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. The court stated that the law substantially “burden[ed] newsgathering and publishing activities.”

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press. This has long been a controversial element under the FCA because it was largely the result of judicial not congressional construction. compensatory damages and $300,000.00 47 U.S.C. §

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

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. Maine High Court Said State Law Would Not Preempt Local Ordinance Prohibiting Crude Oil Loading. Portland, Oregon. Source: Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

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. After Denying Motions to Stop Construction Activities in National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska Federal Court Enjoined Certain Work for Two Weeks. Wikimedia Commons.

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