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The morning read for Tuesday, March 14

The morning read for Tuesday, March 14

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Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Tuesday morning read:

  • How the Supreme Court’s decision in unclaimed property case will affect Delaware (Brandon Holveck, Delaware News Journal)
  • The Supreme Court Just Keeps Deciding It Should Be Even More Powerful (Kimberly Wehle, The Atlantic)
  • Just How Hypocritical Are the Supreme Court’s Conservative Justices Willing to Be? (Stephen Vladeck, The New York Times)
  • The One Key
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Civil Law

IFSCA Relaxes Rules for Family Investment Funds in GIFT City

Fund structures are gaining popularity among wealthy individuals in India as optimum structures to help with wealth planning, investments, and tax management. Family offices are viewing GIFT City, India’s first international financial services centre (“IFSC”), for the purpose of facilitating global investments in a structured manner. 

The IFSC funds regime envisages a ‘Family Investment Fund’ (“FIF”) as a self-managed fund set up in the IFSC for pooling money from a ‘single family’. FIFs can be set … Read the rest

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Hail and farewell

Hail and farewell

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Today is the last day for our editor, James Romoser. The blog hired James nearly three years ago, in the middle of the pandemic, after a series of interviews over (of course) Zoom. We had only met him once in person several years before, and even after hiring him we still would not meet him in person for many months to come.

Although our early meetings with James may have been virtual, his impact on the blog was very … Read the rest

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Voter-registration dispute during 2020 election raises question of attorney’s fees

Voter-registration dispute during 2020 election raises question of attorney’s fees

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 The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here.

Going to court is one way to enforce your civil rights if they are violated by a state official. As options go, though, it can be expensive. This week, we highlight cert petitions that ask the court to consider, among other things, when a prevailing plaintiff in a civil-rights … Read the rest

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The morning read for Wednesday, March 8

The morning read for Wednesday, March 8

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Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Wednesday morning read:

  • How Asian Americans Came To Play A Central Role In The Battle Over Affirmative Action (Alex Samuels, FiveThirtyEight)
  • Supreme Court Hints That It May Duck Two Big Cases (Adam Liptak, The New York Times)
  • Key Democrats seek info from former judge who reviewed Supreme Court leak probe after CNN exclusive (Tierney Sneed & Ariane
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Justices take up case on federal admiralty law, seek government’s views on two pending petitions

Justices take up case on federal admiralty law, seek government’s views on two pending petitions

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The Supreme Court on Monday morning added a maritime law case to its docket for the 2023-24 term and invited the federal government to submit briefs expressing its views in two more cases. Both announcements came on an otherwise quiet order list released from the justices’ conference on Friday, March 3.

The justices granted review in Great Lakes Insurance SE v. Raiders Retreat Realty Co., a dispute that began after a yacht owned by Raiders Retreat Realty Co. … Read the rest