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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 parole eligibility issue for young-adult offenders

At the Lectern

The prosecution acted under a Los Angeles County District Attorney directive to not contest certain resentencing petitions in felony-murder cases. Division One said, “as with any other stipulation, the court must make its own determination of whether the matter to which the parties have stipulated is consistent with the law.”

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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

Share This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, the scope of the First Amendment — specifically, whether a law forbidding clandestine recordings is overbroad and whether a state may require individuals to carry identification cards labeled “SEX OFFENDER.”

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

Each month, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP (APKS) and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. A number of different parties had lined up on either side of the issue of whether EPA’s stay was lawful. and non-U.S. United States , No.

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Judicial Clemency Does Not Forgive Sex Offender Registration

The Crime Report

1994 to 2023 Prior to 1994, there were few states that required offenders convicted of sex offenses to register with local authorities—a registration that allows local law enforcement to monitor the location of sex offenders in their jurisdiction. The Texas Legislature in 1991 enacted the state’s first sex offender registration program.

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

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. South Dakota Federal Court Granted Preliminary Injunction Against Enforcement of Laws Targeting Pipeline Protesters. and non-U.S.

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