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5th Circuit Considers Challenge to Louisiana's Ten Commandments Law

The state is attempting to reverse a federal judge's November court order granting a preliminary injunction blocking the Jan. 1 implementation of the law, which requires that the Ten Commandments be on display in all Louisiana public school classrooms.
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The Recorder

California Court Denies Apple's Motion to Strike Allegations in Gender Bias Class Action

A San Francisco state court on Wednesday denied Apple's motion to strike class allegations in a putative gender-based discrimination class action representing more than 12,000 current and former female Apple employees.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Decision of the Day: Judge Rules Brutality Claims Against Hudson Valley Police Officer to Proceed to Trial

This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decision editors.
2 minute read

Law.com

Annual Self-Check: Testing For Bias On The Bench

In this week's Legal Speak episode, Judge Josh Thacker, who presides over the Spalding County State Court in west central Georgia, opens up about a tradition he engages in every Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. day to help ensure he remains unbiased on the bench.
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The Recorder

‘Facebook’s Descent Into Toxic Masculinity’ Prompts Stanford Professor to Drop Meta as Client

Mark Lemley said he could not “in good conscience” represent Mark Zuckerberg given recent decisions to "encourage disinformation and hate speech" on his company's platforms. A suit pending in Northern California alleges Meta infringed the copyrights of several authors by using their works to train its generative AI program.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Case With 'Serious Consequences for Corporate Law' Heads to Texas Supreme Court

Texas Supreme Court justices heard argument on whether Southern Methodist University has the right to separate from its founder.
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Texas Lawyer

The Gospel According to Paxton? AG Fights Religious Group Over Migrants

"If organizations know they can engage in this activity and the worst that's going to happen is that they get enjoined, nothing stops them from engaging in the activity in the first instance," Associate Deputy Attorney General Ryan Baasch argued for the state.
6 minute read

Law.com

Attorney Sanctioned $9K for Revealing Nude Photos, Other Info in Court Filing

"These are serious breaches of privacy, and it frankly shocks the court that Mr. Kretchmar 'had either forgotten or never noticed that the 677 pages revealed anyone’s' [personal identifying information] or nude photographs," U.S. District Judge Sara L. Ellis for the Northern District of Illinois wrote in an order sanctioning a Chicago-area attorney.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Advocating for Trans Youth and Protecting Artistic Expression

Our section is committed to advocating for trans youth. In recent years, attacks on access to gender-affirming health care for trans youth and legislative efforts to limit their participation in sports have become widespread. One case has even found its way to the U.S. Supreme Court: United States v. Skrmetti. This case concerns the legal challenge to Tennessee’s Senate Bill 1, which prohibits all forms of gender-affirming care for minors, including puberty blockers, hormone therapies and surgical interventions.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

'Religious Discrimination'?: 4th Circuit Revives Challenge to Employer Vaccine Mandate

The trial court "erred" in dismissing the plaintiff's reasonable accommodation and disparate treatment claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled in a case challenging an employer's COVID-19 vaccine mandate on religious grounds.
2 minute read

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