Above The Law
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
Where can you learn how to file a motion to party? The post Law Schools With The Most Competitive Students v. Law Schools With The Best Quality Of Life (2023) appeared first on Above the Law.
JURIST
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
A US Circuit Court Thursday declared the law preventing those subject to a domestic violence restraining order from owning a gun, unconstitutional. In the case of United States v. Rahimi , the US Appeals Court for the Fifth Circuit found that the law was an unconstitutional restraint on Americans’ Second Amendment rights to own a firearm. Zackey Rahimi was involved in various shootings in Texas between December 2020 and January 2021.
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FEBRUARY 3, 2023
by Dennis Cxrouch In re Lizzo LLC (TTAB 2023) In a new precedential opinion, the PTAB has sided with the musical artist Lizzo — agreeing to register her mark “100% THAT B H” for use on apparel. The Trademark Examining Attorney had refused registration on “failure-to-function” — concluding that the phrase was a commonplace expression used to express a well-recognized sentiment.
JURIST
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
The US Department of Defense (DoD) Thursday confirmed the release from Guantanamo Bay of Majid Khan, a former money courier for al-Qaeda. The release follows a transfer agreement between the US and Belize. The deal, which will see the Central American country of Belize house Khan within its borders, is the first of its kind since the Obama administration.
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HowAppealing
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
“Insurers Avoid Picking Up Businesses’ Covid-19 Pandemic Costs; Policyholders have been trying to collect on policies for ‘business interruption,’ but courts have so far sided with insurers that argue the policies are triggered by physical damage to property, not the presence of virus”: Richard Vanderford of The Wall Street Journal has this report.
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FEBRUARY 3, 2023
“North Carolina Supreme Court Grants Rehearing in Case Striking Down Congressional Districts as a Partisan Gerrymander, Potentially Mooting U.S. Supreme Court’s Independent State Legislature Case, Moore v. Harper”: Rick Hasen has this post at his “Election Law Blog.” And in local coverage, Avi Bajpai of The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina reports that “ NC Supreme Court agrees to rehear voter ID, gerrymandering cases after majority flips.”
JURIST
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
The Supreme Court of Illinois Thursday ruled that individuals have a five-year period to launch a claim under the Biometric Information Privacy Act. This ruling reverses an appellate court decision that allowed for only a one-year period on claims relating to unlawful handling of people’s data under the act. Jorome Tims, the plaintiff, filed the class-action lawsuit against his former employer Black Horse Inc.
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FEBRUARY 3, 2023
“The Supreme Court Considers the Algorithm; A very weird Section 230 case is headed to the country’s highest court”: Kaitlyn Tiffany of The Atlantic has this report. The post “The Supreme Court Considers the Algorithm; A very weird Section 230 case is headed to the country’s highest court” appeared first on How Appealing.
JURIST
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
Judge Michelle Friedland of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Thursday affirmed a district court decision as part of a nearly 30-year-long case regarding the rights of disabled prisoners. The case, brought in 1994 by a class of California prisoners, challenged the state’s treatment of disabled inmates under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Rehabilitation Act (RA) , accusing both the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Governor
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FEBRUARY 3, 2023
“The Looting of Johnson & Johnson; The company loses in court because it was too generous to claimants”: This editorial appears in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal. The post “The Looting of Johnson & Johnson; The company loses in court because it was too generous to claimants” appeared first on How Appealing.
JURIST
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
A plenary session of the Peruvian Congress Thursday rejected a proposal to move the date of the general election forward to July 2023 from the current April 2024 date. The Peru Libre party presented the proposal for debate following the Council of Minister’s approval of President Dina Boluarte’s second constitutional reform bill, which would move general elections for president, vice president and congressional representatives to the second Sunday of October 2023.
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FEBRUARY 3, 2023
“Veterans Suing Over 3M Earplugs Want Bankruptcy Case Tossed; Plaintiffs say ruling on Johnson & Johnson talc case supports their opposition to 3M’s plan for settling claims”: Bob Tita of The Wall Street Journal has this report. The post “Veterans Suing Over 3M Earplugs Want Bankruptcy Case Tossed; Plaintiffs say ruling on Johnson & Johnson talc case supports their opposition to 3M’s plan for settling claims” appeared first on How Appealing.
JURIST
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
Kerala-based journalist Siddique Kappan Thursday walked out of jail after having spent over two years in incarceration. A Lucknow Sessions Court signed the bail order after accepting his bail bonds. In October 2020, he along with three others was arrested on charges of conspiracy to create disturbance during the critical time of the Hathras gang-rape case.
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FEBRUARY 3, 2023
“The U.S. Must Resolve the Cases of the Guantanamo Detainees; If the 9/11 defendants were to plead guilty and accept a life sentence, justice will almost have been served”: Theodore B. Olson has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal. The post “The U.S. Must Resolve the Cases of the Guantanamo Detainees; If the 9/11 defendants were to plead guilty and accept a life sentence, justice will almost have been served” appeared first on How Appealing.
JURIST
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
Residents of Ogale and Bille communities in Nigeria Thursday joined the lawsuit against Shell plc seeking compensation for oil spillage in the Niger delta. The suit has been filed in UK’s High Court with the plaintiffs being represented by Leigh Day Law firm. This follows Shell’s report which claims to have made almost $40 billion in revenue last year, hence begging the question of corporate responsibility in environmental protection.
HowAppealing
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
“The Supreme Court of the United States will honor the memory of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday, March 17, with a meeting of the Supreme Court’s Bar, followed by a special sitting of the Court.” So beings a news release that the Public Information Office of the U.S. Supreme Court issued yesterday. The post “The Supreme Court of the United States will honor the memory of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday, March 17, with a meeting of the Supreme
JURIST
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
The Foreign Ministry of Austria Thursday announced its decision to expel four Russian diplomats from Vienna. Two of the affected Russian diplomats are stationed at the Russian Embassy while the other two are located at the United Nations Permanent Mission. In a brief statement, the Ministry concluded that the two Russian Embassy diplomats have engaged in “acts incompatible with their diplomatic status.
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FEBRUARY 3, 2023
“The Supreme Court Spouses Cannot Stop Stomping On Ethical Rakes; Jane Roberts’s lengthy and lucrative legal recruiting career is the focus of new allegations about the Supreme Court’s unaddressed conflicts of interest”: Yvette Borja has this post at Balls and Strikes. The post “The Supreme Court Spouses Cannot Stop Stomping On Ethical Rakes; Jane Roberts’s lengthy and lucrative legal recruiting career is the focus of new allegations about the Supreme Court
Above The Law
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
Doesn't look like Clarence will be stepping down this term, huh? The post The Data Shows That Federal Judges Are Going Out Of Their Way To Not Pull An RBG appeared first on Above the Law.
HowAppealing
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
“3M foes act fast to capitalize on J&J’s talc bankruptcy defeat”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Reuters has this post. The post “3M foes act fast to capitalize on J&J’s talc bankruptcy defeat” appeared first on How Appealing.
Law 360
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben proposes the preliminary legal opinion procedure — seeking a court's opinion on a disputed legal standard at the outset, rather than the close, of discovery — as a useful resource-preservation tool for legally complex, discovery-intensive litigation.
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FEBRUARY 3, 2023
“David vs Goliath: How Corporate Interests Dominate Civil Appellate Litigation & What We Can Do About It; A gap in access to expert appellate legal representation has enabled wealthy corporations to shape the legal landscape to their benefit; Plaintiff-side appellate litigators are trying to change that.” Simone Unwalla has this post at The [F]law.
Above The Law
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
* Just because the law determines that someone is a dangerous threat to others, the Fifth Circuit rules that court orders still can't take away their guns because that's a fundamental right. You know, walking around as a free person is a fundamental right too. can the justice system still put criminals in prison? [ Reuters ] * Lizzo is now officially 100 percent that b h. [ Law360 ] * Baker McKenzie office managing partner steps aside amid investigation into office-wide discrimination claims. [
Law 360
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
A longtime antitrust adviser to Live Nation who began his relationship with the company in 2009 during its merger with Ticketmaster has retired from Latham & Watkins LLP and accepted the role of executive vice president for corporate and regulatory affairs at the entertainment company.
LawSites
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
Time by Ping, a company whose product is designed to help lawyers capture time automatically, this week announced that it has rebranded the company as Laurel as it expands beyond the legal industry into serving customers in all fields of professional services, including accounting and consulting. The company, which last year raised $36.5 million in Series B financing, said it is also launching a new brand identity and a reimagined product.
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Law 360
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced Friday that Activision Blizzard Inc., the company behind popular games like Call of Duty and Candy Crush, agreed to pay $35 million to settle accusations that, among other things, it violated the agency's whistleblower protection rules.
Above The Law
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
Political polarization could result in delaying the passage of new CBD legislation, which in turn would further hold up the implementation of a regulatory pathway for these products. The post 2023, Not The Year CBD Gets Regulated appeared first on Above the Law.
Law 360
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
A Texas state jury has awarded nearly $42 million to two oil and gas producers in their lawsuit against fossil fuel giant Energy Transfer Co. after finding that it allowed poisonous, corrosive and flammable chemicals to seep from a containment well into their land, hindering its use.
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