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US Supreme Court hears arguments on relief available under disability protection laws

JURIST

IDEA requires complainants to “exhaust” the administrative process before beginning litigation. The district court found that Perez had not exhausted all administrative efforts when he settled before a hearing on his claims. Dvoretzky responded that Perez should have negotiated a better outcome for his IDEA settlement.

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Justice Mahmud Jamal becomes first person of color to sit on Canada Supreme Court

JURIST

The board’s recommendations are non-binding; the list was then reviewed by interested parties including the Chief Justice, provincial and territorial Attorneys-General, Cabinet Ministers, and opposition justice critics. It speaks to his long career as a litigator before his appointment to the Ontario Court of Appeal in 2019.

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When do legal observers at protests get First Amendment protection?

SCOTUSBlog

This week, we highlight petitions that ask the court to consider, among other things, whether words displayed on hats worn at a protest by legal observers – attorneys who document the treatment of demonstrators’ civil rights – can entitle them to sue police who suppressed the rally. Louis, Missouri. In Molina v. Ratzloff v.

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New York sues New Jersey over compact governing Port of New York and New Jersey

SCOTUSBlog

New York maintains that the terms of the compact provide that only Congress can repeal it and that, insofar as the compact represents a federal statute, its breach violates federal law. In earlier litigation, the Waterfront Commission sued the New Jersey governor to prevent him from enforcing the law. However, the U.S.

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Women of Legal Tech: Julie Saltman

LawTechnologyToday

Julie founded Standd after over a decade practicing law, mostly as a trial attorney at the U.S. At DOJ, Julie served in the Tax Division, Civil Division, and Federal Programs Branch, where she handled cases raising complex regulatory and administrative law questions in federal trial and appellate courts across the US.

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DOJ Re-Brands Guidance Documents

FDA Law Blog

This policy, announced by then Associate Attorney General Rachel Brand in 2018 was referred to as the Brand Memo. As a matter of administrative law, the Brand Memo made good sense from the perspective of FDA-regulated industry, as we described here.

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Parties to TEGNA Deal Seek Full Commission Review of Hearing Designation Order – Looking at the Process They are Trying to Avoid 

Broadcast Law Blog

Last week, broadcasters and broadcast journalists were abuzz with discussions of the FCC’s Media Bureau issuing a hearing designation order referring to an Administrative Law Judge questions about the proposed acquisition of the TEGNA broadcast stations by Standard General Broadcasting.