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The First Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the government from making laws respecting the establishment of religion, prohibiting the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech or the press, preventing citizens from peacefully assembling, or interfering with citizens' ability to petition the government for redress of their grievances. The First Amendment is one of the most sacred aspects of the American legal tradition and has spawned a vast body of jurisprudence and commentary. less -

Employer Impact Guide to the Supreme Court’s 2024-2025 Term: 12 Cases That Reshaped Your Workplace, Industry, or Litigation...

Fisher Phillips on 8/29/2025

As the Supreme Court prepares for its next term to begin October 6, let’s look back on all the SCOTUS cases from the past year that impacted your workplace, industry, and litigation exposure. Here’s a quick guide to 12 times...more

Religious Institutions: Update June 2023

Holland & Knight LLP on 6/22/2023

In Ratliff v. Wycliffe Assoc., Inc., No. 6:22-cv-1185-PGB-RMN, 2023 WL 3688082 (M.D. Fla. May 26, 2023), the plaintiff, a software developer, sued the defendant, a Bible translation ministry, for sex discrimination under...more

RICO Requires Transfer of Title to Forfeit Trademarks: USA v. Mongol Nation, No. 19-50176 and 19-50190 (9th Cir. Jan. 6, 2023)

Irwin IP LLP on 2/28/2023

The Ninth Circuit recently affirmed the denial of the United States’ second motion for preliminary order of forfeiture of the Mongol Nation’s trademarks. The Ninth Circuit held that the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt...more

The Supreme Court Update - January 13, 2023

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 1/17/2023

On Friday, January 13, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in eight cases: U.S. ex rel. Schutte v. SuperValu Inc.; U.S. ex rel. Proctor v. Safeway, Inc., Nos. 21-1326, 22-111: These consolidated...more

Developments in Association Law 2019 – 2020

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 1/4/2021

A review of key legal developments for nonprofit organizations at the federal and state levels in 2019 and 2020. Antitrust enforcement continues against nonprofits. Nonprofits have litigated in other areas, including...more

Notice of Appeal - Spring 2020

Cozen O'Connor on 4/13/2020

Background - A Company received a grand jury subpoena under the Stored Communications Act (“SCA”) seeking information about an employee of one of the Company’s customers, who was the target of a criminal investigation. The...more

Climate Speech Wars Heat Up: Greenpeace Fights for Its Right to Call out Big Industry

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 9/30/2019

In 1972, the Sierra Club brought suit in California to temporarily halt logging in a primitive forest to try to prevent despoliation that might have prevented the forest from being considered as a national wilderness area. ...more

“...For me? As what? Tough guy? I don’t need tough guys. I need more lawyers...”: Intellectual Property Law In Criminal Matters

International Lawyers Network on 3/13/2019

There is a popular vintage Harley Davidson t-shirt that says “Tough Guys Finish First.” That may be true. But, sometimes, to finish first, one does not need more tough guys; one needs more lawyers, as a crime-related matter...more

July 2016: Appellate Update

Quinn Emanuel on 8/1/2016

The Effects of an Eight-Justice Supreme Court. Since Justice Scalia’s passing in February, the Supreme Court has operated with only eight justices, and it will continue to do so for as long as the Senate declines to consider...more

"2015-16 Supreme Court Update"

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/20/2016

In its current term, the U.S. Supreme Court is once again poised to address a range of disputes relevant to businesses. These include significant constitutional issues, class action practice and other procedural matters, and...more

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