Judiciary.org - Part 54

The morning read for Monday, July 8

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:

How the Supreme Court’s immunity decision affects Trump’s legal cases (Tyler Bartlam, NPR)
Win for Trump, surprise on abortion: Takeaways from historic Supreme Court term (Maureen Groppe, USA Today)
The Supreme Court and Social Media Speech Regulation (Editorial Board, The Wall Street Journal)
The Supreme Court’s Power Grab (David Cole, The New York Review

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Civil Law

NYPD Hiring Process – Tips for Candidates

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– psychological disqualification
– NYPD appeal
– forensic assessment
– police psych exam disqualifiers

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Supreme Court

The morning read for Friday, July 5

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 declines to hear a series of challenges to laws barring felons and drug users from having guns (Devan Cole & John Fritze, CNN)
In a Volatile Term, a Fractured Supreme Court Remade America (Adam Liptak, The New York Times)
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts Takes Back Control (Jess Bravin, The Wall

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Criminal Law

Authorities Search for Motive, Details in Prague Mass Shooting

Investigators in Prague are working to establish a motive for a deadly gun rampage that killed 14 people and wounded 25 others at Charles University in the center of the city, Andrew Higgins and Jenny Gross reports for the New York Times. The gunman also fatally shot himself when the police surrounded him on the rooftop of the building. No foreign nationals were killed in the attack, but one person from the Netherlands and two people from the United … Read the rest

Civil Law

Court of Appeal Summaries (July 1 – July 5)

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Good afternoon.

Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of July 1, 2024.

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In the leading decision of the week, Binscarth Holdings LP v. Grant Anthony, the Court made new law in Ontario. It held that limited partners in a limited partnership are entitled to seek leave to commence a derivative action on behalf

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Supreme Court

Roberts court hands major wins to Trump, conservative movement in 2023-24 term

Former President Donald Trump loomed large over the Supreme Court’s 2023-24 term. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee for 2024 brought two cases to the justices and fared well in both; Trump could also benefit from the decision in a third case, brought by a defendant charged in the Jan. 6 attacks on the U.S. Capitol.

But more broadly, the three justices that Trump nominated during his time in office cemented a 6-3 conservative majority that pushed the court further … Read the rest

Supreme Court

Supreme Court expands time frame to sue federal agencies

The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a North Dakota truck stop can bring a challenge to a regulation issued 13 years ago by the Federal Reserve Board. In a 6-3 vote divided along ideological lines, the justices significantly expanded plaintiffs’ ability to sue federal regulators, ruling that the statute of limitations to challenge an action by a federal agency begins to run when the plaintiff is injured by the action, even if – as happened in this case … Read the rest

Civil Law

California’s New Price Transparency Law May Reshape Pricing Practices in Broad Range of Industries

Effective July 1, 2024, new California Senate Bill 478 (SB 478)[1] bans the practice of “drip pricing,” where the price for product or service is advertised without including all mandatory fees and charges that consumers must pay.[2] This law applies to nearly all businesses that sell or lease goods and services to California consumers[3], excluding only commercial transactions and certain industries that are already subject to pricing regulations. The ramifications of SB 478 are likely to significantly impact advertising and pricing … Read the rest

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