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Commercial Division Denies Application to Enforce Stipulation of Settlement for Lack of Standing

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The Full Faith and Credit Clause of the United States Constitution provides that “Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state.” In terms of...more

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Finishing the Job: The Importance of Domesticating a Foreign Judgment

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How does a creditor enforce a judgment against a debtor who either relocates to another state, or owns property in another state? If the judgment is not paid and satisfied, can the creditor follow the judgment-debtor...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Supreme Court Rejects Maryland Power Plant Subsidies, But Signals Permissible Ways for States to Incentivize New Plants

In recent years, Maryland attempted to subsidize new power plants by guaranteeing prices for generating capacity at wholesale auctions administered by PJM Interconnection L.L.C. (PJM). Tuesday, the Supreme Court unanimously...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

The Supreme Court - April 2016 #3

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The Supreme Court of the United States issued decisions in two cases on April 19, 2016: Hughes v. Talen Energy Marketing, LLC, No. 14-614: Congress, though the Federal Power Act (“FPA”), 16 U.S.C. §791a et seq., vested...more

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Same-Sex Parent Claims Victory Over Alabama in Custody Battle

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Freshly back to work from maternity leave, it warmed my new-mommy/divorce-lawyer heart to see this week’s U.S. Supreme Court decision affirming a loving mother’s right to share in the ongoing care and custody of children she...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Supreme Court Decides V.L. v. E.L.

On March 7, 2016, the Supreme Court decided V.L. v. E.L., No. 15-648, holding that the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the United States Constitution requires Alabama courts to grant full faith and credit to an adoption...more

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U.S. Supreme Court to Alabama: Full Faith and Credit Must Be Given to Out-of-State Adoption

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In a unanimous, per curiam opinion in V.L. v. E.L., the U.S. Supreme Court has reversed the Supreme Court of Alabama’s refusal to enforce a Georgia adoption order. V.L. and E.L., two women, were involved in a 25-year...more

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