JURIST
FEBRUARY 11, 2022
There is no statute of limitations under current federal law barring the prosecution of criminal offenses involving child sex abuse 10 years after the offense or when the victim is alive, whichever is later.
JURIST
APRIL 25, 2022
Norfolk Southern Railway Company , which focus on statute of limitations and personal jurisdiction issues. In Reed , petitioner Rodney Reed asked the court to decide when “the statute of limitations begins to run for an action under 42 U.S.C.
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JURIST
JUNE 6, 2022
Wilson deals with the QTA’s 12 year statute of limitations for claimants and asks whether the statute of limitations is a jurisdictional rule or a claim-processing rule. The post US Supreme Court to hear Quiet Title Act statute of limitations case appeared first on JURIST - News.
Conflict of Laws
DECEMBER 18, 2021
Many Canadian and some other conflicts scholars will know that the Uniform Law Conference of Canada (ULCC) has drafted (in 1994) model legislation putting the taking of jurisdiction and staying of proceedings on a statutory footing. Written by Stephen G.A. Pitel, Western University.
C|M|LAW Library
APRIL 4, 2022
You will find citation information for Ohio statutes in Table 1 of the Bluebook. jurisdictions; for more in-depth treatment of statute citations in general, have a look at Bluebook Rule 12. Here’s an example of how to cite to Ohio’s illegal bingo statute: Ohio Rev. Because Ohio has two versions of its statutes – one called Page’s Ohio Revised Code Annotated published by LexisNexis and the other called Baldwin’s Ohio Revised Code Annotated published by West.
SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 3, 2021
Share The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the government’s broad interpretation of a federal law that makes it a crime to “exceed authorized access” on a computer. The post Justices narrow federal computer-fraud statute appeared first on SCOTUSblog.
JURIST
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
said the lawsuit raised a question of law which was barred under the statute of limitations contained in the Biometric Information Privacy Act. The appellate court said that claims, like the ones brought by Tims, should be subject to the one-year statute of limitations period.
Diane Drain
JANUARY 20, 2022
Bankruptcy Issues After January 1, 2022 Changes in Arizona Homestead Statutes. Final edits of HB2617 – easier to read Along with that increase there were other significant changes to the Arizona Homestead law. HB 2617 – 2022 Changes in Arizona Homestead Laws.
SCOTUSBlog
OCTOBER 11, 2022
A federal appeals court threw out Rodney Reed’s federal civil rights lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Texas law governing DNA testing, explaining that Reed had filed his suit too late.
The Crime Report
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
On Monday, the Supreme Court heard arguments in a case set to decide whether a defendant has to actually “steal an identity,” under at least common understanding of what that means, to be convicted of aggravated identity theft under federal law. Now, the court is set to decide if that qualifies as identity theft under the law.
SCOTUSBlog
DECEMBER 11, 2020
Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces that had held the three prosecutions time-barred because it found a five-year statute of limitations for military rapes occurring between 1986 and 2006. Second, one of the goals of any statute of limitations is clarity, stated Alito.
JURIST
JULY 10, 2022
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has held that using ballot drop boxes is illegal under state statutes. The post Wisconsin high court holds using ballot drop boxes illegal under state statutes appeared first on JURIST - News. Uncategorized absentee ballot ballots Domestic drop boxes election law elections wisconsin Wisconsin Elections Commission Wisconsin Supreme Court
Law 360
DECEMBER 8, 2022
State attorneys general appear to be ramping up investigations, prosecutions and interventions using long-underappreciated state and municipal false claims statutes, and early indications signal an increasing focus on cybersecurity misrepresentations, private equity firms' misconduct and securities fraud, say attorneys at Troutman Pepper
LegalReader
APRIL 29, 2022
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Day on Torts
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
Where a patient left the hospital with known pressure ulcers and no wound treatment plan, the statute of limitations for his HCLA (health care liability act, formerly known as medical malpractice) claim related to those skin wounds began to run on the day he was discharged from the hospital.
SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 6, 2022
Share The Supreme Court on Monday morning added one new case to its docket for the 2022-23 term, a technical dispute over the binding nature of the statute of limitations for a federal property law.
FDA Law Blog
AUGUST 4, 2022
Kirschenbaum — In a recent decision, the Second Circuit upheld the HHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG)’s position that Pfizer’s proposed copay assistance program for its high-cost heart treatment would violate the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS). By Sophia R. Gaulkin & Alan M.
LegalReader
JULY 7, 2021
While the standard statute of limitations for personal injury cases in Florida is four years, certain factors can extend the deadline or effectively pause the timer.
HowAppealing
DECEMBER 5, 2021
“The Cell Phone Donut Hole in the Tracking Device Statute”: Retired U.S. has this article in the Federal Courts Law Review Magistrate Judge Steven Wm. Smith (S.D.
SCOTUSBlog
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
Hendrix , a case that exemplifies the Gordian knot that is the federal habeas corpus statute. Ortiz responded that an effective and adequate remedy need not guarantee victory, but must guarantee “that the correct law be applied.”. Share On Tuesday, the court heard argument in Jones v.
The Crime Report
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
Earlier this month, the Utah House of Representative’s Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee, after lengthy and passionate debate, narrowly defeated a bill to repeal the death penalty.
Day on Torts
AUGUST 10, 2022
Where defendant governmental entity did not own the park where plaintiff was injured, and plaintiff was attending a concert in the park when she fell, summary judgment based on both the GTLA and Recreational Use Statute was affirmed.
The Crime Report
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
Ron Desantis has taken a stand against the unanimity required by state law to sentence criminal defendants to the death penalty. Since then, Florida Republicans have filed bills that would reverse amendments to state statute after Supreme Court Justices nearly-unanimously found that Florida’s sentencing scheme violated the Sixth Amendment Hurst v. Florida Gov.
SCOTUSBlog
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
When Kneedler argued that the statute dealt with suppression, rather than the production, of information, Justice Elena Kagan asked, “Why isn’t it about both?” The whole point of this” law, Roberts said, is to “keep the information from being used.”
SCOTUSBlog
OCTOBER 5, 2022
McDonough , a case about retroactive disability benefits for veterans who failed to apply for those benefits within the one-year window prescribed by a federal statute. Joshi argued that this statute does not “walk or quack” like a statute of limitations and it doesn’t function as one either.
LegalReader
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland had protested a 2021 law removing the statute of limitations on most child sex abuse claims. Verdicts & Settlements Catholic Church child abuse child sex abuse diocese of portland lawsuit Maine rulings Statute of Limitations
HowAppealing
DECEMBER 9, 2022
“Texas Doctor Who Violated Abortion Law Wins Dismissal of Suit; Suit was filed under law allowing private policing of statute; San Antonio doctor wrote op-ed detailing his violation of law”: Madlin Mekelburg of Bloomberg News has this report.
A People's Choice
OCTOBER 13, 2020
To read the complete article, please click on the link Changing Property Division in a California Divorce Agreement – Requirements and Statute on Limitations This post appeared first on A People's Choice - Legal Documents - Without the Lawyers.
JURIST
SEPTEMBER 11, 2022
Under Article 63 of the Statute of the Court , states may intervene in the proceedings if the outcome will bind them. The United States and the Kingdom of Sweden Thursday filed declarations of intervention in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the case of Ukraine v.
LegalReader
MARCH 1, 2022
In Indiana, the statute of limitations gives claimants two years from the date of the accident to file for personal injury claims.
Constitutional Law Reporter
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
By a vote of 8-1, the Court held that to plead facts sufficient to support a domestic application of the Alien Tort Statute, 28 U.S.C. Where the statute does not apply extraterritorially, plaintiffs must establish that “the conduct relevant to the statute’s focus occurred in the United States.
At the Lectern
JULY 9, 2021
When the court granted review in August 2019 , it limited the issue in Shalabi to: “Code of Civil Procedure section 12 provides: ‘The time in which any act provided by law is to be done is computed by excluding the first day, and including the last, unless the last day is a holiday, and then it is also excluded.’ In cases where the statute of limitations is tolled, is the first day after tolling ends included or excluded in calculating whether an action is timely filed?”
Day on Torts
NOVEMBER 4, 2021
First, the Claims Commissioner ruled that the claim was “barred by § 70-7-102(a) of Tennessee’s Recreational Use Statute, which protects landowners, including the State of Tennessee, from responsibility for injury to recreational visitors.”
JURIST
OCTOBER 20, 2022
Russian Federation under Article 63 of the ICJ Statute. The Republic of Croatia Wednesday filed a declaration of intervention in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) case of Ukraine v. Human rights experts worldwide have accused Russia of genocide since its invasion of Ukraine.
HowAppealing
JUNE 1, 2022
“The Supreme Court Leakers Can Be Prosecuted; If it turns out to be a law clerk, there are federal statutes under which criminal charges can be brought”: Markus Funk and U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Kendall ( N.D. have this essay online at The Wall Street Journal
C|M|LAW Library
FEBRUARY 16, 2021
Occasionally when reading law review articles or other legal materials, you will see the Latin abbreviation et seq. should be avoided for statutes, and replaced with two section symbols – §§ – to show multiple statute sections.
Above The Law
OCTOBER 12, 2022
The post When Pigs Litigate: How Pork Law Will Predict Abortion And Gun Jurisprudence appeared first on Above the Law. Courts California Long Arm Statute Pork Supreme CourtWe could have avoided this whole issue if everyone became a vegan.
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