Avalon Zoppo

July 09, 2024 | National Law Journal

Maldonado, who was confirmed in a 53-45 vote, will be the first Hispanic judge to sit on the Chicago-based appeals court.

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2 minute read

July 08, 2024 | National Law Journal

"The decision should put a significant dent in the current mass arbitration model, at least as it has been addressed in the reported decisions," said Allen Garrett Jr., a Kilpatrick Townsend partner.

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5 minute read

July 05, 2024 | National Law Journal

"[I]t is reasonable to infer that a supervisor is more likely to retaliate against an employee that they know has previously complained about their own behavior than against an employee who has complained only about others," the appellate court held.

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5 minute read

July 03, 2024 | National Law Journal

Ryan Park argued in vain that the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's use of race as a factor in admissions passes constitutional muster.

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3 minute read

July 02, 2024 | National Law Journal

The three-judge panel found insufficient evidence that each of the thousands of claimants are existing Samsung customers with valid arbitration agreements.

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4 minute read

July 02, 2024 | National Law Journal

Typically found at the trial level, high-low agreements set a maximum and minimum amount that can be awarded after a verdict. For plaintiffs, they guarantee a base amount will be received; for defendants, they can prevent nuclear verdicts.

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10 minute read

June 28, 2024 | National Law Journal

"I think we have a bit of uncertainty as to what happens as to prior adjudication that rested on Chevron," said Paul Hughes, of McDermott Will & Emery.

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6 minute read

June 28, 2024 | Law.com

"It looks like the more conservative you are, the more likely you were to have retired under Trump. And the more moderate you are, the more likely you were to have retired under Biden as a Republican," study author Maya Sen said.

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4 minute read

June 27, 2024 | National Law Journal

The Ninth and Fifth circuits are divided on whether the 1866 Civil Rights Act's prohibition on racial bias also bars citizenship discrimination.

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3 minute read

June 26, 2024 | National Law Journal

Congress should require states to produce records digitally if they are already maintained through computerized voter registration databases, unless they give good reason not to, wrote Nancy Abudu of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

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