KProfsBlog<p>Bank enters into deal with jails that detainees’ money upon arrest plus any outside funds received go onto a debit card. Upon release, the detainee gets the card, which comes with fees. Court certified class action for violations of state and federal law.</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/contracts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contracts</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/DebitCards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DebitCards</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Incarceration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Incarceration</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/litigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>litigation</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/ClassActions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClassActions</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/contractsprof_blog/2025/06/court-certifies-class-of-detainees-to-challenge-prepaid-debit-cards.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lawprofessors.typepad.com/cont</span><span class="invisible">ractsprof_blog/2025/06/court-certifies-class-of-detainees-to-challenge-prepaid-debit-cards.html</span></a></p>
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Matthew Rimmer<p>Climate litigation - Misti Leon argues fossil fuel companies’ climate negligence caused her mother’s death during a heatwave <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/29/oil-industry-wrongful-death-lawsuit" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ay/29/oil-industry-wrongful-death-lawsuit</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/uslaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uslaw</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/litigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>litigation</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/heatwave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>heatwave</span></a></p>
KProfsBlog<p>Court dismisses class action against Amazon Prime alleging breach of contract for making us pay to watch ad-free. Following precedent, the Court finds the change a permissible change in services rather than an impermissible price increase. 🤬</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/contracts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contracts</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/TermsOfService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TermsOfService</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Prime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prime</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Streaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Streaming</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/ClassActions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClassActions</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Litigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Litigation</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/contractsprof_blog/2025/05/district-court-dismisses-class-action-against-amazon-prime-for-making-us-pay.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lawprofessors.typepad.com/cont</span><span class="invisible">ractsprof_blog/2025/05/district-court-dismisses-class-action-against-amazon-prime-for-making-us-pay.html</span></a></p>
KProfsBlog<p>AIG and KitchenAid provide a warranty that they will fix appliances or pay the depreciated value of appliances that they can’t fix. But what if they often can’t fix things because there are no maintenance people available?</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/contracts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contracts</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/warranties" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>warranties</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/appliances" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>appliances</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/repairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>repairs</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/litigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>litigation</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/contractsprof_blog/2025/05/class-action-warranty-claim-dismissed-illustrating-unnecessary-complexity-of-warranties.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lawprofessors.typepad.com/cont</span><span class="invisible">ractsprof_blog/2025/05/class-action-warranty-claim-dismissed-illustrating-unnecessary-complexity-of-warranties.html</span></a></p>
beSpacific<p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judges</span></a> Keep Calling <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s Actions <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Illegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Illegal</span></a>, but Undoing Them Is Hard. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Courts</span></a> are serving as a rare check on President <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>, but <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/judicial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judicial</span></a> orders to unwind his actions can be easier said than done. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> and his team have acted <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/lawlessly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawlessly</span></a> in egregious ways, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judges</span></a> emphatically said — the real-world consequences may vary. And the slow pace of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/litigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>litigation</span></a> means the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a> is often many steps behind and in some cases, unable to catch up. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/us/politics/trump-administration-courts-judges-law.html?unlocked_article_code=1.JU8.Xfh4.AS6pm5ziM7I5" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/05/23/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/trump-administration-courts-judges-law.html?unlocked_article_code=1.JU8.Xfh4.AS6pm5ziM7I5</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DemocracyPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocracyPhotography</span></a></p>
beSpacific<p>Karen Dunn and Other Top <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Lawyers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lawyers</span></a> Depart Paul Weiss to Start Firm. They are leaving a few months after Paul Weiss cut a deal with the White House to avoid an executive order that would have restricted its business.<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/lawfedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawfedi</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/legalresearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legalresearch</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>constitution</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/litigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>litigation</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/capitulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitulation</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maga</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/business/karen-dunn-paul-weiss-partners.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/05/23/busines</span><span class="invisible">s/karen-dunn-paul-weiss-partners.html</span></a></p>
Malcolm Nance<p><a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/CHAVEZDeREMER" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CHAVEZDeREMER</span></a>: I will not be able to discuss this because it's under <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/litigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>litigation</span></a> now.</p><p>MURPHY: Well you can certainly discuss why you eliminated the agency, and if you had conversations with <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> about it.</p><p>CHAVEZ-DeREMER: I cannot discuss it. I don't even know about that specific case.</p>
KProfsBlog<p>If you are up against a deadline and need to get a brief filed, you should:</p><p>a. Use ChatGPT to do your research for you because it no longer hallucinates.<br>b. Not do that.</p><p>Sorry folks, the answer is still b, as some California attorneys learned.</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/litigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>litigation</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/chatbots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chatbots</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/LLMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LLMs</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChatGPT</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/hallucination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hallucination</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/contractsprof_blog/2025/05/ai-hallucinations-continue-affecting-even-biglaw.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lawprofessors.typepad.com/cont</span><span class="invisible">ractsprof_blog/2025/05/ai-hallucinations-continue-affecting-even-biglaw.html</span></a></p>
LilMikeSF<p>Upscale <a href="https://c.im/tags/EastBay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EastBay</span></a> suburban hamlet must pay $120,000 to settle case brought by a persistent projectionist , "<a href="https://c.im/tags/solarpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solarpunk</span></a> novelist" and Mastodon user <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@AEMarling" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>AEMarling</span></a></span> arrested in 2021 for being an alleged "public nuisance" after beaming portable political imagery onto <a href="https://c.im/tags/SanRamon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SanRamon</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/CityHall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CityHall</span></a>.</p><p>Marling is perhaps best known for his caustic commentary targeting petty <a href="https://c.im/tags/Twitler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Twitler</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/CEO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CEO</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/MelonHusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MelonHusk</span></a> with viral projection takes including “Space Karen,” “Lawless Oligarch” "Mediocre Manchild" and other critiques on the <a href="https://c.im/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> oligarch's corporate <a href="https://c.im/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> HQ outpost along <a href="https://c.im/tags/MarketSt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarketSt</span></a> in <a href="https://c.im/tags/SanFrancisco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SanFrancisco</span></a>.</p><p>Originally after being cited, Marling's attorney assumed the small suburban city would return his projection equipment and drop charges, but angry officials retained "outside counsel and private attorney to act as prosecutor, and they prosecuted this to the bitter end” which prompted the case to continue for years as Marling counter sued the bedroom community in <a href="https://c.im/tags/federalcourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>federalcourt</span></a> for alleged violations of his <a href="https://c.im/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/FourthAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FourthAmendment</span></a> rights, as well as false arrest, among other legal claims that personally named city officials and <a href="https://c.im/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> personnel who pursued the charges. Named in Marling's suit were <a href="https://c.im/tags/CityAttorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CityAttorney</span></a> Martin Lysons, city manager Joe Gorton, ex top cop Craig Stevens, current <a href="https://c.im/tags/PoliceChief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceChief</span></a> Denton Carlson, Sgt. Michael Pistello, Officer Rick Gonzalez, pvt attorney Lance Bayer and city employee Karen McHenry-Smith. The first alleged criminal conspiratorial act by the local govt occured when petty police lied in their report about the spot where Marling even had the projector, claiming it was propped up against a traffic light on a sidewalk rather than placed in a landscaping bed.</p><p>From there, and even after an acquittal in an actual local court for the bogus citation, Marling filed a complaint alleging numerous civil violations, including of the First, Fourth and 14th amendments and the <a href="https://c.im/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> Act, as well as false imprisonment.</p><p>Marling said he hopes the legal <a href="https://c.im/tags/settlement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>settlement</span></a> discourages crackdowns on <a href="https://c.im/tags/activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>activism</span></a> in the future.</p><p>“For the police to try to detain in this fashion is illegal — I wasn’t violating any laws,” Marling said. “I guess you could say it was a slap on the wrist to try to encourage cities to not do this.” We only got to this point where the city finally "settled" and agreed to pay <a href="https://c.im/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> costs and admit no <a href="https://c.im/tags/wrongdoing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wrongdoing</span></a> after years of <a href="https://c.im/tags/litigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>litigation</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://enews.email.bayareanewsgroup.com/q/jG4v8UKs1AuMu0XsLr9_W-j3O58UzJh9jT6ZcOJbGlsbWlrZXNmK2lwLaG9uZUBnbWFpbC5jb23DiAY_eeukmHd4psMStMmSQWD2vzmA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">enews.email.bayareanewsgroup.c</span><span class="invisible">om/q/jG4v8UKs1AuMu0XsLr9_W-j3O58UzJh9jT6ZcOJbGlsbWlrZXNmK2lwLaG9uZUBnbWFpbC5jb23DiAY_eeukmHd4psMStMmSQWD2vzmA</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.danvillesanramon.com/news/2023/04/19/san-ramon-activist-sues-city-police-officials-after-being-detained-and-cited-last-year/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">danvillesanramon.com/news/2023</span><span class="invisible">/04/19/san-ramon-activist-sues-city-police-officials-after-being-detained-and-cited-last-year/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2025/05/13/viral-bay-area-projection-activist-reaches-120000-settlement-in-civil-rights-lawsuit-against-bay-area-city/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eastbaytimes.com/2025/05/13/vi</span><span class="invisible">ral-bay-area-projection-activist-reaches-120000-settlement-in-civil-rights-lawsuit-against-bay-area-city/</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/CopWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CopWatch</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a></p>
KProfsBlog<p>A business interruption insurance claim by Baylor’s College of Medicine went the way of almost all such claims, but only because the court felt compelled by precedent to ignore some damn good expert testimony. </p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/contracts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contracts</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/litigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>litigation</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/COVID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COVID</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/insurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insurance</span></a> <br> <a href="https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/contractsprof_blog/2025/05/texas-court-of-appeals-reverses-12-million-judgment-in-covid-related-insurance-claim.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lawprofessors.typepad.com/cont</span><span class="invisible">ractsprof_blog/2025/05/texas-court-of-appeals-reverses-12-million-judgment-in-covid-related-insurance-claim.html</span></a></p>
KProfsBlog<p>What better way to celebrate May Day than with an account of the National Treasury Employee Union’s victory, enjoining the Administration from terminating collective bargaining rights for 2/3 of the federal work force? The order came out on Friday, the opinion on Monday.</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Law</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/contracts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contracts</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unions</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/GovernmentWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/litigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>litigation</span></a></p><p><a href="https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/contractsprof_blog/2025/05/may-day-federal-judge-backs-federal-workers-union-and-enjoins-executive-order.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lawprofessors.typepad.com/cont</span><span class="invisible">ractsprof_blog/2025/05/may-day-federal-judge-backs-federal-workers-union-and-enjoins-executive-order.html</span></a></p>
KProfsBlog<p>The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has survived the first 100 days of the new Administration’s term with the help of Judge Amy Berman Jackson, who sees the latest RIF (correctly) as an attempt to prevent the CFPB from performing its statutorily-mandated functions</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/contracts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contracts</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/litigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>litigation</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/GovernmentEmployees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentEmployees</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Injunctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Injunctions</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/contractsprof_blog/2025/04/recap-of-administration-attempt-to-fire-employees-of-the-consumer-finance-protection-bureau.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lawprofessors.typepad.com/cont</span><span class="invisible">ractsprof_blog/2025/04/recap-of-administration-attempt-to-fire-employees-of-the-consumer-finance-protection-bureau.html</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Harvard</span></a> has sued the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin in hopes of restoring the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funding</span></a>, the first <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/university" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>university</span></a> to do so. Other <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>schools</span></a> …targeted by the admin are watching the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/litigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>litigation</span></a> closely.</p><p>In a letter accompanying the 2 reports, Dr. Alan Garber, Harvard’s president, apologized for the problems that the task forces revealed. He said the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Hamas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hamas</span></a> attack on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> in 2023 & the war that followed had brought long simmering tensions to the surface, & promised to address them.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/antisemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antisemitism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Islamophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Islamophobia</span></a></p>
KProfsBlog<p>In today’s Reefer Brief, a lesson in what happens if you don’t get crop insurance. Insurer covered physical damage to marijuana cultivator from a fire, but not the 1000 lost plants.</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/contracts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contracts</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/cannabis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cannabis</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/litigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>litigation</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/insurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insurance</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/contractsprof_blog/2025/04/reefer-brief-insurer-wins-summary-judgment-v-marijuana-cultivator.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lawprofessors.typepad.com/cont</span><span class="invisible">ractsprof_blog/2025/04/reefer-brief-insurer-wins-summary-judgment-v-marijuana-cultivator.html</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The latest in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/litigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>litigation</span></a></p><p>For Judge Gregory Katsas, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> appointee from the president’s 1st term, a month on the motions panel at the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit appears to have taught him an important lesson about Trump’s 2nd term.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judiciary</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.lawdork.com/p/the-education-of-judge-gregory-katsas" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lawdork.com/p/the-education-of</span><span class="invisible">-judge-gregory-katsas</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Crazy</p><p>At the end of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judiciary</span></a> reconciliation bill, there are 2 major restrictions on the judiciary & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/litigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>litigation</span></a>:</p><p>First, as noted above, it bans judges from enforcing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/contempt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contempt</span></a> unless there was an FRCP 65(c) bond (rare in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> suits). Obviously aimed to stop Judges like <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Boasberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Boasberg</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Xinis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Xinis</span></a>, among others.</p><p>Second, they would bar money damages in settlements. [see pic]</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConstitutionalCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConstitutionalCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegislativeBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LegislativeBranch</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JudicialBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JudicialBranch</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In late March, Leecia Welch, a deputy <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/litigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>litigation</span></a> director at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChildrensRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChildrensRights</span></a>, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> nonprofit that represents <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>children</span></a> in government custody, visited a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/family" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>family</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/jail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jail</span></a> in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Admin had recently reopened. The immigrant children Welch met were <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hungry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hungry</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SleepDeprived" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SleepDeprived</span></a>, & bored [lacking educational activity].</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassDeportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MassDeportations</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheCrueltyIsThePoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheCrueltyIsThePoint</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EthnicCleansing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EthnicCleansing</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>What to Know About the Legal Battle Over a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NorthCarolina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthCarolina</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> Race<br>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> challenger has embarked on an extraordinary effort to reverse his <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a> loss that critics say is testing the boundaries of post-election <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/litigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>litigation</span></a>.</p><p>The Republican candidate for a State Supreme Court seat has refused to concede to the Democratic incumbent, even though 2 recounts by a state elections board confirmed that he lost the Nov election…</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GiftArticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiftArticle</span></a><br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/us/north-carolina-supreme-court-race-explainer.html?unlocked_article_code=1.B08.euDs.Y-tMQ_WoO42B&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/04/22/us/nort</span><span class="invisible">h-carolina-supreme-court-race-explainer.html?unlocked_article_code=1.B08.euDs.Y-tMQ_WoO42B&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
KProfsBlog<p>Thanks to my student Brady Robison who alerted me to a suit brought by influencers against Honey, an extension that PayPal bought for $4 billion so that it can better track you and data mine you. They allege that it also steals commissions from them. </p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/contracts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contracts</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Honey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Honey</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Influencers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Influencers</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/coupons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coupons</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/litigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>litigation</span></a> <br> <br><a href="https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/contractsprof_blog/2025/04/influencers-allege-paypal-uses-honey-extension-to-steal-commissions.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lawprofessors.typepad.com/cont</span><span class="invisible">ractsprof_blog/2025/04/influencers-allege-paypal-uses-honey-extension-to-steal-commissions.html</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>US District Judge Brian Murphy in Boston last month had issued an order that temporarily blocked the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin from fast-tracking <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deportations</span></a>, hobbling its ability to remove migrants subject to final orders who in some cases have legal protections preventing them from being sent back to their countries of origin.</p><p>The preliminary <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/injunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>injunction</span></a> issued Friday will keep that order in place until the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/litigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>litigation</span></a> is resolved.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Rendition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rendition</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DueProcess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DueProcess</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judiciary</span></a></p>
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