Eric Marks, originally from Toledo, was on a missionary trip after high school interested in the legal profession and the plight of the disenfranchised. TOLEDO, Ohio – Ohio Governor Mike DeWine named Toledo-born defense attorney Eric Marks to a vacant seat in the Lucas County Common Pleas Court this week. The seat was vacated by … Read more
PROVIDENCE – The state district court system is seeking volunteer attorneys to help expand its hugely successful volunteer attorney program, which began last summer, to assist the court in resolving rental and eviction cases during the COVID-19 pandemic. In anticipation of certain pandemic-related services and assistance expiring, the program provides court tenants with legal advice … Read more
DUBLIN – Alameda County attorneys have 15 days to respond to allegations by a local attorney that COVID-19 restrictions at Santa Rita Prison are affecting attorneys’ ability to hold private meetings with their clients. According to a legal petition filed earlier this week by attorney Daniel Shriro, there are two issues: For the first 14 … Read more
Canada: New tort of harassment recognized by Ontario Court after “Exceptional Malicious Harassment Campaign” February 08, 2021 Bereskin & Parr LLP To print this article, all you need to do is be registered or log in to Mondaq.com. A new civil harassment in Internet communications in Ontario was recognized in a decision by the Ontario … Read more
Exeter Township attorney Kurt Geishauser said he knew exactly what it would take to apply for a job with the Berks County bank. After all, he watched his wife do it in 2015. Kurt Geishauser His wife, Berks County Judge Eleni Dimitriou Geishauser, was one of three attorneys elected by voters to fill three vacancies … Read more
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The Supreme Court ruled against the descendants of Holocaust victims whose ancestors were forced to sell valuable works of art to Nazi officials for a fraction of their real value. Under normal circumstances, individuals cannot sue foreign states in a national court. According to CNN, the judges found that the plaintiffs’ claim did not meet … Read more
SCOTUS NEWS By Amy Howe on February 6, 2021 at 2:52 a.m. The court issued its ruling on the COVID-related worship restrictions in California at around 11:00 p.m. Friday night. (Katie Barlow) More than eight months after the Supreme Court refused to intervene in a California church’s challenge to stay at home orders issued by … Read more
OPINION ANALYSIS By Sam Callahan and Allon Kedem on February 5, 2021 at 12:09 pm The Supreme Court appeared in November 2020 when Salinas v US Railroad Retirement Board was debated. (Katie Barlow) On Wednesday, the Supreme Court issued its first 5-to-4 ruling in a 2020-21 dispute – albeit not in a hot-button constitutional case, … Read more
Yesterday the Supreme Court removed Biden v Sierra Club (formerly known as Trump v Sierra Club) from its oral hearing calendar. This move likely ends the lengthy legal battle over the legality of former President Donald Trump’s diversion of various military construction funds to build his border wall. The court took this step at the … Read more