EV Tax Credits and the Shift Towards Electrification Kate Meulemans As Americans begin to shift toward cleaner energy, the demand for electric vehicles has skyrocketed, but not without a similar spike in the political attitude surrounding electric cars. Switching from gas to electric cars is no longer just a fad among progressive elites and is…
‘Uncommon’ legal questions arise in Wendy Howard trial
dec. 3—Ink and headlines splashed Wendy Howard’s verdict across pages and screens after jurors acquitted her of first- and second-degree murder but deadlocked on voluntary manslaughter. After a hung jury, the Kern County District Attorney’s Office could retry Howard for voluntary manslaughter, and a Friday hearing was held to determine Howard’s fate. During a 10-day…
Former FTX users say Sam Bankman-Fried’s failed crypto exchange was a ‘Ponzi scheme.’ Here’s how those work
Until recently, Sam Bankman-Fried, or SBF, was crypto’s golden boy, known for building his cryptocurrency exchange, FTX, into a $32 billion giant in just two years. But the disheveled, left-leaning 30-year-old gamer was living a lie. SBF, who claimed to be a minimalist philanthropist, had used customer funds to prop up his failing crypto empire…
In revolt, more law schools won’t participate in US News rankings
Comment on this story Comments First, Yale University’s top-ranked law school declared it would end cooperation with the US News & World Report rankings. Within hours, Harvard University’s law school, ranked fourth, followed suit. Then, what began as a high-profile protest against the rankings became a mass revolt that now encompasses four University of California…
Elfarissi – Spring 2022 – MJEAL
Walmart’s Liabilities Under the HWCL: A California Case Study Rita Elfarisi In December 2021, the California Attorney General along with approximately a dozen district attorneys filed a lawsuit against Walmart.[1] The complaint alleges Walmart dumped nearly 80 tons of hazardous waste from more than 300 stores in California landfills throughout the state every year over…
UPDATE 1-UK ditches ban on ‘legal but harmful’ online content in favor of free speech
* ‘Legal but harmful’ element of online safety bill dropped * Social media companies will have to strengthen age checks * Companies could be fined if they fail to tackle illegal content (Changes dateline, adds further details, new quotes) By Paul Sandle LONDON, Nov 29 (Reuters) – Britain will not force tech giants to remove…
Lehman – Spring 2022 – MJEAL
Agency Delegation to External Parties: An Unexplored Challenge Benjamin Lehman The Supreme Court recently declined to grant cert in Texas v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, a case from the 5thth Circuit. However, the three justices said the decision was driven by threshold issues of mootness and statute of limitations, but they would grant a review…
Sara & Hossein Asset Holdings Ltd v Blacks Outdoor Retail Ltd – UKSCBlog
In this post, Sophie Campbell, an Associate in the litigation team at CMS, previews the decision awaited from the Supreme Court in Sara & Hossein Asset Holdings Ltd v Blacks Outdoor Retail Ltd. background Blacks Outdoor Retail Ltd (“B”) was the tenant of commercial premises in Liverpool. B had leased the premises since 2012 and…
ROLE OF WOMEN ON THE CHAIR › The Legal Lock
FEMALE CHAIR IMPROVE DEPARTMENTS’ GENDER DIVERSITY AND EQUITY. It’s common advice: to increase faculty gender diversity, increase the gender diversity of institutional leaders. But what about department chairs, a kind of middle-management position — do they make a difference? And beyond gender diversity, does having a female chair help improve the success of female academics?…
Cochise County may go to court without a lawyer in election canvass fight
Cochise County officials may go to court Thursday without an attorney to represent them against charges that they broke the law by failing to certify the results of the Nov. 8 elections. County supervisors on Tuesday voted to hire attorney Bryan Blehm to defend them and the county government against two lawsuits, even though they…