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Justices to consider scope of “clear and unmistakable error” review of Veterans Affairs decisions

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The relevant statute , regulating disability benefits, provides that “the United States will pay [compensation] to any veteran” who is “disabled” as a result of (1) “personal injury suffered or disease contracted in line of duty,” or (2) “aggravation of a preexisting injury suffered or disease contracted in line of duty.”

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The court’s latest dive into state sovereign immunity pits military veterans against state agencies

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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. Share In Torres v. The Texas supreme court declined to hear the case.

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Patients Went to This Isolated Facility for Treatment. Instead, Nearly Two Dozen Were Charged With Crimes.

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Williams has been diagnosed with an intellectual disability, bipolar disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder, and her personal story consists of one upheaval after another. But four months before the deputy showed up, a Choate employee who claimed Williams had forcefully shoved her asked her employer to pursue charges against the patient.

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Mayor Lightfoot Facing Media Outcry Over Reported Race-Based Access Policy

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The question is whether a race-criteria for reporters is not just actionable but whether the media is prepared to sue Lightfoot for discriminatory policies. The mayor’s office has thus far declined to respond to the stories. It is hard to find cases on discriminatory policies of access in the media.

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Voting Is Open! Pick the 15 Finalists to Compete At Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW 2024 in February

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Your votes determine the 15 companies selected to face off in a live pitch competition that will be the opening-night event of this year’s TECHSHOW, which is Feb. 14-17, 2024, in Chicago. They also get to exhibit in a special Startup Alley portion of the exhibit hall. Please review them. Once you have done so, you can FIND THE BALLOT HERE.

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Virginia Lawmakers Weigh Requiring Police in Schools

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Virginia legislators are poised this week to consider bills requiring schools to partner with local law enforcement agencies to employ at least one full-time school resource officer, the Virginia Mercury reports. . Delegate Karen Greenhalgh , a Republican who co-filed the bill with Sen. “The One opponent , Sen.

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Profile of a potential nominee: Leondra Kruger

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Kruger covered a wide range of stories, including a hearing on Cambridge’s affirmative-action policy, the 1994 Senate race between the late Sen. Share During a 2020 Democratic presidential primary debate, then-candidate Joe Biden pledged that, if elected, he would nominate a Black woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. as “only jealousy.”.

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