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Eighth Circuit rejects challenge to Nebraska ballot initiative signature requirement

JURIST

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Wednesday rejected a request from a group of medical marijuana supporters to block a provision in Nebraska’s constitution that establishes a signature requirement for ballot initiatives. A district court granted a preliminary injunction, but the Eighth Circuit reversed.

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US Supreme Court hears oral arguments on Biden student loan forgiveness

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Nebraska and Department of Education v. The issue of standing, while more of a theoretical dispute than the legal merits of Biden’s student-loan forgiveness program, could be the focus of the court’s decision. ” The legal merits of the cases turn on the separation of powers between branches of government.

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US Supreme Court strikes down Biden student loan forgiveness plan

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Nebraska bring to an end a nearly year-long saga in which Biden attempted to forgive up to $20,000 in federal student loans for current and former US college students. Nebraska , Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority. The court’s decisions in Department of Education v. Brown and Biden v. In a 6-3 decision in Biden v.

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New York AG issues consumer alert ahead of Super Bowl

JURIST

It is the first major sporting event New Yorkers can bet on since the state legislature legalized online sports betting last month. The press release cites a barrage of misleading advertisements that have flooded the state since legalization, including those for “risk-free bets” and “$1,000 welcome offers.”

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More Information on the ‘Quiet’ Launch of a New Legal Research Service by LexisNexis Parent RELX

LawSites

Recently, I reported here on the “quiet” launch of a new legal research service, Decisis , targeting bar associations and 1-2 lawyer law firms. as well as president of the company that created Decisis, Legal InQuery Solutions. I now have more information on the launch of the service, based on my interview yesterday with Jeffrey S.

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Tarasoff Revisited: Nebraska Court Rejects Liability Of Psychiatrist After Patient Murders Girlfriend

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Her parents, Angela Rodriguez and Adan Rodriguez, sued Lasting Hope and Benton’s employer, University of Nebraska Medical Center Physicians, but the Nebraska Supreme Court affirmed the dismissal of the action due to a lack of any legal duty to warn or protect the girlfriend. We have discussed decisions extending Tarasoff.

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Forum Selection Clauses, Afghanistan, and the United States

Conflict of Laws

In other words, for either party to have had a legal remedy for the other party’s failure to perform under the subcontract, the parties must have intended “courts of the United States of America” as a geographical designation encompassing both federal and state courts. This is unusual. Only three other U.S. Judges in the remaining U.S.