SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Share The Supreme Court on Monday morning issued orders from the justices’ private conference last week. The Federal Tort Claims Act is a 1946 law that allows private individuals to sue the United States for the negligent or wrongful acts of federal employees. The district court dismissed all of King’s claims.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 1, 2022

Share The Supreme Court on Wednesday will consider the continued vitality and expansion of lawsuits for damages against federal officers under Bivens v. citizen who owns and runs the Smuggler’s Inn, a bed-and-breakfast abutting the Canadian border in Blaine, Washington. Blaine, Washington (Arkyan via Wikipedia).

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The Crime Report

JUNE 27, 2022

For the sake of civilian safety, police must intervene if they see misconduct by colleagues,, according to a forthcoming paper in the George Washington Law Review. Kaufman, who is also a Visiting Associate Professor of Law, Washington University in St.

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LawSites

JANUARY 11, 2023

” This acquisition of Gavelytics, the company says, will dramatically shorten its timeline for offering the same sorts of predictions for matters in state courts. Rabinowitz is a lawyer who practiced as an associate in Sidley LLP’s Supreme Court & Appellate and Mass Tort Litigation groups.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The Supreme Court has returned from its summer break and gotten down to business. The court agreed to review a dozen petitions from that conference. Several of them are sequels to earlier high court decisions.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 19, 2021

For example, Washington state allows for the charging of a misdemeanor. We also discussed a torts case involving a delay in calling police, but that case involved people who were deemed partially responsible for a death. In torts, there is no duty to rescue rule. Cf: Restatement, Torts, § 322. French, 104 Pa.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 8, 2022

There is an interesting case this week involving an adjunct professor at George Washington Law School, where I teach. Her claims were dismissed by Judge Trevoer McFadden who found that they were foreclosed by worker’s compensation as well as failing to state a claim on various torts. Id. ¶¶ 175-76.” See Abdelhady v.

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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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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Share This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, whether Turkey is immune from suit from protesters injured by security forces at its ambassador’s residence, and whether a defective indictment for a federal gun crime was harmless or structural error. Republic of Turkey v. United States.

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Attorney at Work

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

California, Michigan, North Carolina and Washington, D.C., Supreme Court. It is a realistic prediction that we’ll live in a world where thousands of estate planning lawyers work for Fidelity, and hedge funds run the most significant plaintiff tort outfits. have task forces up and running, exploring revisions to Rule 5.4.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

I also teach critical race theory, alongside other legal theories to my first-year torts students. Those efforts received a boost recently from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, which rejected the free speech claims of North Carolina State University Professor Stephen Porter. Jonathan Turley is the J.B.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 23, 2018

Alsup in the federal district court in San Francisco will hear oral argument on motions to dismiss filed in City of Oakland v. One set of California cases – filed by San Mateo County, Marin County and Imperial City – was removed by defendants to federal court, then remanded to state court, based on Judge Vince C. BP P.L.C. ,

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LawSites

JULY 7, 2022

There are a number of litigation analytics products on the market, and what they all have in common is that they extract data from court dockets and apply analytics to provide insights into how judges rule in particular times of matters. As it launches to the market, Pre/Dicta provides predictions only for motions to dismiss in federal court.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 6, 2023

Glacier asked a Washington state court to make the Teamsters pay for damage that happened when cement hardened after the strike began. The Washington Supreme Court dismissed the case, finding that it wasn’t appropriate to apply state tort law to a labor dispute covered by a federal law, the National Labor Relations Act.

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JonathanTurley

JULY 12, 2021

Not only does that law face serious constitutional challenges but similar lawsuits brought on similar grounds have failed miserably in the courts. If it is used more broadly, it is unlikely to be upheld by the courts. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The new law is written to get around a federal ban on such lawsuits.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 25, 2022

Depp must show that Heard’s 2018 Washington Post op-ed , alleging that she was a victim of abuse, defamed him to the tune of $50 million. Of course, this is not the first couple to seek catharsis through the courts. Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

JUNE 17, 2022

Supreme Court held that the authority of a court to imply a cause of action under Bivens v. While the Court did not overrule Bivens , it did emphasize that recognizing a Bivens cause of action is “a disfavored judicial activity.”. Respondent Robert Boule owns a bed-and-breakfast—the Smuggler’s Inn—in Blaine, Washington.

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Patently O

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

1] He is also an adjunct professor at American University Washington College of Law. bankruptcy, class action, trademark, securities, and tort litigation, to the tune of $50 to $100 billion in investments annually. [10] Guest post by Jonathan Stroud. Patent assertion finance today is a multibillion-dollar business. [2]

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court decision that vacated the listing of the Beringia distinct population segment (DPS) of the Pacific bearded seal subspecies as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). West Virginia Federal Court Ordered EPA to Evaluate Clean Air Act’s Impacts on Coal Industry.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The Supreme Court took care of a lot of relist business at its last conference, denying review in four serially relisted cases, in each instance with separate writings from the justices. The court denied Trevino v.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Below is my column in The Hill on what is shaping up to be a major Supreme Court term on the issues of parody and satire under the First Amendment. The Court could reframe the constitutional limits for criminal and civil liability in two cases currently on the docket, including one recently granted review. VIP Products LLC.

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Broadcast Law Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Rachel Wolkowitz (see her bio here ), one of the attorneys following these issues for our law firm Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP in Washington, DC, offers these broad observations on how drones can be used for newsgathering under current FAA rules, and offers some cautions for both current and future use.

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Conflict of Laws

OCTOBER 9, 2021

She then addressed harmonized regimes such as the Hague Conference on Private International Law 2005 Choice of Court Convention, which she believes provide an effective contribution to the goal. In her presentation, she focused on tort law. Working Group on Business and Human Rights, as keynote speaker.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

It was a bathroom break that inspired Bradley Neal , a 3L at The George Washington University Law School , to develop a product that uses generative AI to help law students better understand and brief cases. Returning to class after a visit to the bathroom, he had lost the thread of the case the professor was discussing.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 6, 2021

Below is my column in The Hill on the Supreme Court’s rejection of the case of a former West Point cadet who was barred from suing over the handling of her alleged rape. The case would have allowed a reconsideration of the Feres Doctrine, one of the most damaging and pernicious doctrines ever created by the Supreme Court.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. This Friday, the Supreme Court will be considering 196 petitions and applications at its conference. This Friday, the Supreme Court will be considering 196 petitions and applications at its conference.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. Respondents William Kivett and Bernard and Lisa Bravo filed a class action (which the district court later certified) against mortgage lender Flagstar for not paying interest on their escrow accounts.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

In celebration of Thanksgiving, I give you our annual Turkey Torts of civil and criminal cases that add liability to libations on this special day (with past cases at the bottom). Indeed, the torts and crimes recorded this year seem painfully reminiscent of this loathsome year. Some things are happily left out of the courts.

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JURIST

JANUARY 10, 2023

The United States Supreme Court Tuesday heard oral arguments in a case that will decide whether the National Labor Relations Board or state courts should handle tort claims arising from strike action. The court’s forthcoming decision in Glacier Northwest v.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The Supreme Court is still slowly making inroads on the still-sizable number of lingering relists from the end-of-summer “long conference.” The court finally denied review on Nov. 20 in six-time relist E.I.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 3, 2021

Fitzgerald , the Supreme Court ruled that “government officials performing discretionary functions generally are shielded from liability for civil damages insofar as their conduct does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known.”. In 1982, in Harlow v.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 21, 2022

Heard’s stony demeanor in court played well for Depp as he described someone who seemed to enjoy torturing him with every weakness. The defense continues to hammer Depp on the fact that he was not actually mentioned in the Washington Post column where Heard claimed that she was an abused spouse.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The Supreme Court did not grant review in any new cases since our last installment. The court did, however, deny review in one case that had been relisted three times – King v. Court of Appeals for the D.C.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 29, 2024

Free Speech Coalition, the Supreme Court struck down two provisions of the Child Pornography Prevention Act of 1996 that dealt with virtual or depicted child pornography. Both provisions were found to violate the First Amendment, and the court rejected the type of assumed harm claimed by CREEPER. ” Legally, the answer is no.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 23, 2023

Baldwin’s channeling of Trumpy arguments in court has proven equally successful. As expected, a court has ruled for Baldwin after finding that the sister of the fallen Marine was a limited public figure. However, Roice later shared a photo on Instagram of herself at the Washington Monument, participating in the Jan.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 1, 2021

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. Because the court was running a little behind this year and just released its last opinions on Thursday, the court also held the mop-up conference on Thursday, and the order list will be released Friday morning at 9:30 a.m.

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JURIST

MARCH 4, 2021

In the new suit, filed in Washington state court, Parler claims Amazon illegally breached their contract when they ended their removed Parler because of allegations Amazon knew to be false. The suit alleges 15 different counts of contract, tort and unfair competition violations.

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