Judiciary.org - Part 40

Cross-Examination Checklist

A checklist can be a survival guide. Checklists are critical to pretrial and trial work. To illustrate the importance of checklists, Dr. Atul Gawande tells the true story of an October 30, 1935 airplane flight competition that the U.S. Army Air Corps held at Wright Air Field in Dayton Ohio to determine which military-long range bomber to purchase. Boeing’s “flying fortress” was the likely winner. But, after the plane reached three hundred feet, it stalled, turned on its one wing

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Supreme Court

The morning read for Friday, August 23

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

Supreme Court partly grants GOP request to enforce Arizona’s proof-of-citizenship voting law (Lawrence Hurley, NBC News)
Divided Supreme Court rejects GOP bid to prevent some Arizonans from voting in presidential election (Josh Gerstein, Politico)
Amy Coney Barrett Breaks With Supreme Court Over Granting Republicans’ Wish (Andrew Stanton, Newsweek)
Utah Makes High Stakes Gamble in

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Civil Law

Why the negative impact of non-competes is overstated (Part 2)

As we discussed in our previous blog on non-competes (as well as other types of restraint of trade), the move to add regulation has been gaining momentum since Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced in August 2023 a Competition Review to examine competition laws, policies and institutions.

Whilst the move to ban non-competes in Australia has been inspired by the U.S. Fair Trade Commission vote to ban non-competes, on 20 August 2024, a Federal District Court in Dallas, Texas, struck down … Read the rest

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The morning read for Wednesday, August 21

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:

Voters in Arizona and Montana can decide on constitutional right to abortion (Sejal Govindarao & Amy Beth Hanson, The Associated Press)
Trial date set for man accused of attempting to assassinate Justice Kavanaugh (Jordan Fischer, WUSA9)
Supreme Court decisions could determine future of clean air, water in East Texas (Samuel Shaw, Longview News-Journal)
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The morning read for Monday, August 19

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

US Supreme Court declines to lift block on expanded trans student protections (Max Matza, BBC News)
Republicans ask Supreme Court to block 40,000 Arizonans from voting in November (David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times)
Recent Supreme Court decisions are already slowing climate progress (Akielly Hu, Grist)
Supreme Court Workload Backloaded as Justices Hear Fewer

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Civil Law

Professors Call for Saudi Appraisal Rights Along with Other Companies Act Reforms

We have previously covered (thanks to a guest post) that Saudi Arabia does not have appraisal rights, though its Companies Law provides for a number of other shareholder rights. Is it time for a change?

Professors Alhasani and Hassan of Prince Sultan University say “yes.” In a comprehensive paper in the International Journal for Scientific Research, the two professors call for the Saudi Companies Law to add explicit appraisal rights, along with a number of other suggested changes. Get the … Read the rest

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Supreme Court blocks temporary enforcement of expanded protections for transgender students

The Supreme Court on Friday rejected the Biden administration’s request to be allowed to temporarily enforce most of an April 2024 rule implementing Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which prohibits sex discrimination in education programs that receive federal funding, while its appeals continued.

Friday’s ruling leaves in place for now decisions by federal appeals courts that barred the Biden administration from enforcing any portion of the rule, including three provisions that target discrimination against transgender people … Read the rest

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Pennsylvania officials warn against raw milk cheese contaminated with Listeria

Raw milk cheese from a Pennsylvania producer sold at an unknown number of retail locations is contaminated with Listeria. The producer is refusing to issue a recall.

The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture warns consumers to discard BeiHollow brand raw milk cheddar cheese.

The Department of Agriculture purchased two retail packages of BeiHollow brand cheese from Racoon Valley Farm in Millerstown, Perry County, as part of required testing by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Analysis revealed that the cheese product … Read the rest

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