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[Ongoing Program] CLE Relay - Session 4 - US Supreme Court Term in Review - June 26th, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm PDT

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This CLE Relay session will discuss recent developments at the Court, as well as high-profile cases from last Term and this Term, including cases addressing agency authority, Presidential immunity, the Second Amendment, and...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Stripping Down a Statute of Limitations - SCOTUS Today

The U.S. Supreme Court did not issue any merits opinions yesterday, but it did issue two orders denying cert. One of them, Nicholson v. W.L. York, Inc., is potentially significant for litigants of discrimination claims under...more

Loeb & Loeb LLP

Walters v. OpenAI, L.L.C.

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Georgia state court grants summary judgment dismissing defamation claim targeting ChatGPT output accusing radio host of embezzlement, in light of disclaimers notifying users that ChatGPT sometimes generates inaccurate...more

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Circuit Split: Eleventh Circuit Upholds Florida Firearm Purchase Ban for 18-to-21-Year-Olds

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A recently issued decision by the Eleventh Circuit may open the door for additional direction from the U.S. Supreme Court regarding the scope of the Second Amendment. In National Rifle Association v. Bondi, the Eleventh...more

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First Circuit Upholds Denial of Preliminary Injunction Against Massachusetts’ Ban on Assault Weapons and Large-Capacity Magazines

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In April 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit decided Capen v. Campbell, a case arising from a challenge to Massachusetts’ ban on assault weapons and large-capacity magazines. The court affirmed a district...more

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Supreme Court Chooses Not to Review Challenge to New York Gun Law

In April, the United States Supreme Court denied certiorari in Antonyuk v. James, a case challenging many of the restrictions imposed by New York’s Concealed Carry Improvement Act (CCIA). As a result, the Second Circuit’s...more

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Ninth Circuit Panel Holds That the Second Amendment Prohibits Certain Requirements Regarding Firearm Permits and Physical...

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Introduction A divided Ninth Circuit panel ruled that Hawaii cannot enforce laws that (1) allow acquisition of a handgun only within 30 days of obtaining the necessary permit and (2) require physical inspection of a firearm...more

Jackson Walker

Fifth Circuit Criminal Opinions: Insights and Analyses Part II

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As we continue our series summarizing recent Fifth Circuit criminal opinions, the latter half of March proved to be particularly noteworthy. The Fifth Circuit addressed a range of cases, including those involving the False...more

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Supreme Court Upholds ATF Rule Regulating Weapon Parts Kits and Unfinished Frames or Receivers as “Firearms”

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In a significant ruling, the Supreme Court affirmed the authority of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) to regulate weapon parts kits and unfinished frames or receivers as “firearms” under the Gun...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

Don’t Get Zoned Out of Your Second Amendment Rights   

Property owners may occasionally face challenges when municipalities interpret zoning ordinances in ways that could limit certain lawful activities. We recently represented a client in a case where the municipality sought to...more

Cranfill Sumner LLP

United States Supreme Court Upholds Biden Administration’s Regulation of Ghost Guns

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In November 2023 we discussed the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision to strike down a Biden-era firearm regulation concerning “ghost guns,” concluding that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF)...more

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Florida Appeals Court Decisions Week of March 10 - 14, 2025

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U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals - Albert v. Ass’n of Anti-Money Laundering - ADA, § 309 - NRA v. Bondi - firearms, sales to minors, young adults, constitutional challenges - Org of Prof Aviculturists v. FDLA...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Executive Order Signals Rollback of Biden-Era Firearms Regulations and Overhaul of Second Amendment Policy at DOJ

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On Friday, February 7, President Trump issued a first-of-its-kind Executive Order prioritizing the Second Amendment as “an indispensable safeguard of security and liberty.” The order is the first step in what could be a broad...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Protecting Second Amendment Rights (Trump EO Tracker)

Orders an examination of all orders, regulations, guidance, plans, international agreements, and other actions of executive departments and agencies to assess any ongoing infringements of Second Amendment rights. The Attorney...more

Snell & Wilmer

Reese v. ATF: Fifth Circuit Strikes Down Federal Handgun Purchase Ban for 18-to-20-Year-Olds

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On January 30, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a landmark opinion in Reese v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), holding that 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(b)(1) and (c)(1), which...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

What to Expect From the 2025 Wyoming Legislative Session

Wyoming’s 67th Legislative Session begins on Jan. 14. The Wyoming Legislature alternates between a 40-day General Session in odd-numbered years and a 20-day Budget Session in even-numbered years. The bodies will hold opening...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

George Washington’s Whisky Distillery, 21st Century Edition

You might think the laws of King Edward I of England (1239-1307), George Washington’s whisky distillery, and an 1807 “Treatise on the Law of Idiocy and Lunacy” have little to do with the federal criminal code of 2024. And you...more

A&O Shearman

Health Care Company Secures Antitrust Victory With Jury Verdict In Its Favor

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On August 1, 2024, a unanimous jury in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California found plaintiff, a veterinary drug manufacturer, failed to allege a relevant antitrust market under Sherman Act,...more

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Late-Term Flood of Decisions Continues, Disagreement Among Justices Increasingly Pronounced - SCOTUS Today

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With the current term of the Supreme Court soon to end, the run of decisions in which the Justices have been unanimous or close to it is being displaced by the “tougher” ones, in which there is substantial disagreement....more

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The Supreme Court Update - June 21, 2024

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The Supreme Court of the United States issued five decisions today: United States v. Rahimi, No. 22-915: This Second Amendment case addresses the constitutionality of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(8), which makes it a crime for an...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Protection From Abuse & Guns; Discussion “Continued”

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Friday, June 21 brought the U.S. Supreme Court decision in United States v. Rahimi, a Texas case which offered to provide better insight into how the rights to possess and own guns conferred by the Second Amendment plays...more

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North Carolina Court of Appeals Strikes Down Gun Law Under Bruen and Second Amendment

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The North Carolina Court of Appeals entered the Bruen Second Amendment debate this week with its decision in State v. Radomski. First, a bit of background: In its landmark New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n, Inc. v. Bruen...more

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More on Guns: Superior Court Upholds Restrictions

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We promised not to turn this into a gun blog but in a country where half of all families own guns and the half that do own a lot of them, the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in New York State Rifle & Pistol...more

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The Second Circuit, The Second Amendment, and Social Media

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​​​​​​​On December 8, 2023, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit decided Antonyuk v. Chiumento, a case which challenged many provisions of New York’s law regulating the public carrying of firearms, the...more

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Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Strikes Down Biden Administration’s “Ghost Gun” Rule

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In April 2022, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives finalized a rule designed to address so-called “Ghost Guns” or “Personally Manufactured Firearms” (PMFs). PMFs are unfinished firearm parts, frequently...more

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