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Oregon Case Reaffirms Both Breadth of the Clemency Power and the Primacy of Politics in Controlling Its Exercise

14 Aug 2022, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat

Last week the Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that Governor Kate Brown had the legal authority to grant clemency to more than 1,000 people convicted of crimes in her state. [read post]

Verdict - http://verdict.justia.com/

The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post

13 Aug 2022, 5:01 am by Benjamin Pollard

Tim Wilson reviewed David C. [read post]

Lawfare - http://www.lawfareblog.com/

[Eugene Volokh] You Gotta Fight for Your Right to Party, in Wichita

12 Aug 2022, 3:18 pm by Eugene Volokh

City of Wichita v. [read post]

The Volokh Conspiracy - http://www.volokh.com/

News You Can Use Digest – August 12, 2022

12 Aug 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor

Herrera Velutini and Rossini allegedly paid more than $300,000 to consultants who supported Vázquez Garced’s campaign. [read post]

Lobby Comply Blog - https://stateandfed.com/lobbycomply/feed

Jeffrey P. Gale, P.A. // Florida Workers’ Compensation Medical Authorization Legal Nuggets

11 Aug 2022, 11:09 am by Jeffrey P. Gale, P.A.

Wilson, 990 So.2d 1224 (Fla. 1st DCA 2008); Dawson v. [read post]

Florida Injury Attorney Blawg - http://www.floridainjuryattorneyblawg.com/

[Eugene Volokh] Removal of Books With "Lascivious Content" from School Libraries Likely Allowed Under First Amendment

9 Aug 2022, 6:03 am by Eugene Volokh

(describing Pico's "rule of decision" as "unclear"). [read post]

The Volokh Conspiracy - http://www.volokh.com/

Does the First Amendment Protect a Right to Verbally Abuse the Police?

8 Aug 2022, 3:00 am by Jeff Welty

Wilson, 405 U.S. 518 (1972), Vietnam War protestors blocked the entrance to an Army building. [read post]

North Carolina Criminal Law Blog - http://nccriminallaw.sog.unc.edu/

[Eugene Volokh] Reasons Not to Limit Private-Employer-Imposed Speech Restrictions: A Constitutional Right Not to Associate?

4 Aug 2022, 5:01 am by Eugene Volokh

Jaycees, 468 U.S. 609, 622–63 (1984). [3] See, e.g., id. at 619–20 (spouses); Wilson v. [read post]

The Volokh Conspiracy - http://www.volokh.com/

Continuing to Troll the Ninth Circuit Class Certification Waters-Will the Supreme Court Join In?

1 Aug 2022, 7:06 am by Robert Fuller

Thrifty Payless, Inc., 445 P.3d 626 (Cal. 2019); Wilson v. [read post]

Carolinas Class Action - http://www.carolinasclassaction.com

The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post

30 Jul 2022, 6:01 am by Benjamin Pollard

Matt Perault detailed the shifting partisan fault lines in speech policy after Dobbs v. [read post]

Lawfare - http://www.lawfareblog.com/

Regulatory History by the Book, by Richard R. John

27 Jul 2022, 10:35 am by Guest Author

Army of the indigenous tribes in the trans-Mississippi West, the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, the labor injunction, Plessy v. [read post]

Notice & Comment - https://www.yalejreg.com/nc/

Already Decided Once and Patently Devoid of Merit

25 Jul 2022, 4:57 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone

Moreover, “‘there is no private right of action against an attorney or law firm for violations of the Code of Professional Responsibility or disciplinary rules'” (Karimian v Karlin, 173 AD3d 614, 616, quoting Weinberg v Sultan, 142 AD3d 767, 769; see DeStaso v Condon Resnick, LLP, 90 AD3d 809, 814). [read post]

New York Attorney Malpractice Blog - http://blog.bluestonelawfirm.com/

Law and Media Round Up – 25 July 2022

25 Jul 2022, 1:54 am by INFORRM

He initially denied the breaches but admitted them all in the week before the trial. 5RB, Brett Wilson, The Times and Mirror report the judgment. [read post]

Inforrm's Blog - https://inforrm.wordpress.com/

Recovering Contingency within American Antimonopoly and Democracy, by Laura Phillips Sawyer

22 Jul 2022, 7:46 pm by Guest Author

Rather than forced divestiture to reinstate competition or an expanded rule of reason to preserve independents, they embraced bureaucratic control of said firms. [read post]

Notice & Comment - https://www.yalejreg.com/nc/

Can the Police Shoot a Person Who Refuses to Drop a Knife?

18 Jul 2022, 9:45 am by Jeff Welty

In Wilson v. [read post]

North Carolina Criminal Law Blog - http://nccriminallaw.sog.unc.edu/

News You Can Use Digest – July 15, 2022

15 Jul 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor

Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. [read post]

Lobby Comply Blog - https://stateandfed.com/lobbycomply/feed

A Very Complicated Real Estate Deal Continues Against All

8 Jul 2022, 5:08 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone

Co. v Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, 56 AD3d 1, 9 [1st Dept 2008]). [read post]