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Eversheds Sutherland LLP
9 months ago
Tax Law
News Headlines
Federal Seventh Circuit Finds No “Plain, Speedy or Efficient Remedy”, Allows Taxpayers’ Suit to Proceed in Federal Court over County’s TIA Objections
After nearly a decade of stalled litigation in Illinois state court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit permitted a group of taxpayers to proceed in federal court with their U.S. constitutional challenge to property tax assessments, over...
Eversheds Sutherland LLP
10 months ago
Tax Law
News Headlines
Federal Seventh Circuit Finds No “Plain, Speedy or Efficient Remedy,” Allows Taxpayers’ Suit to Proceed in Federal Court over County’s TIA Objections
After nearly a decade of stalled litigation in Illinois state court, the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit permitted a group of taxpayers to proceed in federal court with their US constitutional challenge to property tax assessments, over Tax...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 1 year ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
CA3 Derivative Citizenship Victory: Tineo v. Atty. Gen.
Tineo v. Atty. Gen. "In plain terms, we are called to decide whether precluding a father from ever having his born-out-of-wedlock child derive citizenship through him can be squared with the equal-protection mandate of the Due Process Clause of...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 3 years ago
Immigration Law
Immigration Law Blog
Supreme Court: Old Gender-Based Citizenship Law Violates Equal Protection
Sessions v. Morales-Santana, June 12, 2017 - "This case concerns a gender-based differential in the law governing acquisition of U. S. citizenship by a child born abroad, when one parent is a U. S. citizen, the other, a citizen of another nation...
Columbia Law - Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
over 5 years ago
Constitutional Law and Civil Rights
Constitutional Law and Civil Rights Law Blog
Lawsuit Alleges that U.S. Government Violated Constitutional Rights of America’s Youth by Promoting the Development and Use of Fossil Fuels
By Nikita Perumal and Jessica Wentz A foundational component of sustainable development is the principle of inter-generational equity: that we should meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their...
DLA Piper
over 5 years ago
Constitutional Law and Civil Rights
Constitutional Law and Civil Rights Law Blog
DC Circuit Court Upholds Federal Ban On Campaign Contributions – What’s Next for Politically Active Government Contractors?
By William H. Minor A unanimous federal appeals court in Washington, DC has upheld a long-standing ban on federal campaign contributions by government contractors. The case, Wagner et al. v. Federal Election Commission , [subscribers can access...
GreenbergTraurig
over 5 years ago
Constitutional Law and Civil Rights
Constitutional Law and Civil Rights Law Blog
Supreme Court Rules Same-Sex Marriage is a Fundamental Right
On June 26, 2015, in a 5-4 decision authored by Justice Kennedy, the Supreme Court struck down the laws of those states that preclude same-sex marriage and also held that each state must recognize same-sex marriages lawfully performed in other states...
Maria Sanchez
over 7 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Employment Status
Unconstitutionality of New Mexico’s Farm and Ranch Laborer Exclusion: Griego v. WCA
Griego et al. v. WCA et al. ; CV 2009-10130 (New Mexico’s Second Judicial District Court) In New Mexico, a state district court judge recently ruled that it is unconstitutional to exclude farm and ranch laborers from the New Mexico Workers’...
Asbury Law Firm
over 8 years ago
Tax Law
Federal Taxation
District Court: Estate Tax Marital Deduction Triggers Unconstitutional Ruling on DOMA
In a case that began with a claim for a refund of estate taxes paid, Judge Barbara S. Jones of the Southern District of New York ruled that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is unconstitutional under the Equal Protection Clause of the 5th Amendment....
Roland Legal PLLC
over 9 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Kentucky Supreme Court to Kentucky Legislature: “Eat our Coal Dust”
Vision Mining, Inc. v. Gardner , 2010-SC-000311-WC (Ky. 2011): KRS 342.316 subjects coal workers’ pneumoconiosis claimants to a more stringent statutory treatment than all other pneumoconiosis claimants and thus violates the equal protection guarantees...
Thomas A. Robinson
over 2 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Kentucky: Hearing Impairment Limitation Ruled Unconstitutional
A Kentucky statute, Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 342.7305(2), which provides workers’ compensation benefits for occupational hearing loss only where a claimant’s binaural hearing impairment, converted to impairment of the whole person, results...
Julius Young
over 5 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
California: Angelotti Challenge Fails
The U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit has now handed a big win to the architects of the SB 863 reforms. The case is Angelotti Chiropractic et al v. Baker (see link to the opinion below). Angelotti was a constitutional challenge to the lien activation...
Robert J. Grace, Jr.
over 5 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Florida Workers’ Compensation: The Great Wait
All eyes are on Florida and the key challenges to its workers’ comp laws, including whether the “Grand Bargain” exists One year ago when the Foreword to the 2014 Edition of Dubreuil’s Florida Workers’ Compensation Handbook...
Calif. WCAB Noteworthy Panel Decisions Reporter
over 6 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
California: Lien Claimants’ Notice of Representation Under SB 863
WCAB seeks to rein in the insanity of ever-changing hearing reps and to maintain respect of the judicial process, but does the new rule raise equal protection arguments? Recent noteworthy panel decisions indicate a trend whereby the WCAB is strictly...
Larson's Spotlight
over 5 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
New Mexico: “Farm and Ranch Laborer” Exclusion Found Unconstitutional
In a split decision, the Court of Appeals of New Mexico held that N.M. Stat. Ann. § 52–1–6(A), which excludes from coverage “employers of … farm and ranch laborers,” violates workers’ rights to equal protection...
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