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UNITED STATES v. COTTMAN

(US 4th Circuit) - No. 18-4794




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UNITED STATES v. COONTZ

(US 4th Circuit) - No. 19-4167






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Friednash: Deploy federal funds to feed seniors and rescue Colorado’s restaurants

The restaurant industry predicts that as many as 30% of all Denver restaurants and 22% statewide may permanently go out of business if they can’t open before the end of May.




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U.S. shelves detailed guide to reopening country amid coronavirus outbreak

A document created by the nation's top disease investigators with step-by-step advice to local authorities on how and when to reopen restaurants and other public places during the still-raging outbreak has been shelved by the Trump administration.




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Unanimous Supreme Court throws out “Bridgegate” convictions

A unanimous Supreme Court on Thursday threw out the convictions of two political insiders involved in the “Bridgegate” scandal that ultimately derailed the 2016 presidential bid of then-New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. The justices found evidence of deception, corruption and abuse of power in the scheme, but said “not every corrupt act by state or local officials is a federal crime.”




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Tanksley v. Daniels

(United States Third Circuit) - Affirmed the dismissal of a TV producer's complaint alleging that the popular Fox Television series Empire infringed his copyright in a television pilot he had created a decade earlier. Moving to dismiss, the defendants contended that there was no substantial similarity between the two television shows. Agreeing, the Third Circuit affirmed the dismissal of the complaint.




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Conard v. Pennsylvania State Police

(United States Third Circuit) - Reinstated a former 911 dispatcher's claim that her former supervisors gave false, defamatory job references to her prospective employers to retaliate against her for her previous employment complaints, in violation of her constitutional rights. The dispatcher claimed that undeserved negative references had prevented her from obtaining other employment. Reversing the dismissal of her complaint, the Third Circuit held that she adequately pleaded a First Amendment retaliation claim.




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Delaware Riverkeeper Network v. Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection

(United States Third Circuit) - Denied a petition for review of a Pennsylvania state regulators' decision to grant a Clean Water Act certification to a natural gas pipeline project. An environmental organization raised various procedural and substantive arguments against the environmental regulators' issuance of a water quality certification. On judicial review, the Third Circuit held that the environmentalists' challenge failed on the merits. Prior to reaching the merits, the panel discussed in detail questions regarding its jurisdiction under the Natural Gas Act.




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Trinity Industries Inc. v. Greenlease Holding Co.

(United States Third Circuit) - Vacated a ruling allocating the costs of cleaning up a contaminated manufacturing site. A successor company brought a contribution action against its predecessor company seeking to recover the costs it had incurred when government regulators forced it to remediate the site. The district court arrived at a percentage method of splitting the costs between the two companies, but on appeal the Third Circuit reversed and remanded for further proceedings.




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Trinity 83 Development LLC v. ColFin Midwest Funding LLC

(United States Seventh Circuit) - Rejected a mootness argument in a dispute between an insolvent borrower and the holder of a mortgage note. Overruled In re River West Plaza-Chicago LLC, 664 F.3d 668 (7th Cir. 2011), holding that 11 U.S.C. section 363(m) does not make any dispute moot or prevent a bankruptcy court from deciding what shall be done with the proceeds of a sale or lease.




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In Re: Devan Dennis and Tyeane Halbert

(United States Seventh Circuit) - Affirmed. The Illinois Child Care Assistance Program could not collect overpayments made to debtors under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program who filed for bankruptcy.




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Rockies players ready for spring training 2.0, but when and where remain unclear

Rockies all-star shortstop Trevor Story pays close attention to the reports about baseball's possible return in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.




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Colorado’s Democratic lawmakers call on community, colleagues to denounce hate, bigotry during coronavirus pandemic

Democratic state lawmakers say hate and bigotry are on the rise during the COVID-19 pandemic and they’re asking Coloradans to join them in condemning it.





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At The Opera, Puccini's Manon Lescaut, March 7, 2020

Tune in at 8pm to hear Puccini's first operatic success Manon Lescaut staring Renata Tebaldi and Mario del Monaco recorded in 1960.




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At The Opera, Donizetti's L' Elisir d'amore, April 11, 2020

Tune in tonight at 8pm to hear a live performance from the MET in 1966 of Donizetti's L' Elisir d' Amore staring Carlo Bergonzi and Roberta Peters.




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At The Opera, Verdi's Ernani (Live MET 1962) May 2, 2020

Tune in at 8pm to hear a live broadcast from the MET in 1963 of Verdi's Ernani staring Carlo Bergonzi and Leontyne Price.




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Ergon-West Virginia, Inc. v. EPA

(United States Fourth Circuit) - Vacated the denial of an exemption from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's renewable fuel standard program. A small refinery sought an extension of its exemption from EPA's renewable fuel standard program, which requires refineries and other facilities to allocate a certain percentage of their fuel production to renewable fuels. When the EPA denied the request for an extension, the refinery petitioned the Fourth Circuit, which concluded that the EPA's decision was arbitrary and capricious. The panel therefore vacated the EPA's denial and remanded for further proceedings.




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US Tobacco Cooperative Inc. v. Big South Wholesale of Virginia, LLC

(United States Fourth Circuit) - Held that the United States should be substituted as a party defendant in a lawsuit in which two defendants were tobacco industry businesspeople who had agreed to perform undercover work for the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The question before the Fourth Circuit was whether the United States should be substituted as a party defendant. The panel held that the answer was yes, and thus reversed the district court's ruling on the matter.




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Manning v. Caldwell

(United States Fourth Circuit) - Rejected a constitutional challenge to Virginia's interdiction statute, under which a person can be civilly designated a habitual drunkard and subject to restrictions on using or possessing alcohol. Four homeless people suffering from alcoholism who each had been prosecuted at least eleven times for violating their interdiction orders challenged the statute's constitutionality under the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on criminalizing status, and the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of Due Process and Equal Protection. Affirming dismissal of their putative class action, the Fourth Circuit held that they failed to state a claim.




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Award-Winning Lithuanian Rock Band Colours Of Bubbles "She Is The Darkness" 2018 China Tour

The Tour Will Kickoff In Shanghai Where The Band Will Represent Lithuania During The Country's Signing To The Silk Road Music Alliance




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The 2018 MIDEM Silk Road International Music Alliance Signing

International Music Industries Signing Of A Mutual Resource Sharing Agreement With Shanghai Conservatory Of Music & The China Records Group




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Live Nation Electronic Asia Inks Deal With Budweiser For Creamfields Festivals

Together, Creamfields And Budweiser Will Focus On Building Entirely New Content For Dedicated Electronic Music Fans Throughout Asia




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Put on Your Own METALLICA Show During the Pandemic With This Mini-'Master of Puppets' Playset

When it first made its debut fifteen years ago, this adorable Metallica "Master of Puppets" playset (made by Stevenson Entertainment...

The post Put on Your Own METALLICA Show During the Pandemic With This Mini-'Master of Puppets' Playset appeared first on Metal Injection.









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Angry Mob Music Group Hires Paula Savastano As Senior Director Of Copyright & Royalties

Savastano Will Oversee Audits, Royalty Collection And Processing, Licensing, Copyright Issues, And All Other Copyright And Royalty Duties.




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Award Winning Artist Kathryn Shipley Wins Gospel/Inspirational Artist Of The Year

Kathryn Shipley Is Excited To Announce That She Has Won Gospel/Inspirational Artist Of The Year At The 2019 Josie Music Awards. The Josie Music Awards Is One Of The Largest Independent Awards Shows.




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Detroit Artists Team Up For Two Headline Sketch Comedy Shows In One Night Only Event

Michael Fish & Phil Elam Perform Separate One-man Productions To Raise Money For Charity




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Rockies players ready for spring training 2.0, but when and where remain unclear

Rockies all-star shortstop Trevor Story pays close attention to the reports about baseball's possible return in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.




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SiXforNinE Go Trans-dimensional With New 'Counting Stars' Video & Single

SiXforNinE Go Trans-dimensional With New 'Counting Stars' Video & Single




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Progressive Metal Prodigies SIFTING Announce New Album The Infinite Loop Out September 27, New Music Video & Single

Album Produced By Steve Evetts (The Dillinger Escape Plan, Suicide Silence, Poison The Well), And Mixed By Jamie King (Between The Buried And Me, The Contortionist)




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NuWave Records Signs Fred Nice To Record Deal

Fred Nice, The Oxford, MS Native Has Officially Signed An Exclusive Record Deal With NJ-based NuWave Records




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You can pay to have one of these Erie sanctuary animals join your next video conference call

Look at that face!





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US v. Boustani

(United States Second Circuit) - Affirmed. Defendant appealed the District Court’s order denying bail. The court of appeals affirmed Defendant is a flight risk, and Defendant is not permitted to avoid detention by using his own wealth to pay for private security guards.



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Oxford University Bank v. Lansuppe Feeder, Inc.

(United States Second Circuit) - Affirmed. Financial institutions that hold junior notes issued by the defendant, as trustee, appeal the grant of summary judgement. The district court erred in holding that ICA § 47(b) does not give rise to a private right of action. However, the district court ordered distribution of the assets of the trust according to the terms of the trust’s governing indenture, so summary judgment affirmed.




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Menaker v. Hofstra University

(United States Second Circuit) - Vacated and remanded. Finding the district court’s decision conflicts with 2nd Circuit precedent in Doe v. Columbia University, the judgement dismissing Menaker’s complaint for failure to make a claim reversed.




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United States v. Ryan et al.

(United States Second Circuit) - Affirmed. The panel affirms the district court’s application of a four-level enhancement to a defendant who either sells a firearm and drugs to a buyer in a single transaction or to a buyer who the defendant has reason to believe is a drug dealer.




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Van Buskirk v. The United Group of Companies

(United States Second Circuit) - Vacated and remanded. Because courts may freely permit jurisdictional amendments even at the appellate level, vacated the judgment of the district court and remanded for further proceedings.




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Ennio Morricone Music v. Bixio Music Group

(United States Second Circuit) - Reversed. Concluding the musical works at issue were not works made for hire, the panel reverses the district court’s grant of summary judgement in favor of the defendant.




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Streaming & Listening Diversity - Spotify Case Study

Will Artists Have An Easier Time Finding An Audience, Or Will Streaming Focus Global Attention On A Small Number Of Stars?




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How lobbyists and panicked Denverites kept liquor stores and marijuana dispensaries open during coronavirus

A large lobbying effort mobilized almost immediately. Conducted outside the public’s view, its goal was to keep hundreds of stores open, thousands of Denverites employed, and entire industries functioning across the city.




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City of Aurora will furlough 576 city employees indefinitely

Nearly 15% of the city of Aurora's employees will be forced to take furloughs because of the economic costs of the coronavirus pandemic, city officials announced Wednesday.