JURIST

MARCH 15, 2023

The US Court of Appeals of the Third Circuit Tuesday ruled against Adelphia Gateway, LLC (Adelphia) in a challenge to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Hearing Board’s jurisdiction to hear challenges to Adelphia’s planned natural gas compressor project.

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JURIST

MARCH 27, 2024

A three-judge panel of the Fifth District Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that a controversial Texas law, Senate Bill (SB) 4 , will remain on hold as litigation continues. SB4, the controversial Texas law that is the subject of this continued litigation, was originally signed into law in December 2023.

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JURIST

JUNE 22, 2022

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled Monday that Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) can continue their lawsuit against the University of Texas Austin (UT) for racial discrimination in their admissions process. The court found that the lawsuit was barred under res judicata because of it’s similarity to Fisher v.

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JURIST

AUGUST 14, 2023

The ruling is in favor of a group of youth plaintiffs who alleged that the state of Montana failed to protect them and future generations from the harmful effects of climate change. Additionally, the court noted that the state did not advance “any evidence of a compelling governmental interest for the MEPA Limitation.”

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JURIST

MAY 27, 2022

The Supreme Court of Canada Friday unanimously ruled that a life sentence without any chance of parole is unconstitutional under Section 12 of the nation’s charter. The court determined that such a period is unconstitutional. .

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JURIST

JANUARY 23, 2023

The US Supreme Court Monday released a unanimous opinion in Arellano v. The issue before the court was whether an exception to a deadline for veterans’ benefits is subject to equitable tolling. According to the court, the answer is no. Adolfo Arellano was honorably discharged from the US Navy in 1981.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

JANUARY 4, 2024

WHAT IS A LITIGATION PARALEGAL? A litigation paralegal is someone who works under the supervision of an attorney who practices in criminal or civil litigation. A litigation paralegal assists the attorney with many case management duties, from the complaint through the trial and the appeal. Draft pleadings and discovery.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 26, 2022

A two-judge bench of the Madras High Court ruled that the designation of a senior advocate is not an automatic right but a merit-based privilege. This alone, according to the court was sufficient reason to dismiss the petition. Even so, the court addressed the merits of the case with Justice M.

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JURIST

MARCH 8, 2021

The US Supreme Court ruled 8-1 Monday in Uzuegbunam v. During litigation, the college dropped the policy and argued that the students no longer had standing to continue the litigation. Further, according to the court, nominal damages by themselves can redress a past injury. Thomas dismissed this fear as excessive.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Being a litigation paralegal comes with its challenges. In our latest podcast episode, Ann answers your litigation questions so you can fast-track your paralegal career today. Doing some preliminary searching I saw some ads for litigation paralegals and they wanted someone with experience in Florida. Litigation is litigation.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 19, 2024

Share The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that a lawsuit filed by an Oregon man who was placed on the No Fly List can go forward even after the government has removed him from the list and pledged not to return him to it “based on the currently available information.” The decision was a victory for Yonas Fikre, a U.S. But the U.S.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Seven judges of the Supreme Court of Illinois Thursday ruled that claims against employers for statutory damages under the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) were not barred by the exclusivity provisions of the Workers’ Compensation Act (WCA). The appellate court ruled similarly in 2020.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 31, 2023

The next phase of the litigation will be them repeatedly saying, ’Cancer? The post Court Rules Johnson & Johnson Can’t Throw Out Civil Liability Because Of ’Good Intentions’ appeared first on Above the Law. How could we have given you cancer? Do you see how cute our mascot is?!’

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JURIST

MARCH 24, 2022

The US Supreme Court Thursday ruled 8-1 that a Texas death row inmate may have his pastor touch him and pray out loud during his execution. His scheduled execution in September 2021 was stayed pending the Supreme Court’s decision. This Court now affords yet another chance for him to delay his execution.

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HowAppealing

JUNE 13, 2021

“Litigants flout court rules at their peril. District courts have broad discretion to punish them by striking their briefs if needed. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued Friday. We will not upset these sanctions lightly.”

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JURIST

MARCH 26, 2021

Products liability suits against Ford Motors in Montana and Minnesota can go forward in their respective state courts, said the US Supreme Court on Thursday. The court rejected Ford’s argument that personal specific jurisdiction was limited to lawsuits in states where Ford manufactured or originally sold vehicles.

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JURIST

JUNE 18, 2023

The US Supreme Court ruled Friday that the Department of Justice (DOJ) can retain its power to dismiss third-party federal whistleblower actions filed on behalf of the government under the False Claims Act (FCA). The court found for the government, therefore, Polansky filed for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court.

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

An Illinois federal judge granted a win to an insurer in a coverage dispute with a condiment company over biometric privacy litigation, changing course Tuesday in response to a state appeals decision concerning an identical policy exclusion.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 22, 2023

Share Under a historic water crisis in the desert southwest, the Navajo Nation asked for a court order requiring the federal government to determine the Nation’s water needs and to devise a plan to meet those needs. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. The decision came down to how the court framed the Nation’s claims.

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JURIST

MARCH 15, 2022

The Australian Federal Court Tuesday overturned a ruling that found that Australia’s environment ministry has a duty to protect young people from the effects of climate change when considering fossil fuel projects. That previous ruling, decided in May of 2021, resulted from a lawsuit filed by eight school students and a nun.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 9, 2024

In a transformative moment for European and global climate litigation, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled today that the state has a positive duty to adopt, and effectively implement in practice, regulations and measures capable of mitigating the existing and potentially irreversible future effects of climate change.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 16, 2023

Share In an opinion released on Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled that noncitizens subject to deportation do not have to ask the Board of Immigration Appeals to reconsider its allegedly erroneous decisions before seeking judicial review in the federal courts of appeals. The case, Santos-Zacaria v.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 31, 2023

Share The Supreme Court on Thursday gave a Maryland prison official another chance to defend himself against a federal civil rights claim. Last week’s unanimous ruling in Dupree v. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, arguing that Bennett was wrong to reject his exhaustion argument. Dupree appealed to the U.S.

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JURIST

MAY 24, 2022

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) Monday denied ExxonMobil Corp.’s The Office of Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey released a statement following the SJC’s decision affirming the rejection of ExxonMobil’s “ anti-SLAPP ” motion to dismiss by the Suffolk Superior Court.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Tokyo’s High Court found the government of Japan not liable Tuesday for damages related to the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster and associated mass evacuations, leaving responsibility solely with plant operator the Tokyo Electric Power Co. There is also a 2022 court case that found TEPCO executives personally liable.

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JURIST

APRIL 19, 2022

The US Supreme Court Monday ruled against Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Dunn’s plea to block disciplinary action by the Air Force against him over his religious-based refusal of the COVID-19 vaccine. Dunn asked the Court to intervene on an emergency basis while his litigation continued in the lower federal courts.

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JURIST

MARCH 20, 2024

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday on the case Gonzalez v. The case is an appeal from the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which ruled against the councilwoman. Much of Wednesday’s oral arguments focused on the Supreme Court case Nieves v.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 21, 2023

Share The Supreme Court on Tuesday revived a deaf student’s lawsuit against a Michigan school district that failed to provide him with a qualified sign-language interpreter. As Gorsuch himself observed, the question before the court was an important one “not just for Mr. Perez but for a great many children with disabilities and their parents.”

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JURIST

APRIL 22, 2022

The US Supreme Court Thursday ruled in Boechler v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue that the 30-day time limit for taxpayers to seek review from the Tax Court of “collection due process” determinations is a nonjurisdictional deadline that can be equitably tolled. Reagan National Advertising , United States v.

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The IP Law Blog

JUNE 30, 2023

A court denied Netflix’s request for GoTV Streaming to supply documents relating to the source of its patent litigation funding. Scott Hervey and Eric Caligiuri discuss this dispute on this episode of The Briefing by the IP Law Blog. Watch this episode on the Weintraub YouTube channel. Read more about this case here.

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JURIST

JUNE 16, 2023

The Supreme Court of India ruled Thursday that Coal India Limited (CIL) must comply with the Competition Act, 2002 despite being a public sector business under Coal Mines (Nationalization) Act, 1973. The court dismissed CIL’s argument that the act exempted them from the Competition Act’s application. crore to 591.01

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 23, 2022

Share The Supreme Court on Monday unanimously ruled against a fast-food franchise owner in a procedural dispute over whether a wage-theft lawsuit belongs in federal court or in arbitration. In previous cases, the court has held that such clauses are typically enforceable under the Federal Arbitration Act. Sundance, Inc.

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JURIST

APRIL 5, 2024

On Thursday, the Indiana Court of Appeals largely affirmed an injunction the trial court had placed on the state’s near-total abortion ban. The Court of Appeals ruling will send the lawsuit back to the trial court to narrow the effect of the trial court injunction. The vote was unanimous.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

On June 20, 2023, the Spanish Supreme Court handed down its final ruling in the case of Greenpeace v. The decision, formally communicated to the parties on July 27, marks a pivotal moment in climate litigation. Spain I On December 15, 2020, the plaintiffs filed a first lawsuit before the Supreme Court ( Greenpeace v.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 20, 2023

Transform Holdco LLC resolves a technical question of bankruptcy law, holding that courts should not treat as “jurisdictional” a provision limiting the relief available when an appellate court disagrees with a trial court order authorizing a sale of the bankrupt’s assets. Now we get to the issue before the court.

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JURIST

JANUARY 10, 2023

The Ugandan Constitutional Court Tuesday declared a section of the Computer Misuse Act , No. The court agreed with the petitioner’s arguments. The court rejected this idea. In their decision, the court ruled the wording violated article 28 in its failure to provide notice.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 17, 2022

The Ohio Court of Appeals for the First District Friday rejected the state of Ohio’s request to remove an injunction against its anti-abortion law. The court rejected the claim on jurisdictional grounds. The results of the litigation, in both Ohio and in other states, remains to be seen.

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