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Supreme Court will decide parole eligibility issue for young-adult offenders

At the Lectern

The published portion of the Second District, Division One, partially published opinion held it was OK for the superior court to reject the prosecution’s stipulation that the defendant was entitled to resentencing for a 1981 murder. Gascón (see here ). Chocolate fraud. Walmart, Inc. ” (Published opinion here.)

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Supreme Court to decide police immunity issue highlighted by law review article authored by now Court of Appeal justice

At the Lectern

” The article’s author is Frank Menetrez , who now is a justice on the court that decided Leon , although he did not sit on the case. .” ” The article’s author is Frank Menetrez , who now is a justice on the court that decided Leon , although he did not sit on the case.

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Supreme Court will decide appeal timeliness issue

At the Lectern

” In dismissing the fair housing claims, the superior court had relied on the opinion in AIDS Healthcare Foundation v. ” The dissenter said she was “confounded by [the superior court’s] failure to try more [felony trials for in-custody defendants] after fully reopening in June 2021.”

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What is the Impact on Broadcasters of Supreme Court Decision that Corporations Can Buy Political Ads? More Money, More Ad Challenges and the Return of the Zapple Doctrine

Broadcast Law Blog

The Supreme Court Decision in Citizens United v. Because the station cannot censor the candidate ad (except in the exceptionally rare situation where the airing of the ad might violate a Federal felony statute), the broadcaster has no liability for the contents of the ad. How much investigation is necessary?

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First Amendment questions and California arbitration battles

SCOTUSBlog

Rollins challenges a Massachusetts law that makes it a felony to secretly record the speech of anyone other than a law enforcement officer, irrespective of motive. whose attorneys contribute to SCOTUSblog in various capacities, is counsel to the respondents in this case. Project Veritas Action Fund v. In Viking River Cruises, Inc.

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

New York Trial Court Set Parameters for Exxon’s Compliance with Attorney General’s Climate Change Investigation. The court indicated that the attorney general had broad power to propound the interrogatories. Exxon Said Federal Court Should Not Dismiss Its Constitutional Claims Against Attorneys General.

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Judicial Clemency Does Not Forgive Sex Offender Registration

The Crime Report

A few months later in 2007 Lane was arrested and charged with a third-degree felony for failure to register as a sex offender. His criminal defense attorney, however, managed to secure a 10-year plea deal which he accepted in October 2007. Lane did not keep the appointment. That is where Lane’s case took a bizarre, convoluted turn.

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