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Colorado Supreme Court Rules That Boulder’s Tort-Based Climate Change Damages Lawsuit Will Proceed in State Court.

14 May 2025, 9:53 am by Evangelina Cantu

Compare City & Cnty. of Honolulu v. [read post]

Spencer Fane Insights - https://www.spencerfane.com/insights/thought-leadership/

EPA’s PFAS Strategy Evolves Amid Continued Regulatory, Legislative, and Litigation Uncertainty

14 May 2025, 8:14 am by Reza Zarghamee, Amanda G. Halter and Jillian Marullo

In Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America v. [read post]

PFAS Observer - https://pfas.pillsburylaw.com/

New Transitional Justice Legislation Provides an Entry Point for Reengaging with State- and Nation-Building Efforts in South Sudan

14 May 2025, 6:10 am by David Deng

Transitional Justice Mechanisms of Chapter V The transitional justice mechanisms, first introduced in Chapter V of an August 2015 peace agreement, were the product of a concerted effort by South Sudanese civil society and the African Union. [read post]

Just Security - https://www.justsecurity.org/

Curating Cyberspace: Rights, Responsibilities, and Opportunities

14 May 2025, 6:00 am by Mary Anne Franks

In the United States, the view that tech platforms are outposts of free speech and democracy has been leveraged to grant the industry sweeping immunity from liability under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. [read post]

Just Security - https://www.justsecurity.org/

Second Attempt Successful at Summary Judgment

14 May 2025, 5:16 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone

LLC v Levine, 128 AD3d 620, 621 [1st Dept 2015]). [read post]

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

Another Court Conflates Limited Liability Companies And Corporations

14 May 2025, 12:15 am

Leaser v. [read post]

California Corporate & Securities Law - https://www.calcorporatelaw.com/

The Justice Who May Have Been Too Smart for the Job

13 May 2025, 9:01 pm by Rodger Citron

We agree that a tariff classification has no claim to judicial deference under Chevron, there being no indication that Congress intended such a ruling to carry the force of law, but we hold that under Skidmore v. [read post]

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

[Eugene Volokh] Florida Ban on "Depict[ing] or Simulat[ing] … Lewd Conduct" in Performances Where Children Are Present Struck Down

13 May 2025, 2:32 pm by Eugene Volokh

" Jacobellis v. [read post]

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

California Court Turns Up the Heat: PG&E Case Requires Employees Claiming Defamation to Prove Damages Beyond Their Termination

13 May 2025, 2:03 pm by <a href='https://www.gtlaw.com/en/professionals/p/person-philip-i'>Philip Person</a> and <a href='https://www.gtlaw.com/en/professionals/f/foster-charles'>Charles H.W. Foster</a>

However, Hearn v. [read post]

GT L&E Blog - http://www.gtleblog.com/

[Eugene Volokh] Defamation Lawsuit Against Def Con Cybersecurity Conference Dismissed

13 May 2025, 2:02 pm by Eugene Volokh

"] A short excerpt from today's long decision by Magistrate Judge Brian Tsuchida in Hadnagy v. [read post]

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

The $133 Million Bat Tunnel

13 May 2025, 7:50 am by Jim Salzman

It’s not exactly America’s small perch fish (the snail darter) that famously blocked the completion of a dam in the fundamental Endangered Species Act case, TVA v. [read post]

Legal Planet - https://legal-planet.org/

Questions about Thursday’s oral argument in the birthright citizenship dispute? We have (some) answers.

13 May 2025, 7:03 am

Washington, filed in Seattle by a group of four states; and Trump v. [read post]

SCOTUSblog - http://www.scotusblog.com/

Salmon, Butter Pats and Vinyl: Washington State’s Newest Invention Will Be More Burdensome Background Check Requirements

13 May 2025, 6:38 am by Todd H. Lebowitz

Each had close ties to Washington state. [read post]

Employment Law Spotlight - http://www.employmentlawspotlight.com/

When the Executive Defies the Judiciary: How Federal Courts Can Enforce Their Orders Without the Marshals

13 May 2025, 6:05 am by Steve Hirsch

” One example is Young v. [read post]

Just Security - https://www.justsecurity.org/

Appellate Division says State HRL aligns with City HRL

13 May 2025, 5:41 am by Second Circuit Civil Rights Blog

This ruling by the Appellate Division Second Department provides some guidance, holding that the state law aligns with the New York City Human Rights Law, long recognized as one of the most liberal antidiscrimination laws in the country.The case is Wright v. [read post]

Wait A Second! - http://secondcircuitcivilrights.blogspot.com/

Employees' Suit Against School Board for Denying Religious Exemption from Covid Vaccine Moves Ahead

13 May 2025, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman

Here is a recent example:In Brandon v. [read post]

Religion Clause - http://religionclause.blogspot.com/

Salmon, Butter Pats and Vinyl: Washington State’s Newest Invention Will Be More Burdensome Background Check Requirements

13 May 2025, 2:38 am by Todd H. Lebowitz

Each had close ties to Washington state. [read post]

Employment Class Action Blog - http://www.employmentclassactionreport.com/

Advocate General Opinion in APE TEES – hopefully no forecast for the CJEU’s judgment

13 May 2025, 12:19 am by Verena von Bomhard (BomhardIP)

So – hold your breath everyone. [read post]