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Avalon Zoppo

Avalon Zoppo

Avalon Zoppo is an appellate courts reporter for The National Law Journal. Contact her at [email protected]. On Twitter: @AvalonZoppo.

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October 30, 2024 | National Law Journal

3rd Circuit Judges Zero In on Constitutional Challenges to Medicare Drug Pricing Program

Part of the drugmakers' argument is that the federal scheme violates the First Amendment by compelling speech.

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6 minute read

October 30, 2024 | National Law Journal

Will 9th Circuit Uphold NLRB's New Pro-Union Bargaining Orders Rule?

The National Labor Relations Board says its Cemex decision aims to strengthen the NLRB's ability to address unfair labor practices during organizing campaigns and prevent recurrences.

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6 minute read

October 30, 2024 | Law.com

A Conversation with NLJ Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Jeh Johnson

"Being privy to the [Bin Laden] operation and being at the Pentagon in the basement, watching and listening to it unfold that day, was one of my proudest achievements, particularly because I'm a New Yorker, and I was present in Manhattan on September 11, 2001," Jeh Johnson said.

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10 minute read

October 30, 2024 | Law.com

A Conversation with NLJ Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Jeh Johnson

"Being privy to the [Bin Laden] operation and being at the Pentagon in the basement, watching and listening to it unfold that day, was one of my proudest achievements, particularly because I'm a New Yorker, and I was present in Manhattan on September 11, 2001," Jeh Johnson said.

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10 minute read

October 28, 2024 | National Law Journal

'Opaque and Unfair': 9th Circuit Rejects Live Nation's Rules for Mass Arbitrations

The federal appellate panel said Live Nation's arbitration agreement requiring claims to go through provider New Era ADR Inc. is "unconscionable" under California law.

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5 minute read

October 25, 2024 | Law.com

6th Circuit Judge Thapar on Making Originalism Work in Trial Courts

"Everyone here knows doing originalism is no easy task, and leaving district judges to do it alone would be impossible," Amul Thapar said.

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6 minute read

October 24, 2024 | National Law Journal

8th Circuit Appeal Could Weaken Key Defense in Disability Bias Cases, Employment Lawyers Say

Hardee's is urging the court to reject a test that permits Americans with Disabilities Act claims to go to a jury if the firing of a disabled employee for having violated workplace policy is "inextricably linked" to the worker's disability.

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6 minute read

October 22, 2024 | National Law Journal

Split DC Circuit Upholds Trespassing Charge Used in Hundreds of Jan. 6 Cases

The law prohibits a person from knowingly entering restricted areas that are posted, cordoned off or "otherwise restricted," the latter of which is defined as places where people protected by the Secret Service will be visiting.

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3 minute read

October 21, 2024 | National Law Journal

Attorney Urges DC Circuit to Revive Race Bias Lawsuit Against Morrison & Foerster

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit pressed contract attorney Junius J. Joyner III to highlight how he was treated differently from similarly situated white counterparts at the firm.

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4 minute read

October 17, 2024 | National Law Journal

'Clear Abuse of Discretion': 9th Circuit Says Judge Should Have Recused From Death Row Inmate's Lawsuit

"There is no reason for Judge Brailsford to subject herself to the very human pressures that arise out of sitting in judgment in cases involving people we know and value as friends," the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held.

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4 minute read