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US Supreme Court will consider liability shields for online platforms, seven additional new cases

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The court is asked to consider whether an unnamed law firm specializing in international tax was allowed to withhold documents in a grand jury proceeding on the basis of attorney-client privilege. Garland the court is again asked to examine administrative procedure, this time in the context of an immigration proceeding.

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

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5th 827 — “ Helping a teen boy escape El Salvadorian gangs and become a lawful resident.” the court made things easier for undocumented children to obtain from California courts the findings federal law requires to apply for immigration relief that creates a pathway to permanent resident status.

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Rep. Nunes Wins Major Victory In Defamation Case Against Ryan Lizza and Hearst

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For torts scholars, it has been a bonanza of interesting issues touching on every element of defamation law. There is now an important ruling out of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit that could have enormous implications not just for the media but anyone who retweets stories or claims.

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Major OxyContin case headlines December session

SCOTUSBlog

McElrath renews that argument in the Supreme Court, while the state defends the Georgia Supreme Court’s ruling. Under state law, Georgia contends, there was never a valid verdict in McElrath’s case, and he can therefore be retried. The justices will then hear the first immigration case of the term.

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Vaccine requirements, cancer claims, and circuit splits

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The petitioners also ask the court to overrule Employment Division v. Smith , which holds that laws of general applicability that burden religious exercise are not subject to strict scrutiny. The court faced but did not decide the issue of whether to overrule Smith in Fulton v. Both the district court and the U.S.

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Justices won’t intervene in dispute over transgender rights and bathrooms

SCOTUSBlog

Share The Supreme Court said Monday it will not take up a dispute over whether transgender students must be allowed to use restrooms that match their gender identities. Two new grants on immigration, free speech. An immigration judge ordered their deportation, and the Board of Immigration Appeals upheld that ruling.

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. First Circuit Certified State Law Preemption Questions in Case Challenging Local Ordinance Prohibiting Crude Oil Loading at Harbor. and non-U.S. 19-50178 (5th Cir.