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Kansas Supreme Court affirms criminal case appeals may continue after offender’s death
Kansas Reflector via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoA majority of the Kansas Supreme Court agreed to stand by a 2014 decision allowing appeals in...
How 'cruel and unusual punishment' and 'excessive fines' clauses apply to Tennessee
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoIndiana was decided on Feb. 20, 2019. The case involved the forfeiture...Clause applied to the states, regardless of whether the issue involved a fine or a civil forfeiture procedure ...
Supreme Court preserves access to abortion pill mifepristone in unanimous ruling
LiveScience· 1 hour agoIn a unanimous ruling, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) has rejected a bid to...
California Supreme Court Clarifies Trust Amendment Rules for Conflicts Between Trust Terms and the...
JD Supra· 2 days agoThe California Supreme Court recently addressed the complexities surrounding trust amendments in the case of Haggerty v. Thornton (2024) 15 Cal.5th 729. The case settled the ...
JD Supra: The Class Action Chronicle
JD Supra· 23 hours ago2024), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit addressed an unresolved question regarding the local controversy exception under the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA), which significantly ...
Fifth Circuit Vacates SEC Rule Regulating Private Funds Advisers | JD Supra
JD Supra· 2 days agoThe Commission’s Rule that was at stake in the case introduced significant changes to the regulation of private funds. Among other changes, the Rule...
Bar Report — June 10, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal
Law.com· 3 days agoThe NJSBA's weekly report.
Fifth Circuit Vacates SEC Private Fund Adviser Rules in Full | JD Supra
JD Supra· 3 days agoIn a unanimous decision published on June 5, 2024, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated the entire set of regulations, including amendments to existing rules (collectively, ...
US Supreme Court Allows Broad Right to Be Heard in Bankruptcy
Bloomberg Law· 6 days agoIn Truck Insurance Exchange v. Kaiser Gypsum Co. Inc., the Supreme Court on Thursday held in an 8-0 decision that Truck, on the hook to pay out significant insurance liability ...
Cameras in New York State Courtrooms: A Short Update | New York Law Journal
Law.com· 3 days agoNew York remains one of the only U.S. jurisdictions that bans the use of cameras during trials. The...