Day on Torts
JUNE 6, 2022
deposition of a high-ranking corporate executive or high-level government official who lacks personal, unique knowledge of facts relevant to the litigation. The plaintiffs sought to depose the current CEO of the company. The court’s 39-page opinion discusses the factors Georgia courts should consider in such cases.
SCOTUSBlog
MARCH 3, 2022
Share The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that information about the federal government’s post-9/11 torture program at CIA “black sites” is protected by the “state secrets privilege,” a doctrine that allows the government to withhold information in litigation when disclosing it would compromise national security.
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JURIST
SEPTEMBER 17, 2021
Myanmar law students are reporting for JURIST on challenges to the rule of law in their country under the military junta that deposed the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February. For privacy and security reasons we are withholding this law student’s name and institutional affiliation.
SCOTUSBlog
OCTOBER 6, 2021
government’s torture program at CIA “black sites” in the aftermath of Sept. Barrett summarized her understanding of the state of play, telling Klein that if all of the information is already public, “it seems to me the only thing you gain is an acknowledgment by people who worked for the government that it happened.”
The Crime Report
JANUARY 13, 2023
JPSO attorney Danny Martiny said the agency could not comment because of pending litigation. When attorneys for the family deposed Deputy Nick Vega, one of two deputies accused in the lawsuit of sitting on Parsa prior to his death, they asked him about his disciplinary history. Who governs them? Who holds them to account?”
SCOTUSBlog
OCTOBER 5, 2021
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in yet another legal battle arising from the government’s response to the attacks – specifically, the government’s efforts to block the disclosure of information about its torture program at CIA “black sites.”. In United States v. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit reversed.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
NOVEMBER 7, 2017
Each month, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP (APKS) and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. Vermont Court Said Former Attorney General Could Be Deposed on Use of Private Email Account.
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