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South Africa: The Constitutional Court SLAPPs back in mining companies mineral sands case, now it’s parliament’s turn – Dario Milo

15 Dec 2022, 2:58 am by INFORRM

While the term is now well known – coined by two American academics in the late 1980s – only the United States (in some 33 states), the three largest provinces in Canada (British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec), and the Australian Central Territory are lauded for having anti-SLAPP legislation. [read post]

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Stanford’s Jane Schacter on Signing of Legislation to Protect Marriage Equality

14 Dec 2022, 7:28 am by Jane S. Schacter, Q&A with Sharon Driscoll

The part of DOMA denying federal recognition to same-sex marriages that were valid in the state the couple lived in was struck down as unconstitutional in United States v. [read post]

Legal Aggregate - https://law.stanford.edu/legal-aggregate/

Late is not Always Late: COFC Expands the Government Control Exception for Late Proposals

13 Dec 2022, 1:35 pm by Lauren Aversa

Co. v. [read post]

Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig Blog - https://www.dbllawyers.com/blog/

Court Rejects Disability Challenge to California End of Life Options Act

9 Dec 2022, 6:32 am by Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD

Shavelson v. [read post]

Medical Futility - https://medicalfutility.blogspot.com/

Oral Argument in Moore v. Harper and the Perils of Finding “Compromise” on the Independent State Legislature Theory

8 Dec 2022, 8:56 am by Kate Shaw

The Supreme Court’s cert grant last June in Moore v. [read post]

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Supreme Court Weighs DOJ’s Ability to Dismiss False Claims Act Whistleblower Suits

8 Dec 2022, 5:34 am by Geoff Schweller

Polansky v. [read post]

Whistleblower Protection Blog - http://www.whistleblowersblog.org/

Court seems unwilling to embrace broad version of “independent state legislature” theory

7 Dec 2022, 2:22 pm by Amy Howe

Gore: whether the state court decision is “such a sharp departure from the state’s ordinary modes of constitutional interpretation that it lacks any fair and substantial basis in state law. [read post]

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Book Review: “Art and Modern Copyright” (2018)

30 Nov 2022, 3:08 am by Karina Lytvynska

In the United States, the debates on an artist’s fair use defense have been simmering catalyzed by the famous the case, Prince v. [read post]

Center for Art Law Blog - http://itsartlaw.com

India dispatch: executive and judiciary disagree on whether Election Commission appointments are fair and transparent

29 Nov 2022, 12:06 pm by JURIST Staff

” In this regard, it is crucial to examine the judgment rendered in Rojer Mathew v South Indian Bank Ltd. [read post]

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The FTC’s UMC Statement Creates a Target for Federal Courts

28 Nov 2022, 12:21 pm by Josh Wright

United States from 1911. [read post]

Truth on the Market - http://truthonthemarket.com/

LSE Labour Law in Retrospect: an interview with Professor William B. Gould

28 Nov 2022, 11:48 am by William B. Gould IV

At the time I came to LSE as a young student there was a sharp difference between teaching and learning there and the intellectual environment in law school in the United States. [read post]

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"Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit’s “right to control” theory of fraud — which treats the deprivation of complete and accurate information bearing on a person’s economic decision as a species of property fraud — states a valid basis for liability under the federal wire fraud statute."

27 Nov 2022, 5:24 pm by David Oscar Markus

That's the question presented in Ciminelli v. [read post]

Southern District of Florida Blog - http://sdfla.blogspot.com/

Previewing SCOTUS arguments on reach of federal public-corruption laws

27 Nov 2022, 11:29 am by Douglas A. Berman

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Sentencing Law and Policy - https://sentencing.typepad.com/sentencing_law_and_policy/

A sharp business deal or a federal crime? Justices will review what counts as fraud in government contracting.

25 Nov 2022, 12:21 pm by David Kwok

In Ciminelli v. [read post]