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Pennsylvania top court rules for gas drilling firms in antitrust lawsuit

JURIST

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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Next-Gen Bar Exam That Truly Tests Daily Practice Skills Must Include Technology

LawTechnologyToday

In today’s legal profession, lawyers must be technologically competent. This is reinforced by ABA Model Rule of Professional Conduct 1.1 Currently, most states have created the duty of technology competency by adopting some form of Model Rule 1.1 and Comment 8. and/or Comment 8. This shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone.

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NCAA athletes win 9-0 on educational perks as Kavanaugh calls out ban on direct payments

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In an opinion by Justice Neil Gorsuch , the justices unanimously ruled that the National Collegiate Athletic Association cannot prohibit its member schools from providing athletes with certain forms of education-related benefits, such as paid post-graduate internships, scholarships for graduate school, or free laptops or musical instruments.

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Morning Docket: 02.22.24

Above The Law

at a time when AI continues to hallucinate like a romantic poet on a laudanum bender some company actually thought "let's use this to see if applicants are lying!" [ Law.com ] * As expected , Alabama fertility providers are shutting off access to hopeful families after court ruling. [

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Intellectual property and Navajo water rights

SCOTUSBlog

After a dispute over the trademarks for remote controls used to operate heavy construction equipment, a jury awarded Oklahoma-based Hetronic International, Inc. Hetronic International, Inc. involves the international reach of the Lanham Act, which provides civil remedies for infringement of U.S. trademarks.

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It’s Time For U.S. To Move Beyond Lethal Injection

The Crime Report

At least 75 of the lethal injection executed were terribly botched —most notably in Oklahoma and Alabama. . In 2014, Oklahoma tried unsuccessfully for 20 minutes to kill Clayton Lockett by lethal injection as he struggled in pain before dying of a heart attack in the death chamber some 43 minutes after the execution protocol got underway.

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December 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

The Second Circuit agreed with the district court that the plaintiff lacked standing because he failed to allege an injury in fact since he “never explained why he had any legal right to have the document distributed.” Federal Court in Washington Upheld Forest Restoration Plan. EPA’s brief is due December 15. Williams , No.

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