JURIST

AUGUST 28, 2022

Federal prosecutors in New Mexico Friday announced the arrest of Herman Leyvoune Wilson (also known as Bilal Mu’Min Abdullah) on charges of providing material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). The indictment alleges that Wilson attempted to establish a New Mexico “Islamic State Center.”

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APRIL 1, 2023

“New Mexico Supreme Court blocks ordinances restricting access to abortion”: Elise Kaplan and Dan Boyd of The Albuquerque Journal have this report. And Susan Montoya Bryan of The Associated Press reports that “ New Mexico Supreme Court blocks local abortion ordinances.”

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MARCH 29, 2024

“US Efforts to Store Nuclear Waste Poised for High Court Review; Legal battle intensifies over where to store spent fuel; Fifth Circuit vacates licenses for Texas, New Mexico sites”: Daniel Moore of Bloomberg Law has this report discussing an unpublished decision that the U.S.

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ABA Journal

AUGUST 24, 2022

Immigrants who are in the country illegally won’t be barred from law practice in New Mexico, according to a rule change approved by the New…

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 19, 2022

New Mexico District Court Judge Elaine Lujan has outlawed the New Mexico Civil Guard (NMCG), a militia group blamed for sparking violence at a 2020 anti-statue demonstration in the state where a protester was shot, reports Andrew Hay for Reuters.

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Law 360

MARCH 2, 2023

A California federal judge Thursday held off granting preliminary approval to Facebook's $725 million settlement resolving multidistrict litigation over the Cambridge Analytica data scandal after New Mexico's counsel questioned whether it releases that state's claims, but the judge indicated this "small question" is unlikely to hold up the "reasonable (..)

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DECEMBER 14, 2020

“New Mexico gets water victory over Texas at U.S. Supreme Court”: Phill Casaus of The Santa Fe New Mexican has this report. Susan Montoya Bryan of The Associated Press reports that “ US Supreme Court sides with New Mexico in Pecos River fight.” ” Ellen M.

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L4SB

MARCH 10, 2023

Now that recreational cannabis use and sales is legal in the State of New Mexico, we’ve helped a lot of these businesses get started — we have helped with everything.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 31, 2023

New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced legislation Monday to combat the funding of organized crime through retail theft. According to the Governor, the estimated economic impact of stolen sales in New Mexico is at $819.8

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OCTOBER 26, 2023

“In Texas, Local Laws to Prevent Travel for Abortions Gain Momentum; Lubbock County, home to more than 300,000 near the New Mexico border, has become the fourth and largest Texas county to bar travel assistance for abortions”: J. David Goodman of The New York Times has this report.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Two Albuquerque, New Mexico police officials have been named in a federal indictment involving a conspiracy to traffick more than 1,000 guns the ATF classifies as machine guns, Tommy Lopez reports for KOB4.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 15, 2020

The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favor of New Mexico , ending the latest chapter in a decades-old water dispute involving the Pecos River. The conflict involves how water is apportioned between New Mexico and Texas under an interstate compact first approved by Congress in the mid-twentieth century.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 17, 2020

New Mexico on Monday, ruling in New Mexico’s favor in an interstate water dispute over the Pecos River. In upholding the river master’s decision as “legally accurate and entirely fair,” the majority relied largely on an email exchange between Texas and New Mexico officials that began in November 2014.

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OCTOBER 12, 2021

“Trial starts in Rio Grande Supreme Court water lawsuit between New Mexico and Texas”: Danielle Prokop of El Paso Matters recently had this report.

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OilandGasLawyer

MAY 12, 2023

has written a great brief summary of oil and gas law in New Mexico. A great resource for anyone who owns minerals in New Mexico. Turner, Jr. You can buy it on Amazon.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Facebook claims that the data that would confirm the identity of page administrators and members of the New Mexico Civil Guard no longer exist because it deleted them after it banned the organization as part of an August 2020 content moderation sweep.

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The Crime Report

MAY 24, 2023

Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham has partnered with prosecutors to revive a 1970s commission aimed at tackling organized crime in New Mexico, Dan Mckay reports for the Albuquerque Journal.

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JANUARY 6, 2021

Supreme Court changes add urgency to New Mexico abortion bill, lawmaker says”: Walter Rubel of The Las Cruces Sun-News has this report. “U.S.

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The Crime Report

JULY 29, 2022

Alcohol is killing New Mexicans at a higher rate than anywhere else in the country — yet the state has largely neglected the growing crisis, reports New Mexico In Depth.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2021

” You can access yesterday’s opinion of the Supreme Court of New Mexico at this link.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Albuquerque, New Mexico 911 dispatchers now have an option beyond the police, with social workers and others in related fields patrolling the city and fielding calls pertaining to mental health, substance abuse or homelessness that otherwise would have been handled by an armed officer, reports the Washington Post.

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LegalReader

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

In New Mexico if a person writes up a will and signs it themselves, it will not be considered valid.

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ABA Journal

JANUARY 20, 2022

The Law Offices of the Public Defender of the State of New Mexico only has one-third of the full-time attorneys it needs to handle its…

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Improvements to New Mexico’s pretrial practices are working to promote community safety and honor the constitutional principles of the American justice system, reports the Los Alamos Daily Post.

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HowAppealing

AUGUST 10, 2022

The post “Texas anti-abortion protesters set sights on New Mexico, where the procedure is still protected; As Texans seek abortions in the only neighboring state to allow them, opponents of the procedure follow them across the border, hoping to create more ‘sanctuary cities for the unborn'” appeared first on How Appealing.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The New Mexico Supreme Court has ruled that a person does not necessarily have to brandish a weapon or physically attack someone with it to be found to have committed aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, reports the Courthouse News Service.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 25, 2023

Javier Mollina was murdered in a New Mexico prison by Carlos Herrera, Daniel Sanchez, and Anthony Ray Baca. All four allegedly belonged to Syndicato de Nuevo Mexico, a prison gang. The post In New Mexico prison killing, a lingering question over jurisdiction appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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LegalReader

MAY 6, 2021

Becoming a criminal defense attorney can be very rewarding in every state, but in New Mexico, you are given more opportunities.

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Law 360

JANUARY 14, 2022

Johnson & Johnson on Friday said it will pay New Mexico $44 million to settle claims that it and its subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals fanned the flames of the opioid crisis in the state.

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L4SB

JUNE 21, 2021

On April 12, 2021, New Mexico joined the movement when Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham the Cannabis Regulation Act. In recent years, many states across the country have liberalized their cannabis laws. It is important to note that while individual states have changed their laws, cannabis remains federally illegal.

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L4SB

MARCH 24, 2023

The Cannabis Regulation Act of 2021 (“CRA”) did not only legalize recreational cannabis, but also provided a mechanism for individuals who have been charged or convicted of conduct that is.

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EvidenceProf Blog

AUGUST 4, 2021

Federal Rule of Evidence 608(b) provides that Except for a criminal conviction under Rule 609, extrinsic evidence is not admissible to prove specific instances of a witness’s conduct in order to attack or support the witness’s character for truthfulness.

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Parasec

JULY 10, 2019

Effective July 1, 2019, the New Mexico Secretary of State no longer requires original/”wet” signatures for corporate or LLC business filings. Limited Partnerships filings, however, still require an original signature.

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DECEMBER 14, 2023

.” And Joe Duhownik of Courthouse News Service reports that “ New Mexico Supreme Court considers legality of local abortion bans; New Mexico’s attorney general says state law preempts local governments from passing ordinances that interfere with access to abortion.”

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Fox News pundit Tomi Lahren was cancelled at the University of New Mexico by students who refused to let others hear her remarks. Fox News reported that “the University of New Mexico insists students will be held accountable for their actions” and added.

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ABA Journal

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

A New Mexico lawyer has received a public censure partly for “inflammatory and misleading statements” in litigation opposing COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, including a claimed right…

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LegalReader

AUGUST 9, 2021

Marvin Silva was beaten so badly he was later hospitalized with broken ribs, a collapsed lung, and major spleen damage.

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