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In family’s lawsuit against public nursing home, court revisits private rights of action and the spending clause

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Talevski , to be argued Tuesday, returns the court to the question of when federal law is subject to private enforcement. The court will consider whether to overrule a line of precedent and to hold that private individuals cannot use 42 U.S.C. The district court dismissed the action, but the U.S. Arguments of HHC.

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Justices to consider scope of “clear and unmistakable error” review of Veterans Affairs decisions

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The relevant statute , regulating disability benefits, provides that “the United States will pay [compensation] to any veteran” who is “disabled” as a result of (1) “personal injury suffered or disease contracted in line of duty,” or (2) “aggravation of a preexisting injury suffered or disease contracted in line of duty.”

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The Nigerian Court of Appeal declines to enforce a Commonwealth of Virginia (in USA) Choice of Court Agreement

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In the year 2020, the Nigerian Court of Appeal delivered at least three decisions on foreign choice of court agreements. [1] In the first two decisions delivered in the year 2020, the Nigerian Court of Appeal gave full contractual effect to the parties’ foreign choice of court agreement. [2]

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Justices to hear evangelical Christian postal worker’s religious accommodation case

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That changed in 2013, when USPS signed a contract with Amazon to deliver the company’s packages, including on Sundays. DeJoy , the Supreme Court will consider whether to overturn a nearly 50-year-old precedent on how employers must accommodate their employees’ religious practices. But the court of appeals nonetheless affirmed.

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Back to the Bullpen: Minor League Teams Settle with MLB Over Latest Challenge to Baseball’s Historic Antitrust Exemption

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4] However, on November 2, 2023, it was announced that Major League Baseball had settled all three lawsuits with the minor league teams, avoiding the possible Supreme Court challenge, and sending the question of the validity of its long-held antitrust exemption back to the bullpen. [5] New York Yankees, Inc., National Basketball Assn.

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