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US Supreme Court announces January oral argument schedule, will hear issues of privilege, preemption and administrative procedure

JURIST

Specifically, the court will determine whether attorney-client privilege covers communications involving both legal and non-legal advice when the communication was created for the purpose of obtaining legal advice. If so, the tort claim must be litigated before the National Labor Relations Board, not a state court.

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SCOTUS Kicks Off February Session With Four Cases

Constitutional Law Reporter

In the most high-profile case of the week, the Court addressed the scope of the attorney-client privilege when an attorney provides both legal and non-legal advice. Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico v. The Ohio Adjutant General’s Department v. Centro de Periodismo Investigativo, Inc.:

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US Supreme Court will consider liability shields for online platforms, seven additional new cases

JURIST

At the heart of the contest privilege the nature of the communications between the unnamed law firm and their client, in which the law firm provided legal advice and prepared tax returns (non-legal advice) for the client. Glacier brought a tort claim against the Teamsters for the loss of concrete. In Santos-Zacaria v.

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Houston Man Arrested As Police Continue Search For Missing Tiger

JonathanTurley

A story in Houston has everything you would want in a legal controversy: a murder, a mysterious figure known only as “D”, a missing Bengal tiger named India and even Carole Baskin of Tiger King fame. He is facing both criminal and potential tort liability for the tiger incident. Cuevas’ bond now is revoked.

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More on the Validity of the PDVSA 2020 Bonds

Conflict of Laws

Arguably, the debt contravenes domestic law, although the government may obtain legal opinions affirming its validity. We have seen this pattern in Venezuela, Mozambique, Ukraine, Zambia, Liberia, Puerto Rico, and in other sovereign and sub-sovereign borrowers.