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Latest News in Appellate
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March 24, 2025
Justices Won't Hear Insurance Dispute Over Claim Timeliness
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a California woman's bid to certify questions to Massachusetts' top court about when exactly an insurer must show it was prejudiced by an insured's late claim notice, letting stand a First Circuit decision that also refused to certify such questions.
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March 24, 2025
Justices Told To Eye TM Time Limits In Samsung Unit Feud
After seeing its trademark lawsuit against a Samsung subsidiary transferred to a court where the case was outside the statute of limitations, a small New Jersey company that sells electronics accessories now wants the nation's highest court to address trademark law's "patchwork of inconsistent limitations periods."
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March 24, 2025
DC Circ. Appears Divided In Venezuelan Deportation Appeal
A D.C. Circuit panel seemed split on Monday as the appellate judges contended with the Trump administration's bid to dissolve a trial court order blocking the deportations of some Venezuelan nationals to El Salvador under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act.
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March 24, 2025
Kimmel's Use Of Santos Videos Not Fair, 2nd Circ. Told
Cameo videos recorded by former U.S. Rep. George Santos were designed to be satirical jokes, and their rebroadcast by ABC comedian Jimmy Kimmel was not a transformative work protected by the copyright law's fair use doctrine, Santos' attorney told the Second Circuit on Monday.
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March 24, 2025
Venezuelans Seek Hold On End To DHS Removal Protections
Lawyers representing Venezuelans living in the United States urged a California federal judge on Monday to pause actions by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem that would end temporary deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans in the country, saying the actions were driven in part by racial animus.

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