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US Justice Department finds Pennsylvania courts discriminate against opioid users

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” The landscape of opioids and litigation in the US continues to change. Assistant Attorney General Kirsten Clarke of the DOJ Civil Rights Division stated: “Individuals with Opioid Use Disorder are protected by the ADA but too often face discrimination rooted in stereotypes and myths rather than in science.

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Case preview: Justices to consider effect of change in government policy on cases seeking symbolic damages

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The Supreme Court will hear oral argument on Tuesday in a case questioning whether a lawsuit seeking only symbolic damages can go forward after the government changes the unconstitutional policy being challenged, or whether the case is instead moot – that is, no longer a live controversy.

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Argument analysis: Justices weigh mootness after change in government policy in cases seeking nominal damages

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Justice Neil Gorsuch suggested to Waggoner that most lawsuits would still be able to go forward even if a request for nominal damages, standing alone, was not enough to keep a case alive. solicitor general who argued on behalf of the federal government in support of the students.

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Mopping up final business with 14 new relists

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solicitor general on cases the federal government isn’t involved in, the government not infrequently delivers its invited amicus briefs just in time for the court’s last scheduled conference. So it is no surprise to see that three of the new relists involve invited government briefs on a range of subjects. Cummings v.

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Justices add one religious-rights case to docket but turn down another

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She asked the justices to weigh in “to ensure that people of faith have the freedom to live according to their beliefs about marriage, and to bar governments from mandating which sacred events merit celebration.” She sought compensatory damages for “humiliation, frustration, and emotional distress.” Supreme Court.

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October 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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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. climate litigation charts. Derivative Litigation , No. By Margaret Barry and Korey Silverman-Roati. and non-U.S. In re Exxon Mobil Corp.

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November 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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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. climate litigation charts. Developments in other cases brought by local governments or states against fossil fuel companies included: City of Hoboken v.