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In a virtual hearing Thursday morning, Justices on the Supreme Court of Georgia heard oral arguments on a case dealing with the 2018 arrest of a state lawmaker and whether the law police used to cuff her is unconstitutional.

This week, the Ninth Circuit addresses the ability of non-parties to invoke arbitration agreements, and refreshes its law on the applicability of Eleventh Amendment sovereign immunity in the arbitration context.

Dec. 21, 2021 – Sovereign immunity does not bar a lawsuit filed by environmental groups against the Wisconsin Public Services Commission (PSC) and two of its commissioners, the U.S. Court of Appeals for Seventh Circuit has ruled.

PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has affirmed a lower federal court’s ruling, which found that Pennsylvania state law and a related injunction bars the City of Philadelphia from enforcing its ban on sales of flavored cigars.

Dec. 21, 2021 – Sovereign immunity does not bar a lawsuit filed by environmental groups against the Wisconsin Public Services Commission (PSC) and two of its commissioners, the U.S. Court of Appeals for Seventh Circuit has ruled.

A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected a church's lawsuit against Virginia’s 2020 COVID-19 lockdown rules that restricted in-person worship.

A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected a church's lawsuit against Virginia’s 2020 COVID-19 lockdown rules that restricted in-person worship.

On December 10, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Whole Woman’s Health et al. v. Jackson, holding that abortion providers’ pre-enforcement challenge to the Texas Heartbeat Act — S.B....

Supreme Court Allows Texas Abortion Law to Remain in Effect While Lawsuit Continues Against It

The Supreme Court ruled, 5-4, the Texas Heartbeat Act may remain in effect while abortion providers continue with their lawsuit against it.