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State Courts
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Environment, Land & Resources
US EPA’s Environmental Justice Objectives on Trial
As the objectives gain traction, they are meeting state resistance in court. By Robin M. Hulshizer and Malorie R. Medellin The US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) strategic plan for 2022–26,…
IAALS Blog
Q&A with Jim Sandman, Chair of IAALS' Executive Committee
Editor's Note: James (Jim) Sandman, president emeritus of the Legal Services Corporation, is chair of IAALS' board of advisors and executive committee. Trusted partners are key to IAALS' process, and…
2Civility Blog
How Courts Should Respond to Court Users with Serious Mental Illness
By Laura Bagby
A national judicial task force recently released State Courts Leading Change, a report and recommendations to assist state courts in responding to the needs of court users with serious mental…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Shouldn’t legal tech, marketing and publishing professionals know how our courts and legal system works?
The National Center for State Courts shared on Twitter the below brief video about state courts this morning. What they are, how they function and how they differ from federal…
eDiscovery Today Blog
Gavelytics is Closing, As of Today: Litigation Trends
By Doug Austin
Analytics on judicial rulings in state courts seemed like a good idea. Apparently, not enough people thought so, as Gavelytics is closing, effective today, June 30th. The post Gavelytics is…
IAALS Blog
The Pandemic’s Impact on State Court Filings—and What We Can Learn from Filings More Broadly
The NCSC’s Court Statistics Project provides a first broad look at the effect the pandemic has had on state court filings, as detailed in its recently released "2020 Incoming Cases…
Health Industry Washington Watch
HHS issues Guidance on permitted HIPAA disclosures to prevent gun violence
By Brad Rostolsky, Catherine David, Whitney Petrie
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, firearm injuries are a serious public health problem in the United States. To combat this problem, many states have passed extreme…
IAALS Blog
The Paths of the Pandemic: Courts Must Continue to Innovate and Learn from Rapid Changes
By Brittany Kauffman, Brooke Meyer
Throughout the past 18 months, the pandemic has been a shared experience across our state, our country, and our world, yet everyone has experienced it uniquely. The same is true…
Tort Talk
ARTICLE: Use of Police Reports in State and Federal Court Auto Accident Matters by Stephen T. Kopko
Here is a reprint of an article by Stephen T. Kopko, Esq. of Cummins Law which was recently published by the Pennsylvania Law Weekly on July 1, 2020. Use of Police Reports in…
Law Times News
Seized firearm excluded from evidence after Court finds police gave misleading testimony
Sole dispute between Crown and defence was whether accused was lawfully detained