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By Riley Brennan | February 13, 2024
This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar, ALM's source for immediate alerting on just-filed cases in state and federal courts.
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By Elliott Scheinberg | February 13, 2024
The legal universe is coated in general rules and principles but, as well known, general principles and rules have their individualized specific exceptions. This article examines such instances in appellate procedure.
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By Stephen Masciocchi and Tina Van Bockern | February 13, 2024
Despite the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in AMG Capital Management v. Federal Trade Commission, 593 U.S. 67 (2021), holding that Section 13(b) of the Federal Trade Commission Act does not allow for equitable monetary relief, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirmed the rejection of a Rule 60(b)(6) motion to vacate a stipulated judgment for payment of equitable monetary relief that was entered before the AMG decision was issued.
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By Riley Brennan | February 9, 2024
Chief Justice Natalie E. Hudson said plaintiffs counsel was asking the word "only" in the statute to do "a lot of the heavy lifting," in his argument that the governor can "only" act under certain conditions.
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By James M. Beck | February 9, 2024
Historically, when a general jury verdict could have been based on either valid or invalid grounds, a new trial was required. In such situations, the jury "may as readily have followed the incorrect as the correct theory, and it is impossible to know which they accepted."
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By Riley Brennan | February 9, 2024
The high court concluded that the state Legislature intends for the metropolitan court to create a record of its civil proceedings.
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By Lisa Willis | February 8, 2024
"My client, his wife and the city have done nothing wrong," said the attorney representing the defendants.
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By Riley Brennan | February 8, 2024
The high court has "'consistently rebuffed' every request—12 of them now—to find implied causes of action against federal officials for money damages under the Constitution," and has made it clear that "expanding the Bivens remedy to a new context is an extraordinary act, that will be unavailable in most every case," wrote U.S. District Judge Michael S. Nachmanoff.
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By Thomas Kissane and John Moore | February 8, 2024
This column reports on several significant representative decisions from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Judge Kiyo A. Matsumoto denied defendant's motion to withdraw his guilty plea and dismiss the indictment charging him as a felon in possession. Judge Frederic Block dismissed an action for a declaration holding New York's ban on assault weapons unconstitutional. Magistrate Judge Lee G. Dunst granted a motion to disqualify counsel.
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By Lisa Willis | February 8, 2024
"They won't share the status of the inquiry, but they'll share the fact that I'm asking about it, which is weird," said an attorney at the center of the Florida Bar inquiry.
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