Avalon Zoppo

September 16, 2024 | National Law Journal

Ritz, who was confirmed in a 48-46 vote, served as an assistant U.S. attorney before Biden appointed him U.S. attorney for the Western District of Tennessee in 2022.

By Avalon Zoppo

2 minute read

September 16, 2024 | National Law Journal

Chief Judge Sri Srinivasan pressed TikTok on whether a company based outside of the United States can bring a First Amendment challenge to a federal regulation.

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4 minute read

September 13, 2024 | National Law Journal

The rule, established in the Supreme Court's 1994 decision 'Heck v. Humphrey,' bars people from bringing civil rights suits without first showing their conviction has been reversed, set aside or expunged. Circuits are divided over whether that rule applies to plaintiffs no longer in prison.

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5 minute read

September 12, 2024 | National Law Journal

"A law clerk who applies for a job with a political organization risks linking the judge's chambers to political activity, which could compromise the independence of the judiciary," the advisory opinion states.

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2 minute read

September 12, 2024 | National Law Journal

"The local rules do not supersede the requirements of the federal rules" of appellate procedure, the appeals court held. "Moreover, the district court's individual rules explicitly warned that this Court would not accept such an argument to excuse an untimely notice of appeal."

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3 minute read

September 10, 2024 | National Law Journal

"Rather than debating among ourselves our impressions about font size and color, the placement of hyperlinks, and the choice between click-wrap and browse-wrap agreements, we should start treating these issues about user-interface design as questions of fact," wrote Judge David Hamilton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

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4 minute read

September 09, 2024 | National Law Journal

"You want to follow what the Supreme Court is saying, because that's your role," said Diane Wood, who served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. "But what exactly they're telling you to do, what inferences you're supposed to draw, can be very difficult to see."

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9 minute read

September 06, 2024 | National Law Journal

"The dearth of historical examples supporting the [Federal Election Commission's] position calls for the Supreme Court to reexamine its First Amendment jurisprudence that applies here," Judge John Bush wrote in a concurrence.

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5 minute read

September 06, 2024 | Law.com

Is there a greater risk of transcript issues and--if so--how can lawyers avoid them in the virtual setting?

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5 minute read

September 05, 2024 | National Law Journal

Brian Gaines, a University of Illinois political science professor, said vendors of software designed to do automatic transcription promise that the work can be better in the virtual setting. But in speaking with attorneys, Gaines said he did not hear from anyone who shared that view.

By Avalon Zoppo

6 minute read