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The bill’s inclusion in the omnibus is particularly notable because lawmakers were facing a ticking clock: The CLOUD Act, if passed, would moot the upcoming Supreme Court decision on cross-border data access in United States v. [read post]

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

THE COPYKAT

15 Mar 2018, 8:28 am by Ben

In the wake of the Blurred Lines decision, and the more recent Taylor [read post]

The 1709 Blog - http://the1709blog.blogspot.co.uk/

End Immunity For The Dirty Prosecutor

15 Mar 2018, 4:45 am by SHG

According to Taylor v. [read post]

Simple Justice - http://blog.simplejustice.us

Al Shimari v. CACI: Further Supreme Court Guidance Needed on the Alien Tort Statute

28 Feb 2018, 4:30 am by Robert Loeb, Sarah Grant

The majority opinion, after 14 pages of opining how the ATS does not apply to human rights violations occurring outside the United States, added: “[o]n these facts, all the relevant conduct took place outside the United States. [read post]

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

The Challenge of Trying to Compete with Team USOC

26 Feb 2018, 7:32 am by Rachel Sandler

United States Olympic Comm., 483 U.S. 522, 524 [9] Id at 544. [10] Olympic Committee Demands Local Gyro Stand Change Names (August 24, 2012) [11] Stop the Olympic Prison v. [read post]

Volpe and Koenig IP Law Blog - http://vklaw.com/category/blog/

Sovereign Immunity, Absolute Immunity, Qualified Immunity, Use Immunity, Transaction Immunity and Qualified Privilege claims that may be advanced by public officers and employees involved in litigation and, or, administrative hearings

19 Feb 2018, 12:00 am by Public Employment Law Press

In Alden v Maine, 527 US 706, the Supreme Court of the United States found that State sovereign immunity is "implicit in the constitutional design. [read post]

New York Public Personnel Law - https://publicpersonnellaw.blogspot.com/

Affirmative Defenses in Texas | What is an Affirmative Defense to a Crime?

13 Feb 2018, 3:45 pm by Benson Varghese

See Manning v. [read post]

Versus Texas Criminal Defense Blog - https://www.versustexas.com/blog/

Concise Summaries of "The Discipline Book" and "Challenging Adverse Personnel Decisions"

7 Feb 2018, 12:00 am by Public Employment Law Press

The seminal case in New York State regarding standards of fairness is the Pell decision [Pell v Board of Education, 34 NY2d 222]. [read post]

New York Public Personnel Law - https://publicpersonnellaw.blogspot.com/