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Hold On, I'm Suing: Artists' Protests Over the Trump Campaign's Use of Their Music

When artists do take action over political-campaign usage, it's usually in the form of a cease-and-desist letter sent to a candidate's representatives. In some instances, artists file lawsuits, but to date there's been just a smattering of notable court decisions. This article provides a refresher on these rulings as well as a look at the recent lawsuit by the estate of Isaac Hayes over the Trump campaign's use of the classic soul song "Hold On, I'm Coming."
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Daily Report Online

This Lawyer Just Overturned an Election—Again

"This is a big win for the candidates and the voters, both of whom deserve fair elections," said prevailing petitioner counsel Jake Evans of Greenberg Traurig in Atlanta.
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The Recorder

Only One Resolution to the California Senate's Great Escape

Lacking any other good options, the best course here is a political compromise; this is primarily a political issue that needs a political solution.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Special Master OKs $1M in Legal Fee Awards Against Sanctioned Pa. County and Lawyer

Jubelirer's report comes more than a year after the state Supreme Court sanctioned Fulton County and attorney Thomas Carroll for "dilatory, obdurate, and vexatious conduct, as well as conduct in bad faith" in the county's challenge to the secretary of state's authority to decertify voting machines.
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The American Lawyer

Big Law Firms Shape the Rules of Upcoming Election

Political committees and individual plaintiffs are tapping large law firms to set the terms of the upcoming election cycle.
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Daily Report Online

Democrats Sue to Block Ga. Rules They Warn Will Block Finalization of Election Results

Republican allies of former President Donald Trump argue the rules just reinforce a county election board's existing duty to thoroughly examine election results, noting each board member must swear an oath to compile "true and perfect" results.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Pennsylvania County Broke Law by Refusing to Tell Voters if It Rejected Their Ballot: Judge

Judge Brandon Neuman ordered Washington County to notify any voter whose mail-in ballot is rejected because of an error—such as a missing signature or missing handwritten date—so that the voter has an opportunity to challenge the decision.
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Daily Report Online

Commentary: The Constitution, Tolerance and Pluralism

The imposition of a rigid ideology not shared by the overwhelming majority of 330 million Americans, including many Christians, of rich cultural, political, economic, sexual and ethnic diversity, is a prescription for broken eggs with no omelet in sight.
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Daily Report Online

Judge Says 4 Independent and Third-Party Candidates Should Be Kept Off Georgia Presidential Ballots

The rulings by Michael Malihi, an administrative law judge, would block the qualifications of independents Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Cornel West, as well as the Green Party's Jill Stein and the Party for Socialism and Liberation's Claudia De la Cruz.
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Daily Report Online

Judges Dismiss Suit Alleging Tennessee's Political Maps Discriminate Against Communities of Color

The complaint was the first court challenge over a 2022 congressional redistricting map that carved up Democratic-leaning Nashville to help Republicans flip a seat in last year's elections, a move that critics claimed was done to dilute the power of Black voters and other communities of color in one of the state's few Democratic strongholds.
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