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Second Circuit Refutes Allegations Involving Law Clerk in Mediaite, Above the Law, and Other Publications

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It could be claimed that she became a limited public figure subject to the higher standard of proof in New York Times v. The Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press. They could be deposed on the basis for their disparaging accounts of Clanton.

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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On October 19, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals denied a natural gas pipeline developer’s petition for panel rehearing or rehearing en banc of its ruling that upheld the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s (NYSDEC’s) denial of a water quality certificate for the pipeline. National Academy of Sciences , No.

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