SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 28, 2022

In arguing a subjective standard is required, the charged doctors and other advocates emphasized longstanding rules about the presumption of mens rea (a guilty state of mind) for criminal offenses. A mens rea requirement, the opinion holds, is essential to separate physicians’ “socially beneficial conduct” from criminal conduct.

Mens Rea 93

Mens Rea Government Criminal Law Court 93

JURIST

APRIL 15, 2024

The party briefs mostly focused on the word “rewarded” in the statute. A broad and unclear definition of “corruptly”, she argued, would chill gift-giving to public officials as well as to employees of private entities covered by the statute. I feel like we’re in a Senate room drafting language [of a statute].

Statute 129

Statute Government Lawyer Lawyers 129

SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 2, 2022

Justices Clarence Thomas and Amy Coney Barrett pressed both sides on where the standard for the exception comes from, noting that the phrases “good faith” and “honest effort” appear nowhere in the statute and that the entirety of the exception, which likewise does not specify an intent standard, is the product of regulation.

Mens Rea 98

Mens Rea Government Statute Court 98

The IP Law Blog

MARCH 2, 2021

The Court noted that the statute immediately “spells trouble for Fossil and the circuit precedent on which it relies.” 7 While the statute makes willfulness a prerequisite to a pro?ts Because most of the language in the statute stands contrary to Fossil’s position, Fossil focused on the phrase “subject to the principles of equity.”

Manufacturing 52

Manufacturing Mens Rea Contract Tort 52

LexForti

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Before establishment of this statute, there was the absence of any special law which could be entirely designated for the offenses perpetrated against minors. Because of this, the necessity of maintaining the gender neutrality of the statute arose since several young males are also subjected to crimes of sexual nature.

Statute 52

Statute Court Mens Rea Legal 52