"We sometimes get in our own way because we don't see things as possible," New York Court of Appeals Judge Shirley Troutman said.

Two lawyers in the cannabis industry see consolidation and perhaps more congressional consternation in the year ahead.

"Ostensibly, the subject of the complaint is disability discrimination. Nonetheless, it says next to nothing about plaintiff's claimed disability. Instead, it consists almost entirely of a rambling and hyperbolic tirade against the state court system generally and the mask requirement specifically," Chief Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV wrote.

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Alan Bean consistently said the artifacts were his separate property, and Congress confirmed "full ownership" and "clear title" of such artifacts in 2012 when it enacted HR 4158.

Longtime firm leader Bob Bodian said this year has presented unique challenges on top of the "normal" issues that firm leadership routinely faces.

Giuliani was charged with bringing the election lawsuit with no "non-frivolous basis" and engaging in conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice.

A Connecticut appeals court has tossed out as moot a woman's lawsuit aimed at enjoining Norwich from auctioning off her property based on her contention that COVID-19 societal restrictions would lessen its value.

"The sheriff's sale occurred more than eight months after Harmon filed her first complaint, and therefore the first action does not bar her claims challenging the sheriff's sale," stated the per curiam opinion. "The District Court reasoned that Harmon could have amended her complaint in the first action to include these later-arising claims, but Morgan chose its bright-line rule in part to avoid 'disputes about whether plaintiffs could have amended their initial complaints to assert claims based on later-occurring incidents.'"

"The cure really has become the disease," said attorney Ryan Baker of Waymaker in Los Angeles. "Anti-SLAPP has become bloated, and certainly in California it's become a problem for real plaintiffs."

"Part of our mission at Howard University is ensuring that education is accessible to students, regardless of their economic status," Anthony K. Wutoh, provost and chief academic officer at Howard University, said in a statement.

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The rise comes despite the fact a number of firms have decreased the round of promotions this year.

The appointments include Katie Ranes as district associate probate judge in District 5C; Charles Sinnard as district judge in District 5A; Kathryn Austin as district associate judge in District 2B; and Elizabeth Batey as district associate judge in District 2A.

In planned congressional testimony published by Forbes, Sam Bankman-Fried alleged that FTX General Counsel Ryne Miller hired Sullivan & Cromwell, his former law firm, to help it earn massive legal fees on the company's bankruptcy.

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"It clearly showed some remarkable work by the Office of Investigative and Market Analytics and Division of Risk and Economic Analysis," said Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer partner Christian Schultz.

On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers said she wanted to wait for the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in "Gonzalez v. Google" before deciding whether the Communications Decency Act's §230 immunizes social media apps from addiction claims.

The pilot program is the second in New York State, following Manhattan, which tested the same system in July.

Attorney Beth Baldinger said younger lawyers at her firm "only know the law through the computer. They don't get on their feet in front of a judge. It's not the same."