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Majority Rules: Supreme Court Revises Standard for Reverse Discrimination Claims

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Her role also encompassed aiding facilities in adhering to the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) mandates—an aspect that would later become central to her litigation claims. After that, she initiated litigation against her employer by filing a charge of discrimination with both the Ohio Civil Rights Commission and the U.S.

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An Offeror Controls the Terms of the Offer

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In effect, the Majority invalidates a fully executed, integrated settlement agreement based entirely on an excluded hearsay document – a remarkably thin evidentiary reed on which to overturn not only a signed contract but also the trial court’s supported factual findings. In my view, the trial court got it right.”

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Discretionary Stay of Discovery Pending Decision on Dispositive Motion

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However: A court should generally deny a stay of discovery if discovery is needed in defense of the motion, or if resolution of the motion will not dispose of the entire case. The Federal Rules impose preservation and retention obligations , which are often accomplished with litigation holds and the like.

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Protecting the Judiciary and the Rule of Law

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It is also not acceptable to attack the judge making the ruling or try to interfere with the independence of the court. In response to the attacks, the ABA wrote: These statements attack the legitimacy of judicial oversight just because a courts ruling is not what the administration wants in a particular case.

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Tie in Supreme Court Ruling Denies Religious Charter School Access to Taxpayer Funding

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While hailed as a victory for proponents of public education and the separation of church and state, the recusal of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett might well have kept the lower court's ruling from being overturned. The court ruled against St. Supreme Court. The Patron Saint of What? In 2023, St.

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Court Holds That an ESI Protocol Must be Specific in GenAI Copyright Class Action

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The court anticipated a large volume of ESI in diverse forms and, citing precedent, wrote: An ESI protocol has to be specific or it doesnt mean anything. Many (like me) agree with Kelly Twigger that: An ESI protocol is your roadmap to handling ESI issues in any litigation. Litigation exemplifies risk. 134, 135 (S.D.N.Y.

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Legal Turmoil in the Pharmaceutical Industry: AbbVie, Purdue, and Beyond

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Supreme Court to protect its corporate records from disclosure, citing a lower court ruling that challenges the sanctity of attorney-client privilege. Circuit Court of Appeals’ February decision that deemed AbbVie’s patent litigation against Perrigo a “sham.” has petitioned the U.S.