ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The decision, formally communicated to the parties on July 27, marks a pivotal moment in climate litigation. However, the Supreme Court found that the Spanish Government had complied with the Paris Agreement and the EU legislation. Spain II Decision Fast forward to June 2023, and the Supreme Court’s final ruling on Greenpeace v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 22, 2022

As noted at the end of last year, 2021 was significant for climate litigation, with several decisions worldwide providing a fresh look at stakeholder responsibility for climate change. In June 2022, the Prague Municipal Court ruled in Klimatická žaloba ČR v. By Maria Antonia Tigre. Photo by Matt Palmer on Unsplash. In Smith v.

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JURIST

MARCH 20, 2024

Much of Wednesday’s oral arguments focused on the Supreme Court case Nieves v. In that case, the court ruled that probable cause to make an arrest defeats a claim that the arrest was in retaliation for speech protected by the US Constitution’s First Amendment. Attorney Anya A. Attorney Lisa S.

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LegalReader

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Donato, an attorney who represents the Buffalo, New York Catholic Diocese, indicated the state’s Attorney General Letitia James’ lawsuit against his the church is no more than a “publicity stunt.” He also suggested it may have violated bankruptcy court rules that are in place to protect bankrupt entities.

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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

MARCH 22, 2024

Most attorneys should probably be ruled by their calendars, with law practices running on deadlines. That’s especially true for litigation firms, which take direction from court rules and judges about when and how things get done.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The latest order from the panel enjoins the state of Alabama from using the 2023 map, finding that it continues to perpetuate the same Section 2 violations that the panel identified during previous litigation. The case has not only been before the same judicial panel once before, it has also made its way to the US Supreme Court.

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Law 360

APRIL 3, 2024

A leading attorney for the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in favor of a Macquarie Infrastructure Corp. investor would be unlikely to open the "floodgates" to private disclosure litigation, as the company claims, reminding a Washington, D.C., audience Wednesday that the agency is backing the investor before the high court.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that Texas appealed Moses’ decision. The appeal will go to the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. This is not the only litigation concerning Texas taking steps to block immigration into the state from Mexico.

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Attorney at Work

AUGUST 25, 2021

Here’s good news: There are now a variety of cutting-edge cloud-based tools available for litigators, ranging from software designed to streamline the pre-trial process to mobile apps created for use in the courtroom. This is because deadlines are an inescapable part of your practice if you’re a litigator.

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Law 360

MAY 22, 2023

Supreme Court ruled last week, prompting attorneys to review current patents and applications and look closely at enablement in litigation and prosecution. The same patent enablement standard that has existed for centuries must be applied to modern antibody patents, the U.S.

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JURIST

JANUARY 10, 2023

” However, the Ugandan Attorneys General Office countered his claim. The court rejected this idea. In their decision, the court ruled the wording violated article 28 in its failure to provide notice. Amendments to a different section the Computer Misuse Act in 2022 are currently under litigation.

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Symphony Bronzeville Park, holding that the state’s workers' compensation law does not preclude claims for statutory damages under the Biometric Information Privacy Act, clarifies a critical question in BIPA jurisprudence, likely increasing the risk of related litigation, say attorneys at Paul Hastings.

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JURIST

APRIL 6, 2023

In 2021 a federal district court ruled that the government was partially responsible for the deaths due to negligence. The settlement issued Wednesday will resolve all appeals from this ruling. Today’s announcement brings the litigation to a close, ending a painful chapter for the victims of this unthinkable crime.

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JURIST

JULY 28, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Monday upheld an award of $1,143,627.96 in litigation expenses for the League of Women Voters of Missouri against Missouri Secretary of State John Ashcroft in a dispute over voter registration. in fees and $27,484.15

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JURIST

JUNE 29, 2022

Jackson Women’s Health Organization will sway the court. Reynolds also cited a June 17 Iowa Supreme Court ruling which held that there is no fundamental right to abortion under the Iowa Constitution, overruling a 2018 decision by the same court. Reynolds fully intends to do that work.”.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 4, 2024

This week, we highlight petitions that ask the court to consider, among other things, whether the 2nd Circuit’s decision in December granting the state an early-stage victory in the litigation ran afoul of the Second Amendment. Agreeing with the challengers, the lower courts put different parts of the law on hold.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

In fairness, the Missouri case involved a pro se litigant, not a lawyer, but that pro se litigant claimed to have gotten the citations from a lawyer he hired through the internet. Karlen , the unwitting litigant filed an appellate brief in which 22 of 24 cases were fictitious. The court was not sympathetic.

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Law 360

AUGUST 29, 2022

Attorneys for Tesla Inc. stockholders have told the Delaware Supreme Court that "four decades of carefully crafted jurisprudence" would be upended and a key entire fairness standard rendered "a paper tiger" if the justices let stand a trial court ruling in litigation over Tesla's purchase of SolarCity.

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Day on Torts

MARCH 12, 2021

Where plaintiff alleged that defendant attorney fraudulently charged a higher hourly rate than what was agreed upon, the trial court should have engaged in a three-factor analysis to determine whether the written fee agreement could be used to defeat the fraud claim. In Vazeen v. M2019-01395-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. internal citation omitted).

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JURIST

MARCH 20, 2024

The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Yonas Fikre’s challenge to his previous placement on the No Fly List can proceed, rejecting the government’s claim that his removal from the list rendered the lawsuit void. The decision, however, is seen as a victory for those who criticize the No Fly List as being overly inclusive.

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Law 360

APRIL 22, 2021

Uber can't force one of its California drivers to arbitrate his suit accusing the ride-hailing company of misclassifying drivers as independent contractors rather than employees, a state appeals court ruled, saying the company can't enforce a litigation waiver of Private Attorneys General Act claims.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

We deal with deadlines, court rules, and client demands, adding to daily pressures to perform. This difficult boss can be an attorney, office manager, or maybe even a paralegal manager. I have also experienced being hired on to a firm only to have a switch in attorney support. The legal community is a small one.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 10, 2022

In 2009, the Supreme Court ruled in District Attorney’s Office v. An inmate whose efforts to obtain DNA testing under state law have been unsuccessful, the court ruled, must show that state law denies him his right to due process.

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Day on Torts

MARCH 11, 2022

When the brother was admitted, plaintiff filled out admission paperwork, including an arbitration agreement, as plaintiff had a durable power of attorney for healthcare executed by the brother and naming plaintiff as the attorney-in-fact. In Welch v. National Health Corp. , 3d 876 (Tenn.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 22, 2023

786), the Beijing First Intermediate People’s Court ruled to recognize a German court’s bankruptcy ruling based on the principle of reciprocity. 3, where the Beijing Fourth Intermediate People’s Court ruled to recognize and enforce a trademark judgment of the Korean Supreme Court. 99 Trade Co.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

There is an interesting fight brewing in Kentucky between Attorney General Daniel Cameron and Gov. Beshear has correctly cited a major victory recently before the Kentucky Supreme Court — an unanimous decision in favor of his authority to issue pandemic orders. Andy Beshear. That case is being widely cited, including by Gov.

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Patently O

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The first sides with Promptu on claim construction – remanding the case back to the Pennsylvania district court for further development. The second concludes that reprimands Comcast’s attorney for trying to sneak-in extra words into its appellate brief. This post will focus on the second case.

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Day on Torts

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The trial court also found that “the TPPA requires an award of attorney’s fees when an action is dismissed under that chapter” and it asked the prevailing parties’ attorneys to submit fee affidavits within fifteen days of the entry of the dismissal order. Plaintiff appealed the TPPA dismissal from that June 24 th order.

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Patently O

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Stroud is General Counsel at Unified Patents – an organization often adverse to litigation-funded entities. [1] litigation finance boom of the past 20 years—as has been widely reported, private equity now undergirds huge swaths of U.S. Guest post by Jonathan Stroud. Patent assertion finance today is a multibillion-dollar business. [2]

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JURIST

APRIL 19, 2022

Transgender Attorney Sheryl Ring Monday won a lawsuit in US district court with a stipulation that Illinois attorney ethics rules do not allow discrimination based on gender identity. In her complaint, Ring stated that she experienced daily discrimination from both attorneys and judges as a result of her gender identity.

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LawSites

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Milana makes it easy to select trigger events leveraging the CompuLaw rules engine. Features of Milana include: CompuLaw’s court rules with matter-level exclusions, covering more than 2,000 jurisdictions across all 50 states. Milana offers color-coded calendar views, with smart filtering by cases and/or timekeepers.

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MyCase

DECEMBER 19, 2022

With everything from client appointments and prospect consultations to shifting statutory and court rules, it’s easy to forget to log a deadline. But that’s not an option in litigation—there are usually dire consequences that negatively impact profitability. . Oftentimes, the most responsive attorney wins the business. .

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 29, 2024

The district court ruled for Medical Marijuana and the other companies on Horn’s RICO claim. The companies came to the Supreme Court last fall, asking the justices to take up the case and weigh in.

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Attorney at Work

JUNE 22, 2022

QUESTION: I’ve represented an individual client for almost 20 years in various transactional and litigation matters. So, what should lawyers do if they begin to notice a change in a client’s behavior and become uncomfortable with the client’s ability to properly contribute to the attorney-client relationship? Comment 5).

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The IP Law Blog

JULY 20, 2023

Schreier), the court granted the defendant’s motion to compel and awarded monetary sanctions after the plaintiff failed to respond at all to discovery requests that the plaintiff had objected to as overbroad because the court ruled the plaintiff “still had an obligation to respond to the extent it did not object.”

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Patently O

MAY 3, 2021

Although Tormasi began the prosecution pro se, he later worked with John Kane, a Trenton-based patent attorney, to push through to issuance. Rather than reaching the merits, the district court dismissed the case on procedural grounds. In 2019 Tormasi sued Western Digital in the N.D. Does Lewis v.

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DigitalParalegalServices

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Technology is revolutionizing legal processes, court functions, and how many attorneys and firms work and manage cases. Attorneys should also encourage the paralegals they work with to advance their technology knowledge, as well seek tech savvy paralegals to assist them with their cases. ABA Model Rule of Professional Conduct 1.6

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