Avalon Zoppo

August 15, 2024 | National Law Journal

"People view the courts as this establishment, but when you listen to oral histories … it's really about individual people coming together to make this happen," said Third Circuit librarian Melissa Bernstein. "The character of the court changes every time there's a new judge who comes on."

By Avalon Zoppo

6 minute read

August 13, 2024 | National Law Journal

"I'm not saying it wouldn't be a difficult political slog if somebody thought that there was some disadvantage to their side," Judge Diane Wood said. "But I frankly see no constitutional barrier."

By Avalon Zoppo

4 minute read

August 12, 2024 | National Law Journal

"At the time of [Lucid's] alleged misrepresentations, CCIV and Lucid were two entirely separate companies," the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held. "Lucid's alleged misrepresentations made about itself cannot be imputed to another company that later acquired it."

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4 minute read

August 12, 2024 | National Law Journal

Children's Health Defense, founded by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., failed to allege the government coerced the social media platform's owner to censor the group's message, the appeals court said.

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4 minute read

August 09, 2024 | Law.com

"Bruen has proven to be a labyrinth for lower courts, including our own, with only the one-dimensional history-and-tradition test as a compass," wrote Chief Judge Albert Diaz of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, adding that Rahimi has provided "little" clarity.

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5 minute read

August 07, 2024 | National Law Journal

"The robust consensus doctrine would open up the door a little bit to plaintiffs whose rights have been violated [by law enforcement] being able to get some sort of recovery," said UNC School of Law professor Andrew Hessick.

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5 minute read

August 06, 2024 | National Law Journal

"[D]ocuments and communications generated in an internal investigation are protected by the attorney-client privilege as long as they were intended to further the provision of legal advice from counsel," the 39 law firms wrote.

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4 minute read

August 05, 2024 | National Law Journal

"The subject judges have chosen to boycott the hiring of future graduates of the university as a means to implement their hiring discretion," wrote Priscilla Richman, chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. "While reasonable jurists may disagree about the effectiveness of their method and whether it is justified, the judges have not engaged in misconduct."

By Avalon Zoppo

4 minute read

August 01, 2024 | National Law Journal

The Judiciary Committee also sent to the Senate floor nominees for the First Circuit and district court judgeships in Eastern Pennsylvania, Northern California, Vermont and Minnesota.

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3 minute read

July 31, 2024 | National Law Journal

"Instead of spending the last two and a half months trying to find a consensus nominee … the White House chose to move forward on a nomination that I have successfully secured the votes to block on the floor," said Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina.

By Avalon Zoppo

5 minute read