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August 12, 2024 | Law.com

Split 6th Circuit Panel Reinstates Title IX Retaliation Claim Against University of Kentucky, Rejecting Student Enrollment Requirement

"Two separate, lengthy delays and an abrupt, last-minute cancelation may dissuade a reasonable person from pursuing a Title IX claim in federal court," Judge Rachel Bloomekatz wrote on behalf of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit majority.

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May 3, 2024 | Litigation Daily

Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout Outs

Peter Stris of Stris & Maher got an important win this week for ERISA plaintiffs at the Second Circuit.

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January 4, 2023 | Law.com

6th Cir. Tosses Ohio Lawyer's Suit Alleging NBA, Players' Union Unlawfully Blocked Him From Becoming an Agent

"Generally speaking, the Sherman Act prohibits monopolizing or unreasonably restraining trade and commerce," wrote the Sixth Circuit panel. "But Congress did not dispatch the Act to cover all actors," and one example of that is labor unions, such as the NBPA, which "Congress broadly exempted them from the Act's prohibitions."

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November 29, 2022 | Law.com

Sixth Circuit: State's Challenge Against $195.3B ARPA Aid Is Moot

"In essence, Ohio said, by offering such a generous aid package during an economic crisis, the federal government left Ohio with 'no real choice' but to accept the funds," stated Judge John K. Bush. "And such coercion was especially egregious because of its intrusion upon Ohio's 'sovereign authority to set tax policy as it sees fit.'"

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July 19, 2022 | Law.com

6th Circuit: 'Overwhelming Majority' of Case Law Says COVID-19 Closures Are Not 'Unconstitutional Takings'

"Plaintiffs have not offered any argumentation as to why Defendants are not entitled to qualified immunity," Judge Eric L. Clay wrote on behalf of the panel. "Nor do they direct the Court to any caselaw indicating that Defendants' various orders violated a clearly established constitutional right. And for good reason: there is no clearly established precedent that pandemic-era regulations limiting the use of individuals' commercial properties can constitute a Fifth Amendment taking. In fact, the overwhelming majority of caselaw indicates that such regulations are not takings."

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July 11, 2022 | Law.com

6th Circuit Declines to Enforce Settlement Agreement in GE Race Discrimination Suit

The Sixth Circuit affirmed a district court denial of GE's motion to enforce a settlement agreement with a former senior-level manager over claims of race-based discrimination.

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Campbell-Ewald v. Gomez

Publication Date: 2016-01-20
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Date Filed: 2016-01-20
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Case Number: No. 14–857

Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 698 CAMPBELL-EWALD COMPANY, PETITIONER v. JOSE GOMEZ p id="

United States v. Wong

Publication Date: 2015-04-22
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Case Number: Nos. 13–1074 Nos. 13–1075

Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 3856 UNITED STATES, PETITIONER v. KWAI FUN WONG p i

Plumhoff v. Rickard

Publication Date: 2014-05-27
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Date Filed: 2014-05-27
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Case Number: No. 12–1117

Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 5681 OFFICER VANCE PLUMHOFF, ET AL., PETITIONERS v. WHITNE RICKARD,

Gisbrecht v. Barnhart

Publication Date: 2002-05-28
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Date Filed: 2002-05-28
Court: U.S. Sup. Ct.
Judge: Justice Ginsburg
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Case Number: 01-131

535 U. S. ____ (2002)This case concerns the fees that may be awarded attorneys who successfully represent Social Security benefits claimants in court. Under 42 U. S. C. �406(b) (1994 ed. and Supp.