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New York Law Journal

Split Panel Restores NY Opioid Law, but Orders State to Refund Millions to Big Pharma

While the Opioid Stewardship Act was upheld, payments made before the law became effective had to be returned.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Supreme Court Upholds South Carolina District Deemed 'Racial Gerrymander'

In the majority opinion, Justice Samuel Alito Jr. credited assertions from the state's GOP legislators that mapmakers used election and not racial data to achieve a partisan advantage for Republicans.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

With New York 'Drowning' in Backlog, Advocates Push to Remove Cap on Judges

The Senate has approved the constitutional measure, but its fate in the state Assembly is uncertain.
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

In 54-Page Ruling, Connecticut High Court Weighs In on Election Speech

"This is 10 years after that election happened before we got this result," plaintiffs' counsel Charles Miller of the Institute for Free Speech said.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

DOJ Asks Judge to Dismiss Challenge to Federal Cannabis Ban

Cannabis companies argued in federal court Wednesday that widespread state legalization of marijuana has outpaced existing case law on prohibition.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Behind Recent 'Progressive' Supreme Court Victories, a Strategic Focus on Text, History

Lawyers hoping to win must appeal to the judicial methodologies in vogue at the high court. These days, that means homing in on statutory text and diving into constitutional history.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

NY's Top Court Says Abortion Coverage Mandate Remains 'Good Law'

The 7-0 Court of Appeals ruling, written by Chief Judge Rowan Wilson, rejected a claim by a coalition of churches and religious organizations that had challenged the rule of the Department of Financial Services as violative of the First Amendment.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Relevance of Pretextual Motives in Takings Clause Challenges

In 'Brinkmann v. Town of Southold', the Second Circuit addressed whether compensated takings for public use may be challenged as the product of bad-faith or pretextual motives under the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
8 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Chief Justice Stuart Rabner Delivers Remarks on the State of the Judiciary

"A Constitution is a foundational document in a democracy. It should not be amended lightly," said Chief Justice Stuart Rabner at the recent NJSBA convention.
15 minute read

Daily Report Online

Biden Says 'Brown' Was About More Than Education

He met with plaintiffs from the Brown court case in the Oval Office on Thursday and courted voters in Atlanta and Milwaukee with a pair of Black radio interviews. On Sunday, he delivered the commencement speech at Morehouse College
3 minute read

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