JURIST

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The UK Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a Guantanamo Bay prisoner held by the US can bring a claim in the English and Welsh courts against UK authorities. The preliminary issue for the courts in this case was which law applied to the torts allegedly committed while Zubaydah was being held in these six countries.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 4, 2024

Once again, a friendly reminder about sending your clients to attorneys with specialized experience in assisted reproductive technology when entering such contracts. The post Oregon Supreme Court Rules On Messy Multimillionaire Heir, Egg Donor Case appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

JANUARY 1, 2023

The Arizona Court of Appeals ruled Friday that licensed physicians can legally perform abortions insofar as the fetus is less than 15 weeks old. In September 2022, a trial court ruled that a 1901 near-total abortion ban could be enforced following Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization.

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HowAppealing

APRIL 27, 2023

“State Attorneys General Lose Bid to Revive Facebook Antitrust Case; An appeals court ruled against a bipartisan coalition of states that sued Meta Platforms”: Jan Wolfe of The Wall Street Journal has this report. ” You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2023

“Louisiana State Bar violated lawyers’ free speech rights, appeals court rules”: Daniel Wiessner of Reuters has this report. ” You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. .” ” You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S.

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JURIST

AUGUST 2, 2022

A Michigan Court of Appeals Monday ruled that the state Attorney General cannot enforce Michigan’s dormant abortion ban but local county prosecutors can. The case stems from a Michigan Court of Claims order from May 17. Thus, county prosecutors are local, not state, actors.

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JURIST

JUNE 13, 2022

The US Supreme Court Monday ruled in two separate cases that undocumented immigrants who are detained for more than six months are not entitled to a bond hearing. The Supreme Court reversed the Third Circuit’s decision. The Supreme Court reversed the Third Circuit’s decision.

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JURIST

MARCH 26, 2021

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the attorney general’s office does not have authority under the consumer protection law to sue natural gas exploration firms over their leasing practices. Therefore, the defendants asserted that they were not subject to action under the UTPCPL.

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Supreme Court's unanimous decision Thursday in favor of a UBS whistleblower has solidified whistleblower protections across a wide range of industries, with one attorney saying the ruling has made the Sarbanes-Oxley Act the most pro-employee labor law in the country.

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JURIST

JULY 4, 2023

On Monday, 3rd July, the High Court of Kenya declared President William Ruto’s appointment of 50 Chief Administrative Secretaries (CAS) as unconstitutional. COURT RULES the creation of 50 Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) positions did not comply with the Constitution. She files this dispatch from Nairobi.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Wednesday ruled that two South Carolina school disturbance laws cannot be used to prosecute students for disruptive behavior. ” The court held that the two laws are unconstitutionally vague “as applied to elementary and secondary school students.”

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 19, 2024

Share The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that a lawsuit filed by an Oregon man who was placed on the No Fly List can go forward even after the government has removed him from the list and pledged not to return him to it “based on the currently available information.” The decision was a victory for Yonas Fikre, a U.S. But the U.S.

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JURIST

AUGUST 6, 2023

However, mere hours later the Texas state attorney general’s office appealed the order to the Texas State Supreme Court, putting the ban fully back into place until the State Supreme Court rules on the order. This filing automatically stayed the injunctive order until the state supreme court rules.

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JURIST

JUNE 30, 2021

The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Tuesday in PennEast Pipeline Co. The district court ruled in favor of PennEast Pipeline, but the Third Circuit vacated the order. In an opinion delivered by Chief Justice John Roberts, the US Supreme Court reinstated the district court order in favor of PennEast Pipeline.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 3, 2021

The Superior Court of Glynn County, Georgia ruled on Friday that Ahmaud Arbery’s mental health records could not be used as evidence in the trial against the three white men accused of killing the 25-year-old Black man. Superior Court Judge William R. Arbery was unarmed. Jury selection is scheduled to begin on October 18.

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HowAppealing

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Supreme Court to review the state court ruling that freed Bill Cosby; District Attorney Kevin Steele is appealing a June ruling that set Bill Cosby free”: Laura McCrystal of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report. “Montgomery County DA asks U.S.

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JURIST

MAY 24, 2022

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) Monday denied ExxonMobil Corp.’s The Office of Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey released a statement following the SJC’s decision affirming the rejection of ExxonMobil’s “ anti-SLAPP ” motion to dismiss by the Suffolk Superior Court.

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JURIST

JANUARY 26, 2021

The US Supreme Court Monday vacated lower court rulings in a case related to Texas’ ban on most abortions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Later, Attorney General Ken Paxton issued a statement declaring that the order applied to all types of abortions. Planned Parenthood sued the Texas government over the issue.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 15, 2020

In a per curiam opinion on Monday, the US Supreme Court ruled that the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit erred in overturning the death sentence of inmate George Kayer, who robbed and murdered his companion on a gambling trip in Laughlin, Nevada, in 1994. A trial court jury found Kayer guilty of first-degree murder.

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JURIST

MARCH 20, 2024

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday on the case Gonzalez v. The case is an appeal from the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which ruled against the councilwoman. Much of Wednesday’s oral arguments focused on the Supreme Court case Nieves v. Attorney Anya A. Attorney Lisa S.

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JANUARY 26, 2021

“Supreme Court wipes out lower court rulings in Texas abortion battle; The governor ordered a halt to nonessential medical procedures last year, which the attorney general then said applied to ‘any type of abortions'”: Pete Williams of NBC News has this report.

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JURIST

APRIL 9, 2024

Arizona’s Supreme Court found on Tuesday that a 159-year-old law banning abortion is enforceable following the US Supreme Court’s 2022 decision to overturn abortion rights case Roe v Wade, sending a 52-year-old case back to trial court. The 2022 ruling Dobbs v. The case, Planned Parenthood v.

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AUGUST 6, 2021

A Supreme Court ruling has some wondering. Two Penn grads, both attorneys, wrote to the league connecting the ban on scholarships to a denial of education-related benefits.” “Can the Ivy League continue to ban athletic scholarships? ” Mike Jensen of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

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JURIST

MARCH 15, 2022

The Australian Federal Court Tuesday overturned a ruling that found that Australia’s environment ministry has a duty to protect young people from the effects of climate change when considering fossil fuel projects. That previous ruling, decided in May of 2021, resulted from a lawsuit filed by eight school students and a nun.

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Law 360

JANUARY 23, 2024

While the California Supreme Court’s ruling last week in Estrada v. Royalty Carpet Mills held that courts cannot dismiss Private Attorneys General Act claims on manageability grounds, the opinion also details how claims can be narrowed, providing a road map for defendants facing complex actions, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Things Attorneys Look For In a Paralegal. Do you want to know what things attorneys look for in a paralegal? The easiest way to find out what attributes and skills your attorney values the most is to ask them. The easiest way to find out what attributes and skills your attorney values the most is to ask them.

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MARCH 15, 2023

” The post “Georgia Judge Avoids Removal Over Ethical Concerns, For Now; Judge purportedly mistreated clients as an attorney; Code of Judicial Conduct only applies to judges” appeared first on How Appealing. .”

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The Paris court of appeal lightened a one-year prison sentence for former French President Nicolas Sarkozy. The court also on affirmed a lower court’s guilty verdict. Despite prosecutors only calling for a one year suspended sentence, the court ruled that Sarkozy should still be required to serve six months.

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MAY 24, 2022

cannot use a free speech statute to duck a climate change suit brought by the Massachusetts Attorney General, the state's top court ruled Tuesday, finding that the law in question applies to private suits but not public enforcement actions. ExxonMobil Corp.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 8, 2021

The New Jersey Supreme Court has partially approved a groundbreaking plan to identify the “many police officers disciplined for misconduct” like drinking on the job, abusing family members, or giving false testimony. New Jersey’s Attorney General Gurbir S. Office of Attorney General / Tim Larsen).

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JURIST

OCTOBER 15, 2021

A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit sided for a second time with Texas officials and suspended a lower court ruling that had blocked a Texas law banning most abortions. The order issued late Thursday night stated that the court would expedite the appeal and schedule oral arguments.

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Law 360

AUGUST 8, 2023

Tax Court decision holding that a partnership may exclude interests in a company that it indirectly received sheds light on related IRS guidance, including the proper valuation method for such interests, though the court's application of the method to the facts of this case appears flawed, say attorneys at Kramer Levin.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The Texas Supreme Court ruled on Monday against a pregnant woman who challenged the state’s abortion restrictions. A lower court had previously granted the woman, Kate Cox, permission to receive an abortion due to pregnancy complications, despite the state’s strict abortion ban.

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JURIST

JANUARY 10, 2023

The Ugandan Constitutional Court Tuesday declared a section of the Computer Misuse Act , No. The court agreed with the petitioner’s arguments. ” However, the Ugandan Attorneys General Office countered his claim. The court rejected this idea. Again, the court found the government’s argument had no merit.

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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 Supreme Court, which granted certiorari in October, agreed. .”

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JURIST

JUNE 12, 2023

The US Supreme Court declined Monday to take up the question of whether states can impose schedule-based cash bail on an indigent defendant before allowing their pre-trial release from jail. The lower court ruled in favor of Hester, enjoining the county from imposing cash bail amounts on defendants who could not afford them.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The US Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from North Carolina on Monday over the constitutionality of a state law allowing employers to sue employees working as undercover investigators. In February, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled the statute was an unconstitutional limitation of First Amendment rights.

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