“FloSports has contacts with lots of states, but those contacts do not mean that FloSports is at home everywhere it goes. General jurisdiction is not like an RV—you’re not at home wherever you go,” said U.S. District Judge Steven C. Seeger.
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7th Circuit Chief Judge Diane Sykes to Take Senior Status
Sykes, who joined the Seventh Circuit in 2004 after serving on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, was reportedly on President Donald Trump’s shortlist of judges to replace Justice Antonin Scalia.
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Top Court Bars Noncitizens From Voting in New York City Elections
Chief Judge Rowan Wilson, writing for the majority, said the New York state constitution does not allow local legislative enactments and those of the state legislature to allow noncitizens to vote.
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EEOC's Letters to Law Firms Lack Authority, But Future Charges Could Be Costly, Experts Say
If there was a finding from the EEOC of systemic discrimination, the monetary penalties can be significant, noted an employment lawyer.
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Marshall Dennehey Faces Sexual Harassment Suit From Former Shareholder
Keith Hansbrough claims the firm’s Cleveland office managing shareholder failed to address harassment allegedly perpetrated against him by another shareholder and engaged in harassment of her own. The firm has sought to have the case dismissed or move it into arbitration.
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John Eastman Pleads First Amendment Protections in Disbarment Appeal
In oral arguments Wednesday, the former Chapman University Law School dean repeated disputed claims that Vice President Mike Pence could have stopped the 2020 Electoral College count. Eastman “didn’t tell his lies in a vaccum” and caused public harm, a prosecutor said.