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By Adolfo Pesquera | May 30, 2024
The trial court ruled it was barred by "act of state doctrine," which, prohibits American courts from sitting in judgment on the acts of another government acting within its own territory.
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By Alex Anteau | May 30, 2024
"Scrudder Bass was in an untenable position," defendant-appellant counsel Laurie Webb Daniel told the court at oral argument.
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By Cedra Mayfield | May 30, 2024
"This decision and the clarity it provides will allow both local school districts and teachers to focus on continuing to provide quality education to Georgia's students," said prevailing appellant counsel Grant E. McBride of Smith Welch Webb & White.
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By Emily Cousins | May 30, 2024
The Connecticut Supreme Court held that this case "is not the type of action the litigation privilege was intended to prevent—retaliatory actions for statements (or other communicative acts) occurring in the course of a judicial proceeding."
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By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman | May 30, 2024
A postal worker's request to publish campaign materials in multiple editions of the Postal Record as a candidate for president of the NALC labor union is supported by Section 401(c) of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit found in a 2-1 decision reversing a lower court ruling.
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By Aleeza Furman | May 29, 2024
The company asserted in a recent post-trial brief that the plaintiffs were not entitled to recover against ExxonMobil at all because they had already been compensated by another defendant for their injuries.
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By Cedra Mayfield | May 29, 2024
"[T]his is an issue of gravity warranting our review in this case only if Smith is correct that the Court of Appeals actually held that trial courts have such broad power," read a denial decision penned by Presiding Justice Nels S.D. Peterson. "He is not."
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By Avalon Zoppo | May 29, 2024
The appeals court weighed whether to allow New York to enforce its statute barring the practice of law by nonlawyers.
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By Alex Anteau | May 29, 2024
"The mutual combat doctrine arose back in the mid-1990s. And since that period of time, there have been maybe seven or eight cases that have worked their way through the appellate courts," the plaintiff-appellants argued. "All those cases have one thing in common. The combatants … had absolutely no connection whatsoever with the establishment."
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By Colleen Murphy | May 29, 2024
"The writing requirement's purpose to avoid misunderstanding is well illustrated here," the opinion said. "As the judge found, the situation was 'very unfortunate' for plaintiff and defendants, as both suffered 'damages.' Plaintiff, however, failed to meet its burden of substantiating the attorney's fees demanded against defendants under the breach of contract or quasi-contract theories."
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