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Deadspin Defamation: Parents of Holden Armenta Move Toward Libel Action Over Blackface Allegation

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There are 33 states with retraction statutes. If a full and effective retraction is issued (and published as prominently as the offending statement), it can limit damages or bar punitive damages entirely in some states. Other states effectively make such a letter a required step.

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May 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Circuit majority opinion’s interpretation was foreclosed by the statute and violated separation of powers. First, the Supreme Court concluded that the statute requiring Commission approval of affiliated-interest agreement did not require environmental review. Maui and Honolulu oppose the extension request. County of Maui v.

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