Courts are still handing down rulings in the rush of civil litigation that followed Confederate monument removals following the racial justice protests of 2020. The latest of these was handed down by the Georgia Court of Appeals on Feb. 23, concerning the removal of one such monument in downtown Decatur,…

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled this week that a civil rights lawsuit could move forward accusing members of a California horse-racing regulatory board of violating the First Amendment when they barred a thoroughbred from being entered into races due to its name. The appeal stemmed…

NY Senate Approves Bill Directing Redistricting Suits to NY’s Major Metropolitan Courts | New York Law Journal Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2024/02/28/ny-senate-approves-bill-directing-redistricting-suits-to-nys-major-metropolitan-courts/ New York State Capitol building in Albany. Photo: Ryland West/ALM Bill sponsors say the measure is aimed at preventing forum-shopping and to designate those courts as experts in redistricting…

A murder victim’s son and a filmmaker sought homicide case files to create a documentary on the unsolved crime, but the Freedom of Information Commission’s decision to grant an information request was reversed by the Connecticut Supreme Court. Although the high court affirmed the importance of transparency, it did not agree…

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Covington & Burling and AZB & Partners are advising The Walt Disney Company on its blockbuster $8.5 billion merger with Reliance Industries Limited in India. Reliance is represented by Khaitan & Co, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co (SAM) and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom.

A state appellate court in Tampa held it “made a degree of order from the chaos surrounding the jury’s verdict” by reversing what it termed the legally inconsistent final judgment that the trial judge entered. And Andrew Labbe, a partner at Groelle & Salmon in Tampa who represents the appellant-defendant,…