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December 05, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Internet Archive Won't Take E-Library Case to Supreme Court

The Internet Archive said it will not be fighting an appeals court ruling requiring the removal of its free digital library following a copyright showdown from major publishers represented by Davis Wright Tremaine and the archive's Morrison & Foerster counsel.
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December 05, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Judge Rejects Boeing Plea Deal on DEI Grounds

Federal Judge Reed O’Connor ruled that DEI policies at the federal government and at Boeing raised the risk that the selection of an independent monitor to oversee Boeing's compliance with the deal would be influenced partly by race, rather than "based solely on competency."
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December 05, 2024 | Law.com

State Court Considers If Physician Can Be Held Liable for Lack of Tests, Treatment

"We said that was a continuing stream of treatment and, therefore, the statute of repose applied. But here, we don't have that. We don't have a continuous stream of treatment, we have a lack of treatment. We have plenty of visits in which the doctor doesn't perform the initial test, and I think that's the crux of the theory of negligence," Massachusetts Associate Justice Gabrielle R. Wolohojian said during oral arguments before the state high court.
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December 05, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

The Fall of Chevron Deference and the Future of the Courts

It is fair to assess, as some have, that the June 2024 decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo is this court’s Marbury v. Madison.
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December 05, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Fatal Shooting of CEO Sets Off Scramble to Reassess Executive Security

"If you are at a company that deals with consumers in an emotional area, you really have to think about this," former Airbnb General Counsel Rob Chesnut said.
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December 05, 2024 | The American Lawyer

Law Firms Are In a Strong Spot, But Their Continued 'Growth Mindset' Comes With Challenges

An "aggressive" lateral market as well as expense pressure and partner integration will challenge firms in 2025, even as they are looking to build on an already strong position.
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December 04, 2024 | National Law Journal

Justices Weigh Constitutional Standard Applicable to Law Banning Trans Care

In saying the statute discriminates based on sex, the high court's liberal justices said the law allows nontransgender children from being prescribed hormones that correspond to their gender assigned at birth.
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December 04, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Case Will Test If Wrongful-Death Suit Can Be Brought for Fetus

The law in Connecticut is still developing around when a wrongful-death action can be brought on behalf of a fetus. While the Connecticut Appellate and Supreme courts have yet to weigh in, a Superior Court decision in the 2018 case Elderkin v. Mahoney held that a wrongful-death claim could be brought on behalf of a fetus that was 17 weeks.
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December 04, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

The Third Branch May Be Our Best Resort

Many state and federal courts will cast the law’s very powerful “vote.”
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December 04, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

New Teeth for Anti-SLAPP Statute? Absolute Immunity for Union Grievance Proceedings

The Appellate Court held that the defendant’s statements made during the grievance proceedings were quasi-judicial and were protected by absolute immunity.
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