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9 Apr 2024, 7:03 am by Robin E. Kobayashi
The defendants unsuccessfully argued that the teacher’s $40 million tort action was barred by the exclusive remedy provisions of the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Act. [read post]
16 Feb 2024, 12:30 pm by John Ross
Man bombs the Olympics, abortion clinics, and a lesbian bar. [read post]
2 Feb 2024, 12:30 pm by John Ross
Second Circuit: Yelling at a dangerous driver to turn on his lights seems pretty free-speech-ey to us (Ed. note: and tame language by Empire State standards), and we're dubious there was probable cause to treat that speech as unreasonable noise pollution. [read post]
31 Jan 2024, 9:01 pm by renholding
As 2023 confirmed, short-seller reports are increasingly being used by the plaintiffs bar to form the basis of securities complaints.[11] It is estimated that short-seller reports have underpinned at least 75 securities class actions filed against public companies in roughly the last three years. [read post]
26 Jan 2024, 12:30 pm by John Ross
Fourth Circuit: We're applying Zauderer, so obviously the gov't. [read post]
12 Jan 2024, 12:30 pm by John Ross
Eighth Circuit: We agree with the district court that most of the Show-Me State's claims are jurisdictionally barred by the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act. [read post]
11 Jan 2024, 2:58 pm by Guest Author
  As an initial matter, the First Amendment generally presents no barrier to antidiscrimination rules applied to common carriers like telephone companies, railroads, and postal services.[5] Even outside the context of common carriers, the First Amendment does not operate as a complete bar to all regulations. [read post]
22 Dec 2023, 12:30 pm by John Ross
If you're going to read any decision this week about the voluntary-cessation doctrine and about the bad-faith exception to Younger abstention, then it should be this one, from the Fifth Circuit, affirming that the Tyler County, Tex. prosecutor acted in bad faith when he criminally charged Netflix for publicizing the film Cuties. [read post]
15 Dec 2023, 12:30 pm by John Ross
Allegation: Midland County, Tex. woman who maintains her innocence declines multiple plea deals, is falsely convicted of cocaine possession. [read post]
24 Nov 2023, 12:30 pm by John Ross
Arkansas advocacy groups sue the state for diluting black votes in violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act; they allege the state split black people into either hyper-concentrated districts or among multiple other districts where they're outnumbered. [read post]
17 Nov 2023, 12:35 pm by John Ross
Member of Louisiana's mandatory state bar association sues, alleging a violation of his First Amendment rights. [read post]
6 Oct 2023, 2:19 pm by John Ross
Pro tip to the defense bar: If your client is facing fifty years for cocaine possession, you're not going to want to see the Seventh Circuit later quoting your admission that you "really didn't do anything independently to develop any mitigation. [read post]
22 Sep 2023, 12:30 pm by John Ross
" Friends, the Fifth Amendment bars the gov't from taking private property unless it is for a public use. [read post]