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Avalon Zoppo is an appellate courts reporter for The National Law Journal. Contact her at [email protected]. On Twitter: @AvalonZoppo.
May 15, 2024 | National Law Journal
"What you're suggesting is that someone, let's say was convicted of a murder and served a 40-year sentence, can come out of state prison and [can] relitigate without that conviction being set aside," Chief Judge Priscilla Richman said.
By Avalon Zoppo
4 minute read
May 15, 2024 | National Law Journal
"You have a prosecutor who is deliberately intruding into the attorney-client privilege, and in those circumstances the prosecutor is the last person you should trust when the prosecutor comes in and says, 'This is no big deal,'" attorney Kannon Shanmugam said.
By Avalon Zoppo
5 minute read
May 14, 2024 | National Law Journal
The appeals court said the settlement payments in the underlying case represented fair value for goods or services in a commercial relationship, thus justified under the Supreme Court's decision in "Federal Trade Commission v. Actavis."
By Avalon Zoppo
3 minute read
May 10, 2024 | National Law Journal
"I would say I'm ready to open this conversation and dialogue on a bipartisan basis, if we're talking about a prospective change after the election," said Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Illinois, and the Judiciary Committee's chair.
By Avalon Zoppo
5 minute read
May 9, 2024 | National Law Journal
"I think that the Fourth Circuit is kind of following the Supreme Court in broadening the ministerial exception," said attorney Amy Epstein Gluck. "I think we're going to see more leeway for religion."
By Avalon Zoppo
5 minute read
May 8, 2024 | National Law Journal
The whistleblower's lawyer argued that a person bringing an FCA suit has a constitutionally protected property right in the action, so the government cannot terminate a case without an evidentiary hearing first.
By Avalon Zoppo
4 minute read
May 8, 2024 | National Law Journal
The president also makes picks for district court judgeships in Maryland, Pennsylvania and New York.
By Avalon Zoppo
2 minute read
May 7, 2024 | National Law Journal
"If upheld, (the statute) would allow the government to decide that a company may no longer own and publish the innovative and unique speech platform it created," the company's complaint states.
By Avalon Zoppo
2 minute read
May 7, 2024 | National Law Journal
The state's law, which went into effect last May, criminalizes "recruiting, harboring, or transporting" a pregnant minor to access a legal abortion if the adult has the intent to conceal the abortion from a parent or guardian.
By Avalon Zoppo
4 minute read
May 6, 2024 | National Law Journal
"As judges who hire law clerks every year to serve in the federal judiciary, we have lost confidence in Columbia as an institution of higher education," stated the letter sent to Minouche Shafik, the university's president.
By Avalon Zoppo
4 minute read
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