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Coca-Cola and PepsiCo were sued on Wednesday over plastic pollution Los Angeles County asserts is a public nuisance that violates unfair competition and false advertising law.
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What to Know About Trump’s New York Criminal Case After the Election
The New York Times, November 6, 2024
Donald J. Trump, the first felon elected president, has a sentencing scheduled for Nov. 26. He has many ways to avoid punishment.
Could This Presidential Election Be Decided by the Supreme Court?
The New York Times, November 5, 2024
It is unlikely that the court ends up playing a major role in the outcome, according to elections experts, but it is possible. Here’s why.
Securities disclosure over Cambridge Analytica data breach comes before court
SCOTUSblog, November 4, 2024
The justices will return to securities law on Wednesday with arguments in a case arising out of the 2015 Cambridge Analytica-Facebook data breach. The tech giant’s effort to fend off federal securities fraud lawsuits in Facebook v. Amalgamated Bank could narrow the opportunities for private... The post Securities disclosure over Cambridge Analytica data breach comes before court appeared first on SCOTUSblog.
A Writer Sees Leniency in the Supreme Court’s Approach to Public Corruption
The New York Times, October 21, 2024
A Georgetown law professor argues that five rulings by the justices in recent years have allowed behavior that is “sketchy as hell” and meant to make the judiciary look good by contrast.
When an Election Case Reaches SCOTUS, Which Side Will be Playing Defense?
Justia's Verdict, October 9, 2024
Cornell Law professor Michael C. Dorf discusses the current Supreme Court term and its potential implications for the 2024 presidential election. Professor Dorf argues that while the current docket seems relatively quiet, the Court’s history of partisan decisions favoring Republicans, combined with the possibility of election-related cases being added later, raises concerns about how the Court might handle potential challenges to the 2024 election results, particularly if Trump loses and uses his loyalists in state legislatures or other organs of government to declare him the winner anyway.
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Supreme Court of the United States, July 2, 2024
