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Supersedeas and Other Recent Rule Changes | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
Supreme Court Miniseries: Tribal Rights in the 21st Century
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After ALJ: Options and Opportunities in the Face of an Unfavorable ALJ Decision
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Takeaway: Congress passed the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) in 1991 to address an increase in abusive and unwanted telemarketing practices. For the first few decades of the TCPA’s existence, courts construed the...more
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Dep’t of Transp. v. Seattle Tunnel Partners, 2019 BL 36988, 2 (Wash. App. Div. 2 Feb. 05, 2019) - On January 8, 2019, the Court of Appeals for the State of Washington reversed and remanded in part a trial court’s grant of...more
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Jobseeker Website May Be Compelled To Disclose Identity Of Anonymous Posters Who Criticized Employer - ZL Technologies, Inc. v. Does 1-7, 13 Cal. App. 5th 603 (2017) - ZL Technologies brought suit, alleging libel per se and...more
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