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US appeals court finds Virginia Tech’s bias reporting policies do not violate free speech

JURIST

A majority for the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled Wednesday that Virginia Tech’s bias reporting policies do not violate free speech principles protected by the First Amendment, upholding a lower court’s decision to deny a preliminary injunction.

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USDC-MD TN Rules Presuit Notice and Certificate of Merit Statutes to Not Apply to TN HCLA Claims Filed in Federal Court

Day on Torts

Judge Aleta Trauger has ruled that, given a recent decision of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals looking at Michigan law, “it is clear that the presuit notice requirement set forth in Tenn. As such, they must give way to the Federal Rules and, therefore, do not apply to health care liability claims filed in federal court.”

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Judge Throws Out Indictments Against Seven Former Officials Involved in Flint Water Crisis

The Crime Report

Michigan Circuit Court Judge Elizabeth Kelly has dismissed indictments against several former state officials related to their handling of the Flint water crisis, labeling them invalid, reports Jennifer Calfas for the Wall Street Journal.

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McKeen & Associates Case Wins Important Michigan Supreme Court Decision

LegalReader

Court’s decision has long-term implications regarding medical malpractice statute of limitations.

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Butzel Can't Mount 'Gotcha Lawyering' Malpractice Defense

Law 360

The firm Butzel Long cannot defend itself from a malpractice suit using a time-barring statute of repose that hadn't been enacted as law yet at the time when the firm signed a tolling agreement with its former client, a Michigan appellate court ruled.

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A president and a justice: The shaping of securities law at the Supreme Court

SCOTUSBlog

Share So many books cover the work of the Supreme Court that the Journal of Supreme Court History can review several of them in each issue. The overwhelming majority of those books, though, analyze the work of the court interpreting the Constitution. But this book has much more to offer the student of the modern court.

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Supreme Court Denies Certiorari in Challenge to Michigan’s Alcohol Delivery Law

SquirePattonBoggs

On Monday the Supreme Court addressed—or, perhaps more to the point, chose not to address—an issue close to the hearts of many in the midst of a pandemic: home delivery of fine wine and spirits. The Court declined to review the Sixth Circuit’s decision in Lebamoff v.

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