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SCOTUS Clarifies Reach of FAA Exemption for Transportation Workers

Constitutional Law Reporter

To purchase those rights, they entered into contracts with Flowers that require any disputes to be arbitrated under the FAA. Pursuant to the FAA, arbitration agreements are “valid, irrevocable, and enforceable, save upon such grounds as exist at law or in equity for the revocation of any contract.”

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In far cry from usual textualism, court rejects veteran’s attempt to reopen a benefits denial based on legal error

SCOTUSBlog

Recall that the relevant veterans benefits statute provides that the United States will pay compensation to a veteran who is disabled as a result of injuries or diseases that are “contracted in the line of duty” or for “aggravation of a preexisting injury suffered or contracted in the line of duty.”

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Are Alaska Native corporations Indian tribes? A multimillion-dollar question

SCOTUSBlog

Today, the regional ANCs in particular are among the most important companies in Alaska, with billions in revenue from energy development, tourism and government contracting. ANCSA left unsettled, however, the status of Alaskan Native governments.

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Is it Worth it to Become a Litigation Paralegal?

Paralegal Bootcamp

Legal research skills Legal research skills are essential for finding and analyzing laws, regulations, and court decisions pertinent to the case you’re working on. Attention to detail is very important for litigation paralegals. Being a proficient legal researcher makes you an invaluable asset to your team.

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Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) 5/2022: Abstracts

Conflict of Laws

Prior to the Rome Regulations, the conflict-of-law judgments on those “contracts with protective effect in favour of third parties” differed between German and Austrian courts. It points out that the Regulation Rome I covers only obligations that would not exist without the contract.

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Federal Court Rules In Favor Of Journalist Contesting Georgia’s Anti-BDS Law

JonathanTurley

This week, a court in Georgia became the latest to declare such laws unconstitutional. The case was brought by journalist Abby Martin who was denied a contract as a keynote speaker at Georgia Southern University due to her support of the BDS movement. ” She was then denied the contract. In NAACP v. Claiborne Hardware Co.

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

The Second Circuit said the Connecticut statutes authorizing the solicitations did not compel utilities to enter into contracts with specific bidders. Supreme Court determined was preempted in Hughes v. The proposed project involves construction of three new water intakes to divert water from the Sacramento River.

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