,” Hopkins argues. There needs to be a) clarity on how to be as compliant as possible and b) ideally a rollback of the overreaching guidance in the first place.”

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The Crime Report

JULY 6, 2021

Wyoming and South Carolina still don’t have hate crime laws as of a March investigation by CNN. Hate crime bills in Wyoming are under development for next year’s legislative session. South Carolina too has struggled with passing hate crime legislation this year.

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The Crime Report

MARCH 31, 2022

The six most recent states to sign on are Connecticut, Idaho, Kentucky, Minnesota, New Jersey and Wyoming, along with the District of Columbia. The Federal Trade Commission reported that in the fourth quarter of last year, it received about 89,000 reports of phone call fraud, with nearly $157 million in reported money lost.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Meanwhile, Ohio and Wyoming have recently adopted legislation prohibiting local governments from banning natural gas hookups and legislation aimed at sinking new renewable energy projects. Last year Wyoming enacted SF 36, which effectively gives local governments veto power over new large-scale wind and solar energy projects.

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