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ABC to give $15M to Trump’s presidential library to settle suit
ABC News has agreed to pay $15 million toward Donald Trump’s presidential library to settle a defamation lawsuit over anchor George Stephanopoulos’ inaccurate on-air assertion that the president-elect ...
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Pritzker endorses hemp bill that would tighten regulations
More than five years after Illinois began issuing permits for legal production of industrial hemp, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Friday he now favors legislation to bring the industry under tighter ...
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Torts — respondent in discovery
Where plaintiff seeks to name a party as respondent in discovery, they are not required to show that the party could be found responsible for the tortious injury.
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Justices deny certiorari in Hawaii 2nd Amendment case
In February, the Hawaii Supreme Court disagreed with the U.S. Supreme Court jurisprudene on the Second Amendment and what rights it granted. The Hawaii Supreme Court held there is no state ...
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Civil procedure — Rule 11 sanctions
Where district court declined to hold hearing prior to imposing Rule 11 sanctions, hearing was not necessary because attorney intended to challenge only one of the two independent grounds for ...