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By Alex Anteau | February 28, 2024
Plaintiff-appellant counsel Walker Chandler said that this raises "interesting questions" concerning sovereign immunity after Georgia voters approved a 2020 ballot measure that would make it easier for citizens to challenge the constitutionality of state actions.
3 minute read
By Michael A. Mora | February 28, 2024
The U.S. Senate confirmed the federal magistrate judge by a 54-44 vote.
3 minute read
By Alex Anteau | February 28, 2024
"The type of harm that occurred … is precisely the type of harm that the statute was designed to guard against," the court wrote in a unanimous opinion.
4 minute read
By Chris O'Malley | February 28, 2024
With the new independent contractor standard, the U.S. Department of Labor is "essentially putting their thumb on the scale to encourage a finding of employment," Baker & Hostetler partner Todd Lebowitz said.
5 minute read
By Alex Anteau | February 27, 2024
"There's no thornier issue than obviousness in patentability," said IP attorney Kevin Crosby.
5 minute read
By Amanda Bronstad | February 27, 2024
U.S. District Judge Dan Polster, who is weighing a disqualification motion in the opioid multidistrict litigation, raised concerns this month about Motley Rice obtaining confidential information while representing the state of Hawaii, the District of Columbia and the city of Chicago in other cases.
6 minute read
By Michael A. Mora | February 26, 2024
"This judge is lucky to escape with the recommended public reprimand given the volume of such unresolved cases, even after multiple meetings with the chief judge about clearing the backlog," said Andrew Berman, an ethics expert not involved in the matter.
3 minute read
By Amanda Bronstad | February 26, 2024
The wide range of Roundup verdicts, from defense wins for Monsanto to a $2.25 billion award, could be due to what jurors hear at trial about the EPA and foreign regulatory agencies.
8 minute read
By Colleen Murphy | February 26, 2024
"The words 'the people' in the Second Amendment presumptively encompass all adult Americans, including 18- to 20-year-olds, and we are aware of no founding-era law that supports disarming people in that age group," Third Circuit Judge Kent A. Jordan wrote.
3 minute read
By Greg Andrews | February 22, 2024
The University of North Texas' Office of General Counsel said the programming would violate the state's new anti-DEI law, an assertion some faculty members doubt.
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