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In recent years, inflammatory political rhetoric—regardless of party—has fueled a troubling surge in violence against judges. This kind of rhetoric not only undermines public trust in the judiciary, weakening the very foundation of our legal system, but also endangers the lives of judges and their families.

Notably, the SEC did not take the position that any particular cryptocurrency asset was a security, but rather that the investment in the funds satisfied the security requirement, said David Oliwenstein, formerly with the SEC's Division of Enforcement and now a partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman.

Timmins said that when no one else stepped forward, he chose to "bring the action," faulting the incumbent's performance on safety in the New York City transit system. Bragg points to work the DA's office has done with law enforcement and community groups on guns, shootings, in addressing mental illness and expanding survivor services.

Commercial Real Estate Exchange Inc. "plausibly alleges that CoStar has monopoly power in the relevant markets and engaged in anticompetitive conduct by entering de facto exclusive agreements and constructing technological barriers," Judge Anthony D. Johnstone wrote in the Ninth Circuit's decision reviving CREXi's antitrust counterclaims.

“In this difficult moment for the legal community, I believe it is more important than ever to instill in the next generation of lawyers the same principles that drove me to the legal profession: the imperative of speaking out on behalf of the vulnerable, standing up for the rule of law, defending every citizen's fundamental rights, and always fighting for justice, without fear or favor," Emhoff said.

Stephen Broome, a partner at Quinn Emanuel who is representing OpenEvidence, acknowledged that though the complaint addresses some groundbreaking intellectual property disputes associated with emerging technology, the trade secrets at issue are, at their foundation, legally safeguarded computer code.

The companies received the green light for their $13.5 billion deal after promising not to direct advertising dollars toward or away from publishers based on political content.

Jon Youngwood, global co-chair of Simpson Thacher's litigation department, said the Fifth Circuit's ruling that struck down a state law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public classrooms "rests upon the wisdom of the First Amendment and the protections it affords regarding the separation of church and state."

"The company's knowledge of Vincer's protected activity, coupled with a change in its response to Vincer's problematic behavior mere days after the protected activity, and the absence of any investigation, analysis, or documentation in his personnel file to otherwise explain the termination, constitutes substantial circumstantial evidence that the protected activity was at least a motivating factor in Vincer's termination," said Judge Theodore A. McKee, who authored the opinion.

Over the dissents of the liberal justices, the Supreme Court's conservative majority temporarily paused a lower court order blocking deportations to "third countries" such as South Sudan.

"The defendants' continuous withholding of congressionally appropriated funds, month after month, with no explanation, is a violation of the Administrative Procedure Act," U.S. District Senior Judge Royce C. Lamberth of the District of Columbia wrote in his preliminary injunction order requiring the Trump administration to disburse federal grants to Open Technology Fund.

“Permitting broad inquiry into a person's immigration status risks creating a significant chilling effect," said Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Aaron Maslow. "If courtrooms are perceived as opportunities for [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] enforcement, undocumented immigrants might cease to exercise the civil right of pursuing compensation for personal injuries resulting from a tortfeasor's negligence.

A firmwide review over the past year preceded the cuts, a firm spokesperson said.

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Jim Treglio of Potter Handy, counsel for the plaintiffs, claimed in some instances, patients communicated with their doctors through Cigna's website and shortly after received targeted advertisements on social media for their medical condition.

The justices will hear the case of a Rastafarian who alleges his religiously worn dreadlocks were forcibly shaven by Louisiana correction officers.