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By Alan B. Morrison | March 18, 2024
The decision of the Alabama Supreme Court in LaPage v. Center for Reproductive Medicine, allowing the parents whose embryos were kept in a cryogenic nursery and were negligently destroyed to sue the company that had control of them, is a fair result. Although there is language in the opinion for the court, as well as in the concurring opinions, that has caused considerable and justified concern.
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By Riley Brennan | March 18, 2024
While voting in the 2020 general election, Alison Kareem took a photograph with her marked ballot, or a "ballot selfie," which she said she wished to post online to mobilize support for her preferred candidates. However, she did not display the photograph or any other ballot photographs in subsequent elections due to Ohio laws prohibiting the display of marked ballots, Ohio law Sections 3501.35(A)(4) and 3599.20, which the court noted carry potential terms of imprisonment.
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By Alex Anteau | March 15, 2024
The defendant-appellees' takeaway? Become familiar with the terms of a business's operating agreement before you invest.
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By Avalon Zoppo | March 15, 2024
"This exercise of jurisdiction has grave consequences for regulated entities' settled expectations," Fifth Circuit Judge Stephen Higginson wrote in dissent.
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By Alex Anteau | March 15, 2024
The plaintiff-appellant is the mother of a child who was shot by another boy who lived in the apartment complex. She argued that if the landlord took action to remove the gun from the child's apartment unit after receiving reports that he was carrying it in the common areas, her son wouldn't have died.
4 minute read
By Elliott Scheinberg | March 15, 2024
This article discusses 'Johnson v. Johnson', which remedied such a concern even though the attorney for the child did not appeal from the order, as well as an understanding of aggrievement, CPLR 551, as it relates to nonparties and to nonappealing parties is instructive.
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By Colleen Murphy | March 13, 2024
"Emotional support animals, however, are different from pets and are not subject to general pet policies. ESAs can help people who struggle with mental health issues and other disabilities, and can enable them to function better in their everyday lives," Chief Justice Stuart Rabner said.
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By Alex Anteau | March 13, 2024
"There isn't a businessperson in the state that's not going to not lose the duty to defend because within [the new criteria," the defendant-appellee attorney said. "They can either have the financial wherewithal or can borrow it. ... It reaches so much further than it needed to go."
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By Adolfo Pesquera | March 13, 2024
"The Fifth Circuit decision contradicts federal law and is the latest high-profile decision relating to birth control access since the disastrous (Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health) decision," Democracy Forward Foundation said.
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By Avalon Zoppo | March 13, 2024
Some attorneys expect work-life balance benefits while others aren't quite sold on the earlier deadline but are getting used to it.
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