Law 360

MAY 1, 2024

The general treasurer of Rhode Island has sued Paramount Global in Delaware's Chancery Court for access to records regarding efforts to merge the mass media giant with Skydance Media, accusing Paramount's billionaire controller, Shari Redstone, of usurping company opportunities and tilting the terms and processes toward her own benefit.

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HowAppealing

JANUARY 13, 2022

“Federal court denies RI students appeal claiming constitutional right to civics education”: Linda Borg of The Providence Journal has this report. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit at this link. ” You can access Tuesday’s ruling of the U.S. ” You can access Tuesday’s ruling of the U.S. .”

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ABA Journal

MARCH 21, 2022

A Rhode Island lawyer who mistakenly thought he was successful in electronically filing a slip-and-fall lawsuit was granted a reprieve last week when the state’s…

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ABA Journal

JANUARY 13, 2022

A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that Rhode Island students can’t proceed with their lawsuit contending that the state failed to provide an adequate civics…

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The Supreme Court will soon hear arguments on a New York law that imposes strict limits on carrying guns outside the home, marking the first time the nation’s highest court has considered a major Second Amendment decision in more than a decade, reports the New York Times. Concealed carry holster. photo by 22860 via Flickr.

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ABA Journal

AUGUST 24, 2021

A justice on Massachusetts’ top court has declined to impose an interim suspension on a lawyer convicted of neglect in Rhode Island for failing to…

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Law 360

AUGUST 5, 2021

A group of 15 conservative states led by Indiana urged the First Circuit on Thursday to allow Rhode Island's lawsuit against Shell, Chevron and other energy companies over climate change-related infrastructure costs to proceed in federal court rather than state court.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 17, 2024

Today, the Supreme Court will hear two of the most important cases of the term. In 1984, the Supreme Court ruled in Chevron U.S.A. The court went even further in Arlington v. In both lower court cases, Chevron carried the day for the agency. Court of Appeals for the D.C. The ruling of the D.C.

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JURIST

AUGUST 29, 2022

The flagship university of Modern Jewish Orthodoxy turned to the US Supreme Court on Monday in hopes of blocking a lower-court order that would require it to formally recognize an LGBTQ+ student organization. The New York court also rejected the university’s constitutional arguments.

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JURIST

JANUARY 24, 2023

.” In its complaint, the DOJ requested a court order for the divestiture of Google’s ad tech businesses. The eight states are California, Colorado, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Tennessee and Vermont. In 2020, the DOJ filed a similar civil antitrust complaint against Google.

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Law 360

AUGUST 18, 2022

The First Circuit on Thursday held that a Rhode Island federal court was correct to toss a putative investor class action against CVS over its acquisition of Omnicare, agreeing with the lower court that the shareholders hadn't pointed to any false statements made by the pharmacy chain.

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Mondaq

MARCH 3, 2022

On February 17, 2022, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) unanimously authorized an administrative complaint and a lawsuit in US District Court for the District of Rhode Island to block the.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 26, 2021

The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear an appeal to expand gun rights in the United States in a New York case over the right to carry a firearm in public for self-defense, marking the court’s first foray into gun rights since Justice Amy Coney Barrett came on board in October, making a 6-3 conservative majority, reports the Chicago Tribune.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Share The Supreme Court court on Wednesday released a new list of circuit assignments to reflect Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s arrival at the court in late June. Jackson is the circuit justice for the 1st Circuit, which covers Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Puerto Rico.

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CourtTechBulletin

DECEMBER 16, 2021

We were curious as to the status of online court help to the self-represented litigants as a good 2021 year-end wrapup article for the CTB? Colorado courts have a dedicated page for "Efiling for Non-Attorneys" at: [link] There are links to forms and video/written tutorials listed. We share what we found below.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Because courts significantly altered operations, they took in 40 percent less cases in state and federal prison compared to 2019. . percent, while Rhode Island had the lowest prison percentage capacity, with only 51.3 The 2020 imprisonment rate of 358 per 100,000 U.S. residents is the lowest seen since 1992, BJS said.

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LPB Network

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Yesterday the First Circuit issued its decision in Rhode Island v. which addresses the scope of appellate jurisdiction over district court remand orders—the same issue for which the Supreme Court granted certiorari (in a Fourth Circuit. Shell Oil Products Co.,

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Law 360

JUNE 16, 2021

The Ninth Circuit Wednesday partially revived Rhode Island and other investors' securities fraud action against Google parent Alphabet Inc., reversing a lower court's order while holding the state plausibly alleged the tech giant made materially misleading statements in quarterly reports about a data breach.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 7, 2023

Share It has been just over two months since ProPublica revealed that Justice Clarence Thomas had not included over two decades’ worth of frequent luxury travel hosted by Harlan Crow, a Dallas billionaire, on the annual financial disclosures that the Supreme Court justices file each year.

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The Crime Report

JULY 2, 2021

In Rhode Island, juror compensation stands at a flat rate of $15 per day, regardless of how long or in which court one serves. Rhode Island Sen. Both states compensate jurors $50 daily thereafter and have funding available for unemployed jurors.

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JURIST

MARCH 23, 2022

” Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse stated that he appreciated that she has judicial methodology instead of a judicial philosophy. .” ” Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse stated that he appreciated that she has judicial methodology instead of a judicial philosophy.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 24, 2022

According to the reports, which are the result of two years of research, New Mexico is short more than 600 full-time public defenders across adult and juvenile courts, whereas Oregon is short nearly 1,300 public defenders. ” New Mexico and Oregon.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

New York, which just had its concealed carry requirements relaxed by order of the Supreme Court, had one of the lowest gun death rates in the country, along with Massachusetts, Hawaii, New Jersey, and Rhode Island. On the state level, rates of gun violence in 2021 varied widely.

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HowAppealing

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

“Senate approves Rhode Island Public Defender Montecalvo for federal appeals court”: Katie Mulvaney of The Providence Journal has this report. Senate vote gives Biden record for most public defenders on appeals courts.” Court of Appeals for the First Circuit by a vote of 52-to-47.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 31, 2021

The district court in Oregon in 2016 seemed to favor such a right, but a divided Ninth Circuit concluded in 2020 that the plaintiffs lacked standing. The plaintiffs are now back in the district court seeking much more modest relief.). Photo by Mark Koch on Unsplash. Now we have an important new decision from Montana.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 4, 2022

The prosecution moved to dismiss “in the interest of justice” and a New York trial court dismissed the matter. Kavanaugh’s opinion for the court. Kavanaugh began by affirming that precedent from the court and lower courts recognized claims for unreasonable seizure pursuant to legal process under the Fourth Amendment.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 1, 2021

Share The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a copyright clash over a fashion design and declined to revisit the authority of police officers to enter homes without a warrant. Unicolors went to court, where a jury awarded it nearly $900,000 in damages for infringement. But the U.S. Two weeks after ruling in Caniglia v.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Share This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, whether inmates have a constitutional right to privacy in their HIV status, whether a capital defendant’s guilty plea was knowing and voluntary, and what the government must show to convict of bribery. Rhode Island.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Supreme Court recently granted certiorari in Counterman v. The Colorado Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction. The court acknowledged that “[s]ocial media magnify the potential for a speaker’s innocent words to be misunderstood.” The Court is expected to issue a decision by June. In Virginia v.

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Parasec

JANUARY 4, 2023

Official documents include court-issued documents, state notices, tax notices and more. Rhode Island: Annual Report & Registered Agent Requirements Included in Partnership Legislation. Let me start with the basics. December 31st for any other entity or association.

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JURIST

APRIL 24, 2023

The US Supreme Court Monday declined to hear five appeals from fossil fuel companies requesting to have their cases moved from state to federal courts. All five petitions concern whether federal common law, which is law developed over time by courts, or state law applies to lawsuits over greenhouse-gas emissions that cross state lines.

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Broadcast Law Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Form 395-B was an annual report intended to gather information about the race and gender of broadcast employees, thrown out by the courts over fears of the unconstitutional use of the data to force broadcasters to make hiring decisions based on these factors. We wrote more about the possible resurrection of Form 395-B, here.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Below is my column in the Wall Street Journal on the ongoing opioid litigation and an important ruling out of the Oklahoma Supreme Court. ” The Oklahoma Supreme Court last week struck down a $465 million opioid award against Johnson & Johnson based on a legal theory that has previously been tried and failed against guns.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 12, 2023

Supreme Court declined to hear a petition on whether the climate liability cases should be heard in state or federal court. As a result, 11 cases will be remanded to state court to move towards motions to dismiss, discovery, and trial. Several factors led to the Supreme Court’s decision. On April 24, the U.S.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 22, 2022

As we wait for the release of the most significant Second Amendment case in over a decade from the Supreme Court (as early as tomorrow), CBS featured Ibram X. States opposed to slavery, like Vermont, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, New York and Rhode Island, had precursor state constitutional provisions recognizing the right to bear arms.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

In Vermont, a court noted in State v. ” In Rhode Island, the court in State v. .'” ” In Rhode Island, the court in State v. In this incidence, as an officer of the court, Pollock will likely receive little sympathy from the court.

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HowAppealing

MARCH 22, 2022

“High court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson exudes competence, says Judge Selya”: This audio segment appeared on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.” Selya, for whom Jackson clerked in 1997-1998; ‘Some people have the capacity to inspire by example and the force of their reason.’

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