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US Supreme Court rules in favor of healthcare provider in identity theft dispute

JURIST

The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday in Dubin v. United States that in order to constitute aggravated identity theft, the use of a person’s identity must be at the “crux” of what makes the conduct criminal, reversing a lower court decision.

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9th Circuit wrongly overturned death sentence, Supreme Court rules in summary decision

ABA Journal

Supreme Court on Monday summarily reversed a federal appeals court decision on behalf of a death-row inmate who claimed that his trial lawyer

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High Court Decision Called ‘Alarming Reversal’ in  Youth Justice

The Crime Report

That not only amounts to a reversal of a precedent set earlier by the Court, but is an “alarming” step back in protecting juveniles, say Arthur Ago and Rochelle Swartz of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. In Miller v. Four years later, in Montgomery v.

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Three Supreme Court cases lead to California Lawyer of the Year honors

At the Lectern

The Daily Journal today named the recipients of its annual California Lawyer of the Year award. Three of the cases resulted in Supreme Court opinions. One of the three CLAY award Supreme Court decisions is Guardianship of Saul H. 5th 93 — “ Missed break premiums count as wages, State Supreme Court rules.”

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Divided court restricts prisoners’ ability to pursue claims that their lawyers were incompetent

SCOTUSBlog

Share Two men on Arizona’s death row are not entitled to present new evidence in federal court to support their arguments that their trial lawyers bungled their cases, the Supreme Court ruled Monday in a 6-3 decision. The question in Shinn v. Check back soon for in-depth analysis of the opinion.

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Pakistan court grants former PM Nawaz Sharif protective bail

JURIST

A court ruling allowed him to travel to London, England for medical treatment with the expectation that he would return to Pakistan to serve his jail term. According to Sharif’s lawyer Azam Nazeer Tarar, Sharif will appeal against his sentence, as he hopes to overturn his convictions and campaign for the general election.

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Federal court rejects challenge to Michigan’s State Bar membership mandate

JURIST

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit rejected Thursday a challenge to the mandatory membership requirements imposed by the State Bar of Michigan. Lucille Taylor, a lawyer from Michigan, challenged the state bar membership mandate on the grounds that it violates her freedom of association.

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