Supreme Court

Couple seeks review of revoked visa

Couple seeks review of revoked visa

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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.

U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents – “green-card holders” – can apply for a visa for their immediate relatives. If their petition is denied, they might seek to appeal that decision in federal court. But Congress, seeking to reduce the second-guessing of immigration officials, has foreclosed judicial review of purely … Read the rest

Supreme Court

Justices turn away West Point admissions challenge

Justices turn away West Point admissions challenge

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On Friday afternoon, the justices declined to temporarily block the U.S. Military Academy from considering race in its admissions process. In an unsigned order, the justices turned down a request from the same group that spearheaded challenges to the use of affirmative action in admissions at Harvard and the University of North Carolina, and which now argues that West Point’s use of race violates the Constitution.

Friday’s order also included a relatively unusual statement that provided a possible glimpse … Read the rest

Civil Law

COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (January 29 – February 5)

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Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of January 29, 2024.

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Congratulations to Blaneys’ own Anthony Gatensby and Kathleen Lefebvre who were successful in responding to an appeal about whether a commercial landlord’s insurer was permitted to bring a subrogated claim against its tenant for negligence in causing a fire. The Court affirmed

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Supreme Court

The morning read for Thursday, February 1

The morning read for Thursday, February 1

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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 Thursday morning read:

  • Colorado secretary of state urges Supreme Court to keep Trump off the ballot (Lawrence Hurley, NBC News)
  • Challenge to attorney bias rule heads to US Supreme Court (David Thomas, Reuters) 
  • Trump’s critics hope that Antonin Scalia can sway the Supreme Court in 14th Amendment fight (John Fritze, CNN)
  • Greg Abbott Poised to Triumph in
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Civil Law

5 Trends to Watch: 2024 UK Financial Services Regulation

1. Final rules expected on non-financial misconduct: The genesis of the UK Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) interest in “non-financial misconduct” was a letter from the FCA to the Parliamentary Women and Equalities Committee in September 2018 concerning sexual harassment in the workplace. Since that time, the FCA’s intentions and views on the topic have only been ascertainable through its Final Notices and Upper Tribunal decisions. Usually relating to serious misconduct, including criminal offences, those decisions have not always … Read the rest

Supreme Court

Government counters call to halt consideration of race in U.S. Military Academy admissions

Government counters call to halt consideration of race in U.S. Military Academy admissions

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The U.S. Military Academy on Tuesday urged the Supreme Court to stay out of a dispute over the use of race in the school’s admissions policy. Telling the justices that a group of students opposed to the consideration of race in college admissions was seeking to block “policies that military leaders have long deemed essential to ensuring the effectiveness of the Nation’s military,” the academy asked the court to turn down the group’s request for an order that would … Read the rest

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Student group from Harvard and UNC cases seeks to block West Point from considering race in admissions

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The same group that spearheaded lawsuits to effectively end the use of affirmative action in college admissions returned to the Supreme Court on Friday, asking the justices to temporarily bar the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, which trains officers for the U.S. Army, from considering race in its admissions process.

Students for Fair Admissions, a group founded by conservative activist Edward Blum, was at the center of the Supreme Court’s opinion last June, holding that the admissions programs … Read the rest