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Alabama governor signs bill aimed at protecting IVF following state supreme court ruling that embryos are children

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Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed a bill into law Wednesday night shielding in vitro fertilization (IVF) providers from legal liability, moments after it was passed by the legislature. The legislative effort to protect IVF providers from litigation followed criticism resulting from the Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling.

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Spooky Torts: The 2022 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

People are seeking the closure of the houses located in Summertown, Tennessee and Huntsville, Alabama. The retailer filed a motion for partial summary judgment as to plaintiffs’ cause of action for failure to warn. The trial court granted the motion and dismissed the actions against the manufacturers.

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Spooky Torts: The 2021 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

People are seeking the closure of the houses located in Summertown, Tennessee and Huntsville, Alabama. The retailer filed a motion for partial summary judgment as to plaintiffs’ cause of action for failure to warn. The trial court granted the motion and dismissed the actions against the manufacturers.

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What Do Startups Need to Know About Data Privacy Law?

Strictly Business

Rather, US law has relied mostly on private litigation and government enforcement actions under laws that predated the modern digital era. Cybersecurity incidents are often the precursor to investigations and possible enforcement actions by state attorneys general or the FTC.

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November 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. Alabama Federal Court Dismissed Challenge to TVA Environmental Review of Rate Changes for Distributed Energy. and non-U.S.

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Spooky Torts: The 2023 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

People are seeking the closure of the houses located in Summertown, Tennessee and Huntsville, Alabama. The retailer filed a motion for partial summary judgment as to plaintiffs’ cause of action for failure to warn. The trial court granted the motion and dismissed the actions against the manufacturers.

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Sandra Day O’Connor, first woman on the Supreme Court, dies at 93

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“This crabbed view of corruption,” O’Connor and Stevens concluded, “ignores precedent, common sense, and the realities of political fundraising exposed by the record in this litigation.” Just seven years later, Kennedy’s view would prevail. In Citizens United v. O’Connor’s opinion in Jackson v. In a letter to President George W.

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