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Grubhub Can't Use High Court Ruling To Shake Robocall Suit

Law 360

An Illinois federal judge has refused to release Grubhub from a putative class action accusing it of unlawfully blasting consumers with robocalls, rejecting the argument that a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision temporarily freed companies from liability for such alleged violations.

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Copyright in tattoos: U.S. court rules for artist in Randy Orton / WWE 2K case

LawInSport

A recent United States district court decision on copyright infringement has brought the issue of recreation of tattoos in video games back into the spotlight and has diverged from an earlier ruling from another district court in a different judicial circuit.

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The High Court’s ‘Self-Inflicted Wounds’: A Backward Look

The Crime Report

Was the Supreme Court decision last month overruling Roe v. Wade one of the worst decisions in the 233-year history of the Court? The ruling in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization has been described as such by many judicial commentators and experts in the middle of the spectrum, and a large segment of the U.S.

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They Called 911 for Help. Police and Prosecutors Used a New Junk Science to Decide They Were Liars.

The Crime Report

It was required reading by our detective and communications personnel,” a police chief in Illinois told Harpster. This training is unique and nobody else is doing it,” he told a local police training board in Illinois, “because I’m the only one who has done the research.”. It’s a feedback loop.

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Justices throw out lower-court ruling allowing state court clerk to be sued in parental notification abortion case

SCOTUSBlog

Share In a short procedural order, the Supreme Court on Monday morning threw out a lower-court ruling allowing a state court clerk to be sued for telling a pregnant teenager that her parents must be notified of their child’s desire to seek an abortion without their consent.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court decision that vacated the listing of the Arctic ringed seal as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). to Weigh in on Illinois Zero Emissions Credit Program for Nuclear Plants. order setting schedule Mar. appeal Feb.

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