Administrative Law, Personal Injury, Constitutional Law

Ninth Circuit Affirms District Court in Kivalina Climate-Change Case

by White & Case LLP on 9/27/2012

On Friday, September 21, 2012, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an important opinion in the developing area of climate-change litigation, affirming the dismissal of a lawsuit that threatened the energy sector with...more

Bank Group Seeks Depublication Of Bank Libel Opinion

by Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 8/1/2012

In this post, I wrote about a recent decision by the First District Court of Appeal declaring Financial Code Section 1327 unconstitutional on its face. Summit Bank v. Rogers, 2012 Cal. App. LEXIS 633 (May 29, 2012). That...more

Mississippi Tort Cap Overturned — For Now

by Lawyers.com on 5/14/2012

The mother of a boy who died of smoke inhalation in an apartment building lacking adequate fire detection may be able to collect $6 million from the complex’s owners, despite Mississippi lawsuit caps, following to a recent...more

School District May Have Special Relationship with Their Students Requiring Protection of Students' Personal Security

by Franczek Radelet P.C. on 11/25/2011

In Doe v. Covington County School District, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals considered the circumstances in which a school district is required to protect students’ personal security based on a special relationship with...more

Sheriff — Not of the Locality, Not of the Commonwealth: Doud v. Commonwealth of Virginia

by Sands Anderson PC on 9/19/2011

The Virginia Supreme Court has issued new opinions for September, but none are cases involving local governments, at least not on appeal. Here is the link to the opinions of the Virginia Supreme Court: (see article below for...more

Weekly Law Resume - September 15, 2011: Qualified Immunity Does Not Apply Where Officer Mistakenly Pulls Gun Instead of Taser

by Low, Ball & Lynch on 9/19/2011

Maria Torres, et al. v. City of Madera, et al. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (August 22, 2011) This case is an important progression in stun-gun-related police liability law, establishing how mistaken-draw cases should...more

McAfee & Taft RegLINC: Supreme Court prohibits federal common law nuisance suits seeking limits on carbon dioxide emissions By...

by McAfee & Taft on 7/5/2011

By a vote of 8 – 0, the United States Supreme Court recently ruled that congressional delegation of authority to EPA to regulate pollutants under the Clean Air Act (“Act”) speaks directly to regulation of carbon dioxide...more

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Ninth Circuit Affirms District Court in Kivalina Climate-Change Case

Bank Group Seeks Depublication Of Bank Libel Opinion

Mississippi Tort Cap Overturned — For Now

School District May Have Special Relationship with Their Students Requiring Protection of Students' Personal Security

Sheriff — Not of the Locality, Not of the Commonwealth: Doud v. Commonwealth of Virginia

Weekly Law Resume - September 15, 2011: Qualified Immunity Does Not Apply Where Officer Mistakenly Pulls Gun Instead of Taser

McAfee & Taft RegLINC: Supreme Court prohibits federal common law nuisance suits seeking limits on carbon dioxide emissions By...

Supreme Court Decides Global Warming Case

U.S. Supreme Court Takes Another Run At Climate Change

President Obama and Medical Malpractice Reform

Weekly Law Resume - December 22, 2010: Government Liability - Taser Considered Intermediate Level of Force

Pro Te: Solutio - Vol. 3, No. 3 - August 2010

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