ABA Journal “The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at St. Louis ruled Monday that private plaintiffs cannot sue for alleged violations of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which bans voting practices and procedures that deny or abridge...
Read moreABA Journal “The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide whether Texas landowners can sue the state under the takings clause for flooding caused by highway reconstruction even when a statute has not authorized lawsuits. The U.S. Supreme Court...
Read moreABA Journal “A West Virginia judge who led a warrantless search of a divorce litigant’s home is not entitled to judicial immunity because she engaged in a nonjudicial act, a federal appeals court ruled Monday. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court...
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Reuters “The Federal Trade Commission’s lawsuit accusing Amazon.com (AMZN.O) of deceptive consumer practices unfairly cites communications between the e-commerce giant and its lawyers as evidence, a corporate lawyer advocacy group has told a U.S. judge. The Association of Corporate Counsel on Wednesday Read more…
ABA Journal “In September 2022, California Attorney General Rob Bonta sued Amazon, alleging the com- pany’s pricing policy for third- party merchants undermines competition and raises prices for consumers elsewhere. The suit, filed in state superior court, claims that in Read more…
The ABA Journal “Several legal novelists, including John Grisham and Scott Turow, are among 17 authors joining with the Authors Guild in a proposed class action lawsuit against the artificial intelligence program OpenAI. The Sept. 19 suit alleges that OpenAI Read more…
The ABA Journal “Updated: The journey from conviction to exoneration can take decades, and the men and women who have been freed by the California Innocence Project collectively have spent more than 570 years in prison. Time is of the essence, Read more…
The Texas Tribune “The Supreme Court on Friday said it would wade into the future of free speech online and decide whether laws passed in Texas and Florida can restrict social media companies from removing certain political posts or accounts. Read more…
ABA Journal “The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday sued Space Exploration Technologies Corp., the rocket and spacecraft company founded by Elon Musk that is more commonly known as SpaceX, for discrimination against asylees and refugees in hiring. In its Read more…
ABA Journal “Using artificial intelligence to write admissions essays now comes with significant risks at the University of Michigan Law School, which recently asked applicants to certify that they did not use the technology for drafting purposes. False statements could Read more…