Supreme Court Report: Ysleta del Sur Pueblo v. Texas, 20-493

October 21, 2021 Volume 29, Issue 2 This Report summarizes opinions issued on October 18, 2021 (Part I); and cases granted review on that date (Part II). Case Granted Review: Ysleta del Sur Pueblo v. Texas, 20-493 Ysleta del Sur Pueblo v. Texas, 20-493.  At issue is whether the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama…

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Supreme Court Report: Denezpi v. United States, 20-7622

October 21, 2021 Volume 29, Issue 2 This Report summarizes opinions issued on October 18, 2021 (Part I); and cases granted review on that date (Part II). Case Granted Review: Denezpi v. United States, 20-7622 Denezpi v. United States, 20-7622. The question presented is whether “the Court of Indian Offenses of Ute Mountain Ute Agency…

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Supreme Court Report: Cassirer v. Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation, 20-1566

October 7, 2021 Volume 29, Issue 1 This Report summarizes cases granted review on September 30, 2021 (Part I). Case Granted Review: Cassirer v. Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation, 20-1566 Cassirer v. Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation, 20-1566. At issue is “[w]hether a federal court hearing state law claims brought under the [Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act] must apply the…

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Supreme Court Report: Boechler v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 20-1472

October 6, 2021 Volume 29, Issue 1 This Report summarizes cases granted review on September 30, 2021 (Part I). Case Granted Review: Boechler v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 20-1472 Boechler v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 20-1472. “Section 6330(d)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code establishes a 30-day time limit to file a petition for review in…

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Supreme Court Report: Federal Election Comm’n v. Ted Cruz for Senate, 21-12

October 7, 2021 Volume 29, Issue 1 This Report summarizes cases granted review on September 30, 2021 (Part I). Case Granted Review: Federal Election Comm’n v. Ted Cruz for Senate, 21-12 Federal Election Comm’n v. Ted Cruz for Senate, 21-12. Section 304 of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 provides that when a candidate…

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Supreme Court Report: Shurtleff v. City of Boston, MA, 20-1800

October 7, 2021 Volume 29, Issue 1 This Report summarizes cases granted review on September 30, 2021 (Part I). Case Granted Review: Shurtleff v. City of Boston, MA, 20-1800 Shurtleff v. City of Boston, MA, 20-1800. At issue is whether the City of Boston violated the First Amendment by denying a Christian organization’s request to…

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Supreme Court Report: Concepcion v. United States, 20-1650

October 7, 2021 Volume 29, Issue 1 This Report summarizes cases granted review on September 30, 2021 (Part I). Case Granted Review: Concepcion v. United States, 20-1650 Concepcion v. United States, 20-1650. The question presented is “[w]hether, when deciding if it should ‘impose a reduced sentence’ on an individual under Section 404(b) of the First…

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Responding to Hate, Building Safer Communities Webinar

Wednesday, October 27, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. ET Hosted by the NAAG Center for Excellence in Governance and the James Byrd Jr. Center to Stop Hate. As part of his Presidential Initiative “The People v. Hate: Standing Up for Humanity,” NAAG President and District of Columbia Attorney General Karl A. Racine invites you…

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Attorney General Consumer Protection News: September 2021

Multistate Actions Led by Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh, a bipartisan coalition of 11 attorneys general announced settlements with StubHub for refusing to refund ticketholders for COVID-19-related cancellations. StubHub had refused to provide refunds, instead providing customers a 120% credit for future events. Under the settlements, StubHub agreed to provide refunds unless customers elected to…

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The Relentless Battle to Eliminate Robocalls

      As attorneys general, we have made it our mission to protect the residents of Michigan and Ohio from illegal robocallers. Robocallers are like a plague of locusts, except these locusts use 21st century technology to swarm through the international telecommunications landscape where they strike in overwhelming numbers, working to scam and defraud…

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