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February 13, 2024 | Law.com

Shein's Owner Accuses Unidentified Online Retailers of Copyright Infringement

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar, ALM's source for immediate alerting on just-filed cases in state and federal courts.

By Riley Brennan

2 minute read

February 12, 2024 | The Recorder

UCLA Board Hit With Discrimination Suit Following Denial of Employee's Continued Work-From-Home Request

This complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.

By Riley Brennan

5 minute read

February 12, 2024 | The Recorder

Amazon Sued Over Monthly Price Hikes to Prime Video Subscriptions

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar.

By Riley Brennan

3 minute read

February 09, 2024 | Law.com

State High Court Mulled Permissibility of Governor's Peacetime Emergency Declaration During COVID-19 Pandemic

Chief Justice Natalie E. Hudson said plaintiffs counsel was asking the word "only" in the statute to do "a lot of the heavy lifting," in his argument that the governor can "only" act under certain conditions.

By Riley Brennan

7 minute read

February 09, 2024 | Law.com

New Mexico Supreme Court Determines Its Legislature Requires Metropolitan Court to Record Civil Proceedings, Despite Conflicting Rules

The high court concluded that the state Legislature intends for the metropolitan court to create a record of its civil proceedings.

By Riley Brennan

7 minute read

February 08, 2024 | Law.com

Colorado Supreme Court Determines County Isn't Immune From Liability Following Slip-and-Fall in Court Parking Lot

"We agree with the division that the dangerous condition—the optical illusion created by the surface coloring—resulted at least in part from maintenance of the facility. 'Maintenance' is defined in the statute as 'the act or omission of a public entity or public employee in keeping a facility in the same general state of repair or efficiency as initially constructed or in preserving a facility from decline or failure,'" Justice Melissa Hart said.

By Riley Brennan

4 minute read

February 08, 2024 | Law.com

Virginia Judge Revisits Bivens Suit Following Recent Fourth Circuit Precedential Decisions

The high court has "'consistently rebuffed' every request—12 of them now—to find implied causes of action against federal officials for money damages under the Constitution," and has made it clear that "expanding the Bivens remedy to a new context is an extraordinary act, that will be unavailable in most every case," wrote U.S. District Judge Michael S. Nachmanoff.

By Riley Brennan

5 minute read

February 07, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

3rd Circuit Rules Refusal to Wear Mask Isn't Protected by First Amendment

"Unlike burning a flag, wearing a medical mask—or refusing to do so—is not the type of thing someone typically does as 'a form of symbolism,'" Third Circuit Judge Thomas L. Ambro said.

By Riley Brennan

6 minute read

February 06, 2024 | Law.com

State High Court Sides With Employer, Reverses $1M Jury Verdict in Illegal Wage Discrimination Suit

The defendant's attorney, Randall Armentrout of Nyemaster Goode in Des Moines, told Law.com that the ruling was important, as previously there were no decisions interpreting Iowa's Equal Pay Statute, which was passed in 2009.

By Riley Brennan

6 minute read

February 05, 2024 | Law.com

Former Kentucky Prosecutor Convicted on Wire Fraud and Bribery Charges

Evidence presented to the jury outlined Ronnie Goldy's transactional relationship with a woman that included "encounters and solicitations and acceptance of sexually explicit images and videos of the woman."

By Riley Brennan

2 minute read