JURIST

JULY 1, 2022

The Court of Justice of the European Union Thursday held that Lithuanian law ordering the automatic detention of asylum seekers was inconsistent with EU law. This law was under judicial review by the Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania for a preliminary ruling on the status of a detained asylum seeker.

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JURIST

JANUARY 24, 2024

It also ruled that the FBI did not follow its own written policies, which require that the agency inventory the items seized and then contact the owners of the items. The process of civil asset forfeiture has come under scrutiny recently for its use by law enforcement across both the state and federal level.

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JUNE 15, 2022

The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Wednesday that Texas does not have the authority to regulate gaming on the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo reservation in El Paso, Texas. The case stemmed from a dispute between the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo tribe and the state of Texas regarding the state’s gambling laws’ applicability on tribal lands.

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JURIST

MAY 13, 2022

The Supreme Court of Canada Friday ruled that extreme intoxication is a valid defense to criminal charges like murder and rape, overturning section 33.1 The court upheld a lower court’s ruling in R. Brown which also found the extreme intoxication law unconstitutional. of the Criminal Code.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Panama’s Supreme Court unanimously held Tuesday that the 20-year concession for the Canadian Cobre Panamá copper mine was unconstitutional. The law would have created a new 20-year contract for First Quantum’s Cobre Panamá mine. Clashes had been ongoing, leading to injuries and deaths alongside road closures and blockages.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Alabama State Senator Tim Melson filed a bill Tuesday in an effort to protect the state’s in-vitro fertilization (IVF) industry following the recent state Supreme Court ruling. ” On February 16, 2024, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are considered children under state law. .”

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JURIST

APRIL 30, 2021

Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court held Thursday that several provisions in the country’s Federal Climate Change Act of 2019 were insufficient and violate freedoms in the Basic Law. The court described the idea of climate change having severe impacts that affect virtually all aspects of human life.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

As AI technology evolves in sophistication, the US lawmakers and the judiciary will be increasingly grappling with the questions of expanding the scope of patent law. The post Federal court rules Artificial Intelligence cannot be an ‘inventor’ under US patent law appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

A federal court in Pennsylvania ruled that undated mail-in ballots must be counted in a Monday decision that could significantly influence future elections in the state. The ruling comes from NAACP v. ” Nevertheless, the court chose not to proceed with this claim.

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JURIST

JANUARY 1, 2023

The Arizona Court of Appeals ruled Friday that licensed physicians can legally perform abortions insofar as the fetus is less than 15 weeks old. In September 2022, a trial court ruled that a 1901 near-total abortion ban could be enforced following Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization.

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JURIST

JULY 13, 2021

The European Court of Human rights has found that Denmark violated its international human rights obligations when it imposed a law that lengthened the amount of time a newly-arrived refugee must wait until they can apply for family reunification.

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MARCH 28, 2024

Why Google AI court rules when you can use the Practical Guidance Generative AI Federal and State Court Rules Tracker instead? The post Don’t Google Generative AI Court Rules… Do This Instead appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The US Department of Justice filed an appeal on Friday with the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit challenging a lower court ruling in July blocking new applications to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled Tuesday that Hungary violated EU law by criminalizing organizational support for asylum seekers. The law was dubbed “Stop Soros,” referencing Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor George Soros.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2023

“Louisiana State Bar violated lawyers’ free speech rights, appeals court rules”: Daniel Wiessner of Reuters has this report. Bernie Pazanowski of Bloomberg Law reports that “ Louisiana Lawyer’s Rights Violated by Wellness, LGBTQ+ Posts.” ” You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

However, the Central Arbitration Committee held the riders did not fall under the legal definition of a worker and could therefore not collectively bargain. The IWGB and a group of Deliveroo riders sought a judicial review of this decision, which made its way to the Supreme Court.

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JURIST

APRIL 2, 2021

” The post US Supreme Court rules Facebook notification messages did not violate telemarketing law appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary. .”

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JURIST

AUGUST 22, 2021

A California judge ruled Friday that Proposition 22, a 2020 ballot measure exempting Uber and other companies from a state labor law by classifying drivers as independent contractors, is unconstitutional and unenforceable because it interferes with the legislature’s power to set workplace standards.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 12, 2021

The Hungarian Constitutional Court ruled against a petition from Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government Friday, seeking to challenge a ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union that held Hungary’s asylum policies broke European law.

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JURIST

JULY 27, 2021

Circuit Judge Theodore McKee recognized that the Immigration Judge has a tremendous caseload and very crowded dockets, but stated that “we will not permit crowded dockets or a backlog of cases to excuse an Immigration Judge or the BIA from providing a meaningful explanation of why someone has been denied relief under the asylum laws.”

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JURIST

MARCH 26, 2021

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the attorney general’s office does not have authority under the consumer protection law to sue natural gas exploration firms over their leasing practices. Therefore, the defendants asserted that they were not subject to action under the UTPCPL.

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JURIST

APRIL 16, 2021

The Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe, Germany, ruled Thursday that Berlin’s Rent Cap Act is unconstitutional as it has undermined Germany’s Basic Law. The Constitutional Court stated that the main rationale of striking down the law was procedural and did not comment on the contents of the law.

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JURIST

MAY 25, 2021

The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday against a non-US citizen who was contesting his indictment for unlawful re-entry into the country. Palomar-Santiago , involved Refugio Palomar-Santiago, a Mexican citizen who became a lawful permanent resident in 1990. The case, US v.

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JURIST

MARCH 8, 2021

The US Supreme Court ruled 8-1 Monday in Uzuegbunam v. The court ruled that Article 3 standing’s redressability element is satisfied if the plaintiffs’ claim is based on a completed violation of a legal right. Further, according to the court, nominal damages by themselves can redress a past injury.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Under Norwegian law, only those of Sámi descent who have a family history of reindeer herding as a primary occupation may mark and herd reindeer. However, considering that “such a solution is burdened with so much uncertainty,” the Court ultimately opted to invalidate the license.

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JURIST

JANUARY 29, 2023

The Kenyan Supreme Court ruled Friday that married couples are not automatically entitled to equal shares of matrimonial property in case of divorce. This precedential ruling stated that upon divorce each partner should exit their marriage with the wealth each of them acquired individually.

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JURIST

AUGUST 27, 2023

RWQ claims relied on the common law and Part XI of the Wrongs Act 1958. The court reasoned that the phrase ‘a claim founded on or arising from child abuse’ includes RWQ’s claim and rejected the argument that the language precluded RWQ from filing suit over being informed of his son’s abuse.

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JURIST

JULY 8, 2022

The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit Thursday ruled that the state of Maine cannot restrict who can gather signatures in ballot initiatives for state elections, in a voting case that turned to focus on freedom of political speech.

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JURIST

APRIL 9, 2024

Arizona’s Supreme Court found on Tuesday that a 159-year-old law banning abortion is enforceable following the US Supreme Court’s 2022 decision to overturn abortion rights case Roe v Wade, sending a 52-year-old case back to trial court. The 2022 ruling Dobbs v. The case, Planned Parenthood v.

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APRIL 5, 2021

The court rejected the plaintiffs’ argument that the removal of the statues would violate a 1997 state law prohibiting localities from removing Confederate war memorials. The ruling comes after the Virginia General Assembly approved a law last year that allows localities to remove war memorials.

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JURIST

JANUARY 29, 2021

The BGH remanded the Higher Regional Court’s decision on the basis that the defendant should also be held liable for the war crime of torture, and tasked the Higher Regional Court with sentencing the Afghan officer accordingly.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 30, 2022

The Ohio Supreme Court Thursday ruled that Ohio courts do not have to defer to a state agency’s interpretation of an ambiguous law. The Ohio Supreme Court stressed the Ohio Constitution mandates a “separation of powers” between the executive and judicial branches of government.

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JURIST

JULY 16, 2021

It also prevents judges from referring questions of law to the ECJ and creates a body that rules on judges’ independence without regard to EU law. In 2017, a new regime was adopted establishing a disciplinary chamber to oversee the Supreme Court judges.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2024

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JURIST

JULY 21, 2022

In a unanimous decision, five judges of the Supreme Court dismissed the appeal, holding that “the amount of leave to which a part-year worker under a permanent contract is entitled is not required by EU law to be, and under domestic law is not, prorated to that of a full-time worker.”

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JURIST

MAY 8, 2021

Vijayabhaskar , the Supreme Court held that the reporting of cases in itself cannot be curtailed under Indian Constitution because Article 19(1)(a) guarantees freedom of speech and expression which extends to freedom of the press to report and convey information.

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JURIST

JUNE 24, 2021

However, the lower court ruled in favor of the officer, finding that the officer had probable cause. The Supreme Court’s opinion, delivered by Justice Elena Kagan, vacated and remanded the lower court’s decision, holding that “the flight of a suspected misdemeanant does not always justify entry into a home.

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