Marianna Wharry

November 16, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

The three-judge panel examined for the first time whether the phrase "lack of diligent preparation" in the Speedy Trial Act refers to any discovery violation or only egregious violations.

By Marianna Wharry

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November 15, 2021 | Law.com

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's recent denial of a stay for a tobacco company's electronic cigarettes brings into question the department's role in public health and safety as popularity of flavored e-cigarettes increases among children.

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November 12, 2021 | Law.com

The three-judge panel cited the Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act as the basis for the denial of the appeal.

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November 12, 2021 | Law.com

"In our view, the Court missed an opportunity to reaffirm the principle that only in the rarest of cases should summary judgment be granted before discovery has begun," plaintiffs attorney Timothy J. Atler said.

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November 11, 2021 | Law.com

"At most, however, the district court has identified one reasonable interpretation of Sawant's words, not the only reasonable interpretation," Ninth Circuit Judge A. Wallace Tashima wrote in the opinion. "Where a communication is capable of two meanings, one defamatory and one not, it is for a jury, not a judge, to determine which meaning controls."

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November 11, 2021 | Law.com

Coursework in the program, which is open to all Yale Law students, includes accounting, corporate finance, statistics, ethics and emerging issues related to technological change, Big Data and globalization.

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November 11, 2021 | Law.com

"The panel, I think, missed the impact that this ruling could have on [a] tribe's ability to litigate in their own courts," said attorney George Forman, who represents several defendants who remain in the case.

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November 05, 2021 | Law.com

"During the middle of our client's testimony about being tortured by the police in his home country, the judge picked up his desk phone and called his wife to ask what was for dinner," one Twitter user recounted.

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November 04, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

In a case of first impression, the Appellate Division declined to adopt the U.S. Supreme Court's reasoning from its 2006 ruling in "Hudson v. Michigan."

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November 03, 2021 | Law.com

Niemeyer wrote for the court that "a plaintiff's failure to disclose her name to the court at the time she files a complaint is immaterial to whether that civil action qualifies as a case or controversy."

By Marianna Wharry

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