By Tony Mauro | Marcia Coyle | April 21, 2021
Welcome to Supreme Court Brief. The justices wrap up the first week of the April argument session with an appellate procedural issue over costs. Plus: The first woman to sit with the justices was not Sandra Day O'Connor, but the court's first female page. Scroll down for details and thanks for reading!
By Cedra Mayfield | April 20, 2021
"This case asks whether an award of nominal damages by itself can redress a past injury," Justice Clarence Thomas wrote for the U.S. Supreme Court. "We hold that it can."
By Cheryl Miller | April 20, 2021
The unusual scene of two sitting lawmakers arguing against the governor—and defying large Democratic majorities in the Legislature—stems from Republicans' irritation with, and political inability to stop, Newsom's dozens of pandemic-related orders.
By Katheryn Tucker | April 20, 2021
The defense has taken issue with the testimony of a school counselor, also Hispanic, who talked about a "machismo culture." But the prosecutors argued that the defense mischaracterized the counselor's testimony.
By Tom McParland | April 19, 2021
Attorneys for the state argued to the Second Circuit that a Brooklyn federal judge had properly dismissed the lawsuit, filed by landlord groups and their Mayer Brown attorneys, which targeted the changes as an illegal taking under the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Shari Claire Lewis | April 19, 2021
In this edition of her Internet Issues/Social Media column, Shari Claire Lewis briefly describes the state of Communications Decency Act §230 in the Second Circuit, focusing on §230(c)(1), and explores the court's recent decision in 'Domen v. Vimeo', a rare decision involving CDA §230(c)(2), and its implications.
By John M. Baker and Katherine M. Swenson | April 19, 2021
In 'Luer v. Clinton', the Eighth Circuit held that the "community caretaker" exception justified officers' 3 a.m. entry into plaintiffs' home in search of a suspect who failed to pay a cab fare, but did not justify search of the home.
By Marcia Coyle | April 19, 2021
Welcome to Supreme Court Brief, ALM's home to exclusive reporting on the Supreme Court justices and the lawyers who argue there.
By Marcia Coyle | April 16, 2021
A subcommittee formed by the federal Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules said a push to provide greater transparency about amicus briefs raises "important and complex issues that deserve further investigation and consideration."
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Daniel Pollack and Kristan N. Russell | April 16, 2021
Cities around the country have weathered large-scale legal and illegal citizen reactions following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. In response, many communities have imposed curfews. From a social policy perspective, is a juvenile curfew law a common sense public safety tool or an example of undue and unnecessary interference from the government?
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