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Maryland Signs Data Privacy Act Into Law—And Bucks Several Privacy Trends

The Maryland Online Data Privacy Act of 2024 will go into effect on Oct. 1, 2025, and will bring new stringent protections for children's data and biometric data, among other unique requirements.
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National Law Journal

Split Appeals Court Applies Ministerial Exception in Gay Teacher's Bias Case

"I think that the Fourth Circuit is kind of following the Supreme Court in broadening the ministerial exception," said attorney Amy Epstein Gluck. "I think we're going to see more leeway for religion."
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Third Department Rejects NY Ethics Commission as Unconstitutional

The majority, in a win for former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, said lawmakers violated the separation of powers in creating the new watchdog group.
3 minute read

Law.com

Unraveling The American Data Privacy Patchwork: Will the American Privacy Rights Act Succeed?

As the focus on protecting personal data continues to grow with the ever-widening adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) tools, exponential increases in the number and breadth of data breaches, and growing awareness of the risk posed by data brokers, the time appears right for a U.S. federal data privacy regulation to succeed in Congress. But is the new American Privacy Rights Act that regulation?
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National Law Journal

4th Circuit Weighs Whether Hearings Are Needed Before Dismissing FCA Whistleblower Suits

The whistleblower's lawyer argued that a person bringing an FCA suit has a constitutionally protected property right in the action, so the government cannot terminate a case without an evidentiary hearing first.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

'A Solution in Search of a Problem': NJ State Bar, Judiciary React to Possible Constitutional Amendment on Judicial Appointments

"There is a proposal to create a court of appeals that mirrors the federal court system," Senate President Nicholas P. Scutari said. "In the current system, you take the best of the Superior Court judges, leaving that court depleted. If we go to a system where the governor makes appointments, you can broaden the number of lawyers going to the bench."
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National Law Journal

'Obviously Unconstitutional': TikTok Challenges Law That Could Ban the App in the US

"If upheld, (the statute) would allow the government to decide that a company may no longer own and publish the innovative and unique speech platform it created," the company's complaint states.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

9th Circuit Judges Probe Scope of Idaho's 'Abortion Travel Ban'

The state's law, which went into effect last May, criminalizes "recruiting, harboring, or transporting" a pregnant minor to access a legal abortion if the adult has the intent to conceal the abortion from a parent or guardian.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Third Circuit Overlooks Jurisdictional Problem in New Jersey Insurance Fraud Claims Decision

"The Third Circuit clearly had appellate jurisdiction to decide the first two issues, but it did not have jurisdiction under the FAA to decide the third issue," writes David N. Cinotti of Pashman Stein Walder Hayden.
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National Law Journal

Judges Must Be Ready for Growing Trend of Climate-Related Litigation, Jurist Tells Colleagues

"We know these cases are coming, we know they're here and that more are coming," said Oregon Supreme Court Justice Rebecca A. Duncan. "What do we need to be aware of? How can we manage these cases? And one of the things that we can be aware of to help us prepare are the resources."
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