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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. 1983 — which allows private suits for state and local deprivations of rights secured by federal law—to enforce federal statutes enacted under Congress’ spending clause power.

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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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GOVERNING LAW: The Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, USA without regard to the principle of conflicts of any jurisdiction.”. Its argument, inter alia , was that by virtue of Article 12 and 13 of their agreement, the Nigerian court had no jurisdiction in this case.

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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. Federal law bars employers from firing workers for practicing their religion unless the employer can show that the worker’s religious practice cannot “reasonably” be accommodated without “undue hardship.”

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

Fordham Law News

When it comes to antitrust laws and their impact on American sports leagues, baseball is in a verifiable league of its own. 10] One of the oldest and most periodically contested exemptions to the antitrust laws is one that is solely held by the sport of baseball. 11] Despite the subsequent expansion of the Commerce Clause in Wickard v.

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