Marianna Wharry

January 09, 2024 | Law.com

The majority found that, while a special type of relationship exists between a university and its students, it clarified that the duty is limited to university property and activities it controls.

By Marianna Wharry

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January 05, 2024 | Law.com

A Utah appeals court tossed a defamation suit against the NBA player stemming from a courtside spat with a couple.

By Marianna Wharry

4 minute read

January 03, 2024 | Law.com

Ohio's Board of Professional Conduct of the Supreme Court found that attorney Mark Bennett's power was "not inconsequential" despite not being in a position to hire or fire an intern in his office.

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December 21, 2023 | Law.com

The three-judge panel said the certification will allow the state's high court to apply its law and policy judgments on this undecided issue, citing the lack of controlling precedent.

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December 21, 2023 | The Recorder

In a blog post for Google, Wilson White, vice president of government affairs and public policy, wrote that the tech company is pleased with the results of the case. His post maintains that that settlement will "[build] on Android's choice and flexibility, [maintain] strong security protections, [retain] Google's ability to compete with other OS makers and [will] invest in the Android ecosystem for users and developers."

By Marianna Wharry

4 minute read

December 20, 2023 | Law.com

"Just as racial bias odiously infects a jury's deliberations, it can have a deleterious impact on the decision-making of a defendant weighing the merits of a plea offer," Judge Rebecca Pennell wrote. "The abrupt injection of racial bias into one's decision-making process can engender feelings of inferiority, distrust, helplessness, and self-doubt."

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December 15, 2023 | Law.com

The formal charges against a Wyoming attorney arose from two complaints the bar counsel received about how she improperly handled financial transactions for two of her elderly clients.

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4 minute read

December 15, 2023 | New York Law Journal

A lawsuit claims that a student's father staying in the school's dorm used abusive tactics and threats to create a "cult" with Sarah Lawrence students.

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3 minute read

December 11, 2023 | Law.com

"This decision is a win for the people of Washington, and hopefully will help inform the court's Article1, [Section] 12 analysis in other cases involving fundamental rights," Bailey told Law.com.

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December 08, 2023 | The Recorder

Reversing a lower court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has vacated the settlement in a discrimination class action against the social media dating app Tinder, determining that the class's representative had a strong interest in settling her claim because she had "no chance of going to trial" and failed to conduct "extensive discovery" related to the case.

By Marianna Wharry

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