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V. John Ella - Minneapolis - MN
V. John Ella has handled dozens of appeals before the Minnesota Court of Appeals, the Minnesota Supreme Court, the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. He also has obtained successful verdicts in jury trials and court trials in federal and state district courts in [...]11th Circuit Holds Eighth Amendment Applies To FCA Monetary Awards In Non-Intervened Cases
The Eleventh Circuit recently held that the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on excessive fines applies to monetary awards in non-intervened FCA actions—the first federal court of appeals directly to address the application of this constitutional protection in non-intervened cases. See Yates v. Pinellas, No. 20-10276 (11th Cir.). However, the panel concluded that while the amount of the fine in this case [...]
U.S. Court Of Appeals Rules That Student “Snapchat Bullying” Is Not A First Amendment Protected Activity
In the recent decision entitled Doe v. Hopkinton Public Schools, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit rejected students’ contention that posting abusive and embarrassing video of another student online was protected speech. The student members of the high school hockey team sued the Hopkinton (Mass.) school district, the superintendent of schools, and the high school principal, and argued [...]
