Category Archives: Current Events

May 2, 2021 · 2:45 pm

California barred from enforcing Covid19 restrictions on private at-home religious gatherings


Opinion:
RITESH TANDON, ET AL.
v.
GAVIN NEWSOM, GOVERNOR
OF CALIFORNIA, ET AL.

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· 2:06 pm

Googles limited use of Java to build the open-source Android platform doesn’t violate copyright law


Opinion:
GOOGLE LLC
v.
ORACLE AMERICA, INC.

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April 25, 2021 · 12:50 pm

Appeals of unfavorable DOD security clearance determinations are consolidated under DOHA


Memo:
Simplifying, Centralizing, and Unifying the Administrative Process
for Unfavorable Security Clearance Eligibility Hearings and Appeals
Ezra Cohen-Watnick
Acting Under Secretary of Defense

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· 11:43 am

Alternative Futures of Geopolitical Competition in a Post-COVID19 World


Report:
ALTERNATIVE FUTURES OF GEOPOLITICAL
COMPETITION IN A POST-COVID-19 WORLD
GLOBAL FUTURES REPORT
U.S. AIR FORCE

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April 4, 2021 · 5:19 pm

Sixth Circuit: Free speech and free exercise clauses of the First Amendment protect in-class speech of public university professors


Opinion:
NICHOLAS K. MERIWETHER
v.
FRANCESCA HARTOP, ET AL.

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March 30, 2021 · 8:34 pm

Companies doing business in a state submit to state court jurisdiction in products liability suits


Opinion:
FORD MOTOR COMPANY
v.
MONTANA EIGHTH JUDICIAL
DISTRICT COURT, ET AL.

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· 7:29 pm

Application of physical force with intent to restrain is a Fourth Amendment seizure even if unsuccessful


Opinion:
ROXANNE TORRES
v.
JANICE MADRID, ET AL

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March 28, 2021 · 12:42 pm

Sixth Circuit declares bump stocks are not machine guns; Agency interpretations of criminal statutes are subject to judicial review


Opinion:
GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA INC, ET AL.
v.
MERRICK B. GARLAND,
ATTORNEY GENERAL, ET AL.

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March 24, 2021 · 12:01 am

DC Circuit affirms Houston man’s conviction for theft of trade secrets in Chinese “Thousand Talents” conspiracy


Opinion:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
v.
SHAN SHI

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March 20, 2021 · 2:53 pm

Non-permanent residents seeking to cancel a lawful removal order bear the burden of proving they have not been convicted of a disqualifying criminal offense


Opinion:
CLEMENTE AVELINO PEREIDA
v.
ROBERT M. WILKINSON, ACTING
ATTORNEY GENERAL

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