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Court Opinions: US Supreme Court Rules ‘Gratuities’ to State, Local Officials Aren’t a Crime to Accept
The U.S. Supreme Court reversed a lower court’s decision that an illegal gratuity payment of $13,000 was made to a local official in Indiana.
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Leaked Draft Opinion Suggests SCOTUS is Set to Overturn Roe v. Wade
The U.S. Supreme Court appears poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, according to a draft opinion leaked on Monday.
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Supreme Court Weighs in on Controversial Arizona Voting Laws
The Supreme Court, in a July 1 decision along partisan lines, tightly read a key provision of the Voting Rights Act and cautioned federal judges to carefully consider states’ professed interest in combating election fraud and other circumstances when deciding lawsuits.
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Supreme Court Warns Public Schools Against Efforts to Regulate Student Speech Away From Campus
The Supreme Court ruled in late June that public schools have little authority to regulate teenagers’ off campus social media posts.
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Attorneys Discuss New Developments in Discrimination Law
Sherman & Howard on Sept. 17 hosted a talk, “New Developments in Discrimination Law,” as part of its L&E Live series, a five-week virtual...
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The President Can Now Fire the Director of the CFPB at Will
In a decision that seemed split nearly as many ways as there are justices on the court, the U.S. Supreme Court on July 29...
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SCOTUS Hears Offensive Trademark Case
During an hour of oral arguments, both Supreme Court justices and the arguing attorneys before them managed to avoid saying the F-word, in a...
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A Simple Fact Pattern With Muddy Interpretations
Do attorneys who carry out nonjudicial foreclosures meet the definition of “debt collectors” under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act? The courts of appeals...
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