Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

August 08, 2024 | National Law Journal

"Our friends in dissent would rule the Maryland statute unconstitutional," Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III wrote for the court. "They would go so far as to uphold a facial challenge to the enactment, meaning that there is no conceivable weapon, no matter how dangerous, to which the Act's proscriptions can validly be applied."

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

5 minute read

August 07, 2024 | National Law Journal

"Because the district court lacked jurisdiction over Chabad's claims against the Russian Federation when it entered the default judgment and sanctions judgments, those judgments are void as against the Federation," Chief Judge Sri Srinivasan wrote for the D.C. Circuit.

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

3 minute read

August 06, 2024 | National Law Journal

The case opened in Manhattan federal court after District Judge Kymberly K. Evanson for the Western District of Washington granted the cross-country transfer as stipulated by the parties. The lawsuit accuses Amazon of harming competition in the audiobook retail distribution market and depressing the earnings of self-published authors.

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

2 minute read

August 06, 2024 | National Law Journal

"Mrs. [Henrietta] Lacks's cells were obtained through breach of a relation of trust and confidence," the complaint alleges. "HeLa cells are Mrs. Lacks's cells, taken by physicians in whom she had placed her trust without her consent or knowledge and for no therapeutic purpose."

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

3 minute read

August 05, 2024 | National Law Journal

Having 120 days to self-report corporate wrongdoing for a nonprosecution agreement "puts pressure on companies," Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer partner Jane Norberg said. "This puts pressure on doing internal investigations quickly."

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

4 minute read

August 02, 2024 | National Law Journal

"We hold that the circuit court erred in applying the Maryland cap on non-economic damages to the damages that the jury awarded to Ms. [Shelly] Blackston," Justice Angela M. Eaves wrote in her opinion for the Maryland Supreme Court. "Therefore, the cap on damages under Virginia law, not Maryland law, is applicable to the damages awarded by the jury."

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

3 minute read

August 01, 2024 | National Law Journal

"I will take senior status if a confirmed successor lives in this area and is permanently assigned to the United States Courthouse in Utica, New York," U.S. District Judge David N. Hurd wrote in a July 2022 ultimatum letter to the White House. "Otherwise, I shall remain on full-time active status until I retire or die."

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

5 minute read

July 31, 2024 | National Law Journal

"This consumer protection enforcement case seeks to remedy and end StubHub's unfair and deceptive practice of charging hidden junk fees to consumers who purchase tickets on its website and mobile application," according to the allegations in the complaint filed in District of Columbia Superior Court.

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

3 minute read

July 31, 2024 | National Law Journal

The White House said it would name federal trial judges for the Northern District of Georgia, Northern District of New York, and the Middle District of Pennsylvania as well as two trial judges for D.C. Superior Court.

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

6 minute read

July 30, 2024 | National Law Journal

"This decision justly holds Iran to account for its sponsorship of this infamous act of terrorism and the grave suffering it caused," Gibson Dunn partner Matthew D. McGill said. "We have no expectation that Iran will respect this lawful judgment, so we will seize Iran's assets wherever we find them, as far as the law allows."

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

3 minute read