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Non-unanimous acquittals and attorney-client privilege

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After Ramos , criminal defendant asks justices to preserve non-unanimous acquittals in Puerto Rico. Louisiana , the Supreme Court ruled that states could only convict defendants of serious offenses with a unanimous jury verdict. The Puerto Rico Supreme Court, however, disagreed, ruling that Ramos applied to both.

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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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The lives they lived and the court they shaped: Remembering those we lost in 2021

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As both a government lawyer and in private practice, Douglas Huron spent his legal career advocating on behalf of workers. In that case, Ann Hopkins was denied a promotion because she was perceived as “pushy” and “too macho,” and the Supreme Court ruled in 1989 that the company’s actions violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.

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