SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 22, 2021

This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, the federal government’s state-secrets privilege to protect classified information from disclosure. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit allowed discovery in the case to proceed. In United States v. California.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 28, 2022

Texas Department of Public Safety , to be argued on Tuesday, the Supreme Court will decide whether a private individual can sue his state-agency employer for violating the federal Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994. The Texas supreme court declined to hear the case. Share In Torres v.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Share Mary Ziegler is a law professor at Florida State University and the author of Abortion and the Law in America: Roe v. 8 was scheduled to take effect, the providers came to the Supreme Court with an emergency application seeking to block the law. The same, of course, was true of the Supreme Court’s response.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 2, 2022

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The court on Monday granted review in four consolidated cases that involve the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978. A short explanation of relists is available here.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 20, 2022

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. At this Friday’s conference, the Supreme Court will thus begin the process of considering what cases to review next fall during October Term 2022. The district court and U.S.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 18, 2023

Supreme Court Precedent . To determine if a financial instrument qualifies as an investment contract and thus a security, both regulators and those in the crypto industry look to the precedent established in the1946 landmark Supreme Court case SEC v. Howey owned large tracts of Florida citrus groves. Howey Co. .

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 16, 2021

Florida’s Medicaid agency paid for the bulk of her treatment. After filing a civil suit against the truck driver and others, her parents recovered $800,000 in a court-approved settlement. The Medicaid agency then sought $300,000 of this amount to cover Gallardo’s past medical expenses. In Gallardo v. In Castañon v.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Share The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to weigh in on the constitutionality of controversial laws in Texas and Florida that would regulate how large social media companies like Facebook and X (formerly known as Twitter) control content posted on their sites. The Florida law, known as S.B. The Texas law, known as H.B.

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JURIST

JUNE 24, 2023

The US Supreme Court ruled Friday in US v. The crux of the case rests on Article III of the US Constitution, which governs the Court’s judicial purview. The crux of the case rests on Article III of the US Constitution, which governs the Court’s judicial purview. Justice Kavanaugh writes, quoting Linda R.S. :

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 10, 2024

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. At last week’s conference, the Supreme Court had 472 petitions and applications before it – including three new relists, which yielded (so far) zero grants. Court of Appeals for the D.C.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The Supreme Court is back. On Monday, the court granted nine petitions from the enormous number that built up over the summer. A short explanation of relists is available here.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A person held in state prison can challenge the constitutionality of their criminal conviction in federal court through a legal tool known as a writ of habeas corpus. In Clements v.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

APRIL 22, 2024

Supreme Court heard oral arguments in six cases last week, with two potential First Amendment blockbusters before the Court. The Second Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed the free speech claims , determining that Vullo is entitled to qualified immunity. Supreme Court granted certiorari on November 3, 2023.

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SCOTUSBlog

AUGUST 25, 2023

Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. This week, we highlight cert petitions that ask the court to consider, among other things, a First Amendment challenge against efforts by another populous state, California, to regulate online content.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 19, 2024

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. 23 conference and the April 12 conference — that’s six conferences — the Supreme Court relisted just one new case. The court denied review of nine-time relist Compton v. Between the Feb.

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LegalTalkNetwork

MAY 23, 2017

firms, government agencies, international tribunals, and corporations this collection of professionals harbors the power and influence to shape world economies in their daily work. Department of Justice, Federal Reserve Board, Office of the Attorney General from various states, US District Court judges, top U.S.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court decision that vacated the listing of the Beringia distinct population segment (DPS) of the Pacific bearded seal subspecies as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). West Virginia Federal Court Ordered EPA to Evaluate Clean Air Act’s Impacts on Coal Industry.

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LegalTalkNetwork

JULY 3, 2019

This year was the 69th anniversary of The Florida Bar’s Annual Convention which was held in Boca Raton, Florida at the beautiful Boca Raton Resort and Club. Attendees had a cornucopia of special events and sessions to choose from, including 83 credits worth of CLE programming and a luncheon featuring Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 30, 2022

Share The Supreme Court heard oral argument on Tuesday in Torres v. The case was brought by a military veteran against his state-agency employer under the federal Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994. Prior precedent (including Seminole Tribe of Florida v.

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ALPS

JANUARY 27, 2021

It was Hillary Bass out of Florida, appointed Terry to lead the working group to advance wellbeing in the legal profession, which was an all-star group of people who were responsible for launching the ABA’s Employer Wellbeing Pledge two years ago, which has been wildly successful. BREE: Yeah, well here’s the thank you.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 4, 2023

But that hasn’t stopped some from promoting his methods and even deploying 911 call analysis in court to win convictions. She said she disguised 911 call analysis in court by “getting creative … without calling it ‘science.’”. “I Searches for 911 call analysis in national court dockets come up virtually empty too.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The US Supreme Court released orders Friday and Monday after its September “long conference.” ” The court granted certiorari for 12 cases Friday and two cases Monday for its Winter term, to be argued in January or February. The court also granted dozens of procedural orders in other ongoing cases.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Biggs claimed that despite the act’s passage, US Attorney General Merrick Garland told Marshals to “avoid arresting protestors” at the homes of multiple Supreme Court Justices after a leaked copy of the court’s proposed ruling in the abortion rights case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health circulated.

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JURIST

MARCH 26, 2024

Today I attended oral arguments at the US Supreme Court for Food and Drug Administration v. I last attended oral arguments at the Supreme Court in the Trump v. The court swore in about 20 lawyers to the bar association from multiple states, including Florida and Massachusetts.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Federal Court in Rhode Island Allowed Failure-to-Adapt Claims to Proceed. The federal district court for the District of Rhode Island for the most part denied a motion to dismiss a citizen suit asserting that Shell Oil Products US and other defendants (Shell) failed to prepare a terminal in Providence for the impacts of climate change.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 12, 2022

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. At this Friday’s conference, the Supreme Court will vote to grant the last cases that will be argued this term (barring expedited briefing on some emergency matter). The court earlier asked for the U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. But in one of those cases, the court’s denial of review prompted two justices to object. Two financial associations sued the CFPB after the agency issued a rule cracking down on payday lenders.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Fourth Circuit Declined to Stay Remand Order in Baltimore’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies; Companies Sought Stay from Supreme Court. Supreme Court. The district court previously extended the stay of the remand order pending the Fourth Circuit’s resolution of the companies’ stay motion.) BP p.l.c. ,

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JURIST

JUNE 24, 2023

Biden signed the order nearly one year after the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Dobbs v. ” While contraception was not explicitly targeted in the court’s Dobbs decision, it is connected to an individual’s fundamental privacy right to health—which used to include access to abortion.

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Above The Law

AUGUST 15, 2023

Yet again, the government agency making the most direct, tangible impact for people is the one that still worries that every election might be its last. Bloomberg Law News ] * Justice Department urges Supreme Court to deal with unconstitutional social media laws out of Texas and Florida.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 15, 2024

Government agencies have, for years, encouraged social media companies to restrict harmful or illegal content, from terrorism to human trafficking. Doughty issued an order that limited communications between the White House and several other government agencies with social media companies about virtually all content.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Some things are happily left out of the courts. One such case now in court was brought by Amanda DuVall, 28. She is asking for $75,000 but Walmart moved the case to federal court and is contesting the case. The court held that the reckless driving was a foreseeable response of teenagers to the promise of free concert tickets.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Share The Supreme Court on Friday granted a request from the Biden administration to temporarily block a lower court’s order that would limit the ability of government officials to communicate with social media companies about their content moderation policies. The Biden administration came to the Supreme Court on Sept.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 23, 2021

The United States Supreme Court Wednesday announced that it will be holding a special hearing next month to assess the legality of two federal mandates implemented by the Biden Administration mandating COVID-19 vaccines in the workplace. Both of these mandates have been challenged in multiple federal courts throughout the country.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 6, 2018

Federal Court Denied Oakland and San Francisco Motions to Return Climate Change Nuisance Cases to State Court; Found Federal Common Law of Nuisance Could Apply, Despite AEP v. The court dispensed with the cities’ three primary arguments for remanding the cases. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 107.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 9, 2021

Hawai‘i Federal Court Sent Honolulu’s and Maui’s Climate Cases Back to State Court; Fossil Fuel Companies Appealed. The federal district court for the District of Hawai‘i remanded cases brought by the City and County of Honolulu and the County of Maui seeking to hold fossil fuel companies liable for climate change-related damages.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 4, 2024

Supreme Court, an array of marquee cases tends to draw all of the attention. Vullo deals with the growing effort by government agencies to target the advertisers of conservative and dissenting websites to kill the funding for opposing views. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit refused to allow the NRA to prove its case.

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