Law 360

JANUARY 31, 2022

2022 will likely see courts grapple with the far-reaching implications of the 2021 decisions in Goldman Sachs v. Arkansas Teacher Retirement System and Pirani v. Slack, and lawsuits related to COVID-19, cybersecurity, cryptocurrency and other emerging issues, say attorneys at Willkie.

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CourtTechBulletin

DECEMBER 16, 2021

We were curious as to the status of online court help to the self-represented litigants as a good 2021 year-end wrapup article for the CTB? Colorado courts have a dedicated page for "Efiling for Non-Attorneys" at: [link] There are links to forms and video/written tutorials listed. We share what we found below.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 31, 2022

Share 2022 was a turbulent year for the Supreme Court. In May, a draft opinion by Justice Samuel Alito was leaked to the press , revealing that a majority of the court was poised to overturn the constitutional right to an abortion. Less than two months later, a divided court made that decision official, in Dobbs v.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 3, 2023

Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. who oversees the federal judiciary in addition to leading the nation’s highest court, released the federal judiciary’s year end report for 2022 on Friday. . Despite the Supreme Court’s 1954 decision in Brown v. Roberts, Jr., Wade was leaked in May 2022. schools. .

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Law 360

APRIL 27, 2021

asked an Arkansas federal court on Tuesday to make Walmart Inc. fork over $46 million in attorney fees and expenses based on a 40% award contingency fee from the startup's $115 million jury verdict against the retail giant over infringement of a food storage and technology patent. Zest Labs Inc.

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Law 360

JUNE 18, 2021

Arkansas Teacher Retirement System, the U.S. Supreme Court should reject Goldman's argument that its commitments to act with integrity were immaterial, and recognize the increasing weight of environmental, social and governance issues in investors' decision making, say attorneys at Motley Rice. In Goldman Sachs v.

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JURIST

AUGUST 26, 2022

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled Thursday that Arkansas may not prohibit doctors from providing gender-affirming care to transgender youth in the state. ” A federal judge granted plaintiff’s motion for preliminary injunction last year, and Arkansas appealed.

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Law 360

JUNE 21, 2021

Supreme Court’s ruling Monday in Goldman Sachs v. Arkansas Teacher Retirement System could serve as a mandate to courts to consider all relevant evidence at the class certification stage, even if the same evidence is also relevant to a merits question, say attorneys at Skadden.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Few people get the chance to watch an oral argument at the Supreme Court. As an artist who has been sketching the court for more than four decades , Lien has attended – and studied – hundreds of arguments. The world closed in to keep the virus out, and so did the court. 10, the court ruled unanimously in favor his clients. “I

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 27, 2021

attorneys declined between 2005 and 2019, although the conviction rate for hate crimes increased, according to a bulletin released by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) Thursdy. attorneys from federal judicial districts in all 50 states between 2005 and 2019, though crimes investigated by U.S.

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The Crime Report

MAY 17, 2021

Under the law, people who committed crimes when they were under 25-years-old can petition courts to reduce their sentences after serving 15 years. Across the country in California, lawmakers recently passed Assembly Bill 2942, allowing district attorneys to request resentencing for anyone in their county.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

She contacted the Minneapolis police officer at the scene and shifted blame to Mohamud and her friends, according to court documents. Because of Weyker’s statements, which one court described as “ lies and manipulation ,” Mohamud and her friends were arrested on suspicion of tampering with a federal witness. Supreme Court.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Supreme Court recently granted certiorari in Counterman v. When meeting with an attorney to determine what she could take to protect herself from Counterman, C.W. The Colorado Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction. ” As the appeals court explained, “[i]n the absence of additional guidance from the U.S. .”

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Tennessee is not only the Supreme Court’s first oral argument of the 2021-22 term, but it is also the first time that states have asked the court to weigh in on how they should share an interstate aquifer. Mississippi first came to the court in 2014. Mississippi first came to the court in 2014. Share Mississippi v.

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LawSites

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Attorneys practicing divorce and family law have certain basic needs. DivorceHelp123 provides state and county specific court documents and calculations including complex financial affidavits. DivorceHelp123 enables attorneys to create multiple asset distribution scenarios based on the financial information in the case.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

A federal district court in Missouri Monday issued a preliminary injunction halting the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate for health care workers in 10 states. ” The 10 states where the injunction has effect are Alaska, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming. .”

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Several Tennessee families of transgender children filed a petition with the US Supreme Court Wednesday asking that the Court strike down a Tennessee state law that bans gender-affirming care, alleging that the ban is unconstitutional and would cause their children “severe physical and emotional harm.”

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The Fashion Law

APRIL 28, 2021

This is the message that is being sent by way of a handful of new ESG-centric lawsuits, including one that recently landed before the Supreme Court, and new efforts being carried out by the Biden Administration, which “may be a harbinger of a wave of litigation in coming years.”. is a top priority for Equifax.’”.

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Patently O

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

That’s because current disclosure of litigation funding relies on a patchwork of state law, court rules, self-reporting, FOIA requests, leaks to journalists, and funding pitches. As such, the Federal District Court of Delaware has recently found itself at the center of this high-stakes debate about transparency and the purpose of the courts.

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LegalTalkNetwork

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

He is only the second attorney from his state to head the ABA. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and Bill Choyke, senior strategist for the American Bar Association discuss what it was like to be a Jewish lawyer during the time of the Third Reich and how those who made it survived. hails from Butte, Montana. Baker of the U.S.

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JURIST

JANUARY 31, 2024

The US Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals declined Tuesday to rehear with the full Eighth Circuit panel of judges a prior appeals court decision curtailing private organizations’ ability to sue under section two of the Voting Rights Act for alleged racial gerrymandering in redistricting decisions.

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Paralegal Mentor

MAY 16, 2014

Orr, of Orr Willhite, PLC in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Last year, Tulsa Business & Legal News named him to its 2013 class of Power Attorneys & Legal Professionals, and was named the 2013 Paralegal of the Year by Avansic and the Tulsa County Bar Association. Griffin of the Pima County Superior Court in Tucson, Arizona.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

We recently discussed a federal court ruling that the Texas law requiring age verification and warning for porn sites was unconstitutional. Now, Judge Timothy Brooks in Arkansas has found that another state law imposing age verification requirements for social media violates the First Amendment. In Netchoice, LLC v.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 22, 2021

Share The Supreme Court’s Monday decision in Goldman Sachs Group v. Arkansas Teacher Retirement System will not be remembered as one of the court’s seminal securities cases. The Supreme Court has an answer for that: Its 1988 decision in Basic Inc. Indeed, it might not even change the result in the case before it.

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HowAppealing

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

“Federal Court Moves to Drastically Weaken Voting Rights Act; The ruling, which is almost certain to be appealed to the Supreme Court, would effectively bar private citizens and civil rights groups from suing under a key provision of the landmark law”: Nick Corasaniti of The New York Times has this report.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 21, 2023

There is a new and interesting development in Arkansas where attorneys for Lunden Alexis Roberts have prepared a list of witnesses for the upcoming proceedings involving Hunter Biden’s daughter, Navy. Despite these efforts, Hunter Biden appears to going his level best to force the issue in Arkansas.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 30, 2022

She later deleted her account (likely after her attorney regained consciousness). Courts regularly exclude injuries associated with the exercise of free speech or artistic expression. in the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego, alleged negligence and assault. Again, the court agreed.

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JURIST

JUNE 25, 2022

Abortion policy is now in the hands of the states following the US Supreme Court’s Friday decision in Dobbs v. ” Biden emphasized that this is the first time the court has revoked a constitutional right, calling it a “sad day for the court and for the country.” Wade and Planned Parenthood v.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Courts regularly exclude injuries associated with the exercise of free speech or artistic expression. in the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego, alleged negligence and assault. However, Superior Court Judge Katherine Bacal granted a motion to dismiss based on assumption of the risk. Again, the court agreed.

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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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JURIST

JULY 3, 2023

A group of seven Georgia parents and children filed a suit in state court Friday attempting to block the state’s ban on gender-affirming healthcare for minors, including hormone therapy, surgery and other “irreversible procedures.” Oklahoma agreed to halt its ban in May as legal proceedings continue.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 30, 2021

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit Friday against the Biden administration, seeking a declaration that the administration’s mandate that all federal contractor employees get vaccinated against COVID-19 by December 8 th is unconstitutional. In addition to the Texas lawsuit, a joint lawsuit was filed in the U.S.

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JURIST

MARCH 13, 2021

The Supreme Court issued Thursday a one-line docket entry removing two consolidated Medicaid cases from its March argument calendar. Gresham and Arkansas v. However, Arkansas’s attorney general, Leslie Rutledge, filed an opposition to the motion to vacate the cases. The two cases, Azar v.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 18, 2022

Share The Supreme Court on Monday morning issued orders from the justices’ private conference last Thursday. Love came to the Supreme Court last summer, asking the justices to decide whether allowing Niesman to sit on the jury even after Love’s attorney had challenged him violated Love’s constitutional rights.

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JURIST

MARCH 31, 2022

” Florida attorney general Ashley Moody called the mandate “shortsighted, heavy-handed and unlawful,” and claimed that it was “causing chaos on public transportation.” ” The complaint asks the court to hold that the mandate is unlawful and issue a permanent injunction against its enforcement. .”

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 30, 2023

On June 15, 2023, the court issued the ultimate judgment not only on the torts claims but perhaps the state of our politics. Louis, a Missouri court was faced with a claim from Carly Munoz who in 2019 sent to Six Flags’ Fright Fest with her cousin. Griffen then appealed and the attorney for the Haunted Hotel quoted Hunter S.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Four states – Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin – urged the Supreme Court on Thursday afternoon to reject Texas’ efforts to overturn the 2020 election. First, the states stressed, Texas’ lawsuit does not fall within the narrow category of cases in which the Supreme Court should exercise its original jurisdiction.

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