Law 360

JULY 23, 2021

This month, Wyoming became the first state to classify decentralized autonomous organizations as a new form of LLC, which could bring new liability principles and chip away at Delaware's dominance as the corporate capital of the U.S., says Emily DiBenedetto at Shaw Keller.

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LegalReader

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Wyoming follows a system of modified comparative negligence. This means that you can file a personal injury claim even if you were partly to blame for your own accident.

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Mondaq

MAY 30, 2022

In 1869, Wyoming became the first state to extend voting rights to women. In 1977, Wyoming became the first state to enact a law allowing for the formation of a business entity known as a "limited liability company".

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EvidenceProf Blog

JULY 24, 2021

Federal Rule of Evidence 801(d)(1)(B) provides an exclusion to the rule against hearsay for a statement that (B) is consistent with the declarant’s testimony and is offered: (i) to rebut an express or implied charge that the declarant recently fabricated.

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EvidenceProf Blog

JANUARY 7, 2021

Federal Rule of Evidence 801(d)(1)(B) provides an exclusion to the rule against hearsay for a statement that (B) is consistent with the declarant’s testimony and is offered: (i) to rebut an express or implied charge that the declarant recently fabricated.

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LegalReader

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Even if the property owner or business owner fails to clear away snow, they may be able to protect themselves from liability by placing cones or signage around slippy areas.

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HowAppealing

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

“US Supreme Court Justice’s Visit to UW Canceled”: Yesterday, the University of Wyoming issued a news release that begins, “United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch’s scheduled visit to the University of Wyoming College of Law and campus Sept. 16 has been canceled.”

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LegalReader

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

State hospital staff are accused of rape, abuse, and neglect.

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HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

“Interview with Wyoming’s newest Supreme Court Justice”: Ryan Collins of Oil City News has this Q&A.

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Law 360

JANUARY 30, 2024

A Wyoming company urged the U.S. Supreme Court to look into whether lower courts and the U.S. Department of Justice unlawfully snubbed its allegations that London's Standard Chartered Bank cleared roughly $56 billion in violation of U.S. sanctions targeting Iran.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 5, 2021

A new report from the Sentencing Project, a nonprofit promoting effective and humane responses to crime and imprisonment, reveals that $190 billion in federal school funding connected to the COVID-19 pandemic could help districts in Wyoming and across the nation close the so-called school-to-prison pipeline, reports the Public News Service.

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LegalReader

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The use of force after an individual is in custody also constitutes police brutality. .

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

The shooting occurred after a 911 caller reported suspicious behavior outside an apartment building in Wyoming, Ohio. Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney Melissa Powers announced Friday that three officers involved in the fatal shooting of Joe Frasure, Jr. will not face criminal charges because their actions were justified.

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Above The Law

MAY 21, 2021

Family values FTW!

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HowAppealing

AUGUST 2, 2021

16”: The University of Wyoming issued t his news release today. “US Supreme Court Justice to Visit UW College of Law Sept.

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JURIST

APRIL 7, 2022

An energy company was sentenced Tuesday in Cheyenne, Wyoming, for multiple violations of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA). ESI owns many companies that run wind energy generation facilities throughout the US, including in Wyoming and New Mexico. ESI Energy Inc.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Mohave, Arizona, and Casper, Wyoming, was convicted of unlawfully distributing controlled substances resulting in death. The court of appeals denied rehearing of the case on February 25, 2021, affirming the District Court of Wyoming’s decision and finding the evidence of guilt overwhelming.

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Law 360

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Wyoming's former banking commissioner is the new chief risk and compliance officer of Two Ocean Trust, a Jackson Hole-based trust company specializing in wealth management for ultra high-net-worth clients, families and foundations, after nearly 25 years as a regulator in the state, according to the company.

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LegalReader

DECEMBER 1, 2022

There is a long list of felony crimes that can cause a legal immigrant to be deported.

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JURIST

JUNE 14, 2022

Those arrested included men from 13 states, including Michigan, Texas, Alabama, Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, South Dakota, Washington, Oregon, Illinois, Arkansas and Missouri. Coeur d’Alene Police Chief Lee White said that evidence indicates the men came to riot in several areas of downtown, not just the pride event.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The mystery around the death of Gabrielle Petito, the white woman who has been headline news across the country, and whose remains were recently discovered in Wyoming, is frustrating people who say the media ignores an epidemic of missing and murdered Native American women in the state, reports NPR.

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My Shingle

JULY 12, 2021

Last month with the country reopening post-pandemic, on the eve of my 57th birthday, I embarked on a bucket-list trip to the Dakotas with Wyoming and Montana tossed in because why not? Compared to the East Coast where I reside, the west is more immense in every respect: big, endless sky, wide-open roads and days…

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Law 360

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

New Jersey-based auditor Berkower LLC has escaped a lawsuit accusing it of playing a role in an alleged scheme to defraud those who pledged early support for a digital asset project, with a Wyoming federal judge ruling that plaintiff Axtra LLC fell short in pleading its racketeering claims.

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Law 360

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Individuals who a Wyoming company alleges helped fund a "pump-and-dump" scheme asked a Michigan federal judge to toss the civil conspiracy and racketeering claims against them, saying the company's allegations don't show that they engaged in an established pattern of fraud needed to support those claims.

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Law 360

AUGUST 28, 2023

A Wyoming holding company is asking a Michigan federal court to hold accountable a group of people located in multiple states who it alleges drove the company into receivership to transfer its ownership and then inflated its share price, making millions of dollars for themselves.

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LegalReader

MARCH 2, 2022

A letter of denial is not final.

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JURIST

APRIL 24, 2021

Supporters of the bill argue that the District of Columbia is not properly represented in Congress despite having a larger population than Vermont and Wyoming. The bill comes at a time filled with discussion of voting rights and disenfranchisement. Senator Chuck Schumer said the bill is “about democracy. It’s about voting rights.”

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Federal, local and state authorities recently carried out arrests, searches and seizures in California, Oklahoma, Wyoming, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Nevada, North Carolina, and Virginia in a bust of a network of thieves, dealers and processors involved in catalytic converter thefts worth hundreds of millions of dollars, reports Joe Barrett for (..)

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Law 360

MAY 24, 2022

corporate tax lawyer played a "meaningful role" in a $19 million insurance trap sprung on a Wyoming company and its owner, according to a federal complaint filed in Maryland federal court. A Washington, D.C.,

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Mondaq

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it had "instituted proceedings against American CryptoFed DAO LLC, a Wyoming-based organization, halting the effectiveness of the company's.

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Mondaq

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

On November 10, 2021, the SEC announced that it had instituted proceedings against a Wyoming-based decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) to halt its registration of two digital tokens.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Delaware, Texas and Wyoming are actively promoting P2P crypto usage in such a way that they’re manufacturing hundreds of thousands of felons (like me!) every day,” Hopkins argues. There needs to be a) clarity on how to be as compliant as possible and b) ideally a rollback of the overreaching guidance in the first place.”

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The Crime Report

JULY 6, 2021

Wyoming and South Carolina still don’t have hate crime laws as of a March investigation by CNN. Hate crime bills in Wyoming are under development for next year’s legislative session. South Carolina too has struggled with passing hate crime legislation this year.

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The Crime Report

MARCH 31, 2022

The six most recent states to sign on are Connecticut, Idaho, Kentucky, Minnesota, New Jersey and Wyoming, along with the District of Columbia. The Federal Trade Commission reported that in the fourth quarter of last year, it received about 89,000 reports of phone call fraud, with nearly $157 million in reported money lost.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 13, 2022

The members arrested had come to Idaho from several states, including Texas, Utah, Colorado, South Dakota, Illinois, Wyoming, Washington, Oregon and Virginia.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Meanwhile, Ohio and Wyoming have recently adopted legislation prohibiting local governments from banning natural gas hookups and legislation aimed at sinking new renewable energy projects. Last year Wyoming enacted SF 36, which effectively gives local governments veto power over new large-scale wind and solar energy projects.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 16, 2022

Four states—New Hampshire, Wyoming, Idaho, and Arkansas—lead the nation in the greatest number of firearms industry jobs per capita, according to a ranking published by the personal finance service WalletHub. Idaho and Wyoming ranked the highest in WalletHub’s scoring system by more than five points. Photo by Mitch Barrie via Flickr.

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