SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Percoco served as a senior aide to Andrew Cuomo, then the governor of New York, from 2011 to 2016. But the Supreme Court’s recent decisions make clear, Percoco argues, that Margiotta is no longer good law. In April 2014, Percoco stepped down from his position in Cuomo’s office to manage Cuomo’s re-election campaign.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Concepcion , the Supreme Court held that the Federal Arbitration Act requires courts to “place arbitration agreements on an equal footing with other contracts.” In Concepcion , the claim was that California state law treated arbitration contracts less favorably than other contracts. City of New York v.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

But the lower courts ruled, and the federal government contends, that the “safety value” is only available to defendants who do not have any of the indicators. But the district court dismissed the three counterclaims that were based on Pennsylvania law. Raiders Retreat filed five counterclaims.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 31, 2021

In that case, Ann Hopkins was denied a promotion because she was perceived as “pushy” and “too macho,” and the Supreme Court ruled in 1989 that the company’s actions violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. It was the first time the court recognized that gender stereotyping qualifies as unlawful sex discrimination.

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Conflict of Laws

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Ever since 2009, when the German choice-of-law provisions for contracts were removed and the Rome I Regulation with its carve-out for arbitration agreements entered into force, the choice of law for arbitration agreements has been debated in Germany. The court held that the enforcement provision Article V (1) lit.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 10, 2024

Sanctuary cities from Chicago to New York are actively trying to prevent new migrants from seeking sanctuary within their own borders. The alleged bribes in contracts in the Indian territories would have constituted impeachable offenses, but Belknap had already left office.

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The Fashion Law

JANUARY 26, 2022

She offers no persuasive reason why the Contract no longer binds her.”. ” The case will now go back before the district court on remand.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

The court, which did not address the plaintiffs’ arguments regarding alleged inadequacies in the climate change-related analyses, found that the plaintiffs failed to demonstrate a likelihood of success on the merits or that they would suffer irreparable harm. New York v. 19, 2021); New York v. 21-1026 (D.C.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 22, 2021

He writes in the areas of Jurisprudence and Legal Theory, Intellectual Property, Contracts, Bankruptcy, Law and Economics, Business and Corporate Law at USD. As Eugene Volokh correctly pointed out , the California Labor Code protects “political activities” employees and the California Supreme Court ruled in Gay Law Students Ass’n v.

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LawTechnologyToday

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

The most popular usage of e-books by those who do access them was to conduct research on statutes, followed by forms/agreements/contracts, court rules, regulations, and cases in that order. Watch a video from our sponsors!

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The court held that the City’s claims were not completely preempted by the Clean Air Act and also was not persuaded by the companies’ argument that the claims necessarily arose under federal common law. The court found that, as pled, the complaint was “premised solely on state law” and that City of New York v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 6, 2017

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a West Virginia federal district court had erred in concluding that it had jurisdiction to consider the coal company Murray Energy Corporation’s and its affiliates’ lawsuit that sought to compel EPA to conduct evaluations of the Clean Air Act’s employment effects. Klee , Nos.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

On October 19, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals denied a natural gas pipeline developer’s petition for panel rehearing or rehearing en banc of its ruling that upheld the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s (NYSDEC’s) denial of a water quality certificate for the pipeline. 3:17 -cv-02824 (N.D.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 6, 2018

The federal district court for the Eastern District of California held that more analysis of the impacts climate change would have on a water transfer program for the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta was required under NEPA. Jacobson’s lawsuit asserted defamation, breach of contract, and promissory estoppel claims. City of New York v.

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