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Case law says that a person has a right to privacy.
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And, as some legal scholars point out, case law relating to RFRA and the First Amendment has strengthened in recent years, to the benefit of religious groups.
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Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Jan. 2025
And Litigation The ability of AI to predict the future – by analyzing vast datasets of prior case law and judicial decisions to forecast the outcome of trials and litigation – will be a valuable tool for legal professionals in 2025.
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Bernard Marr, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Existing antitrust rules were theoretically powerful, their theory went, yet decades of lax enforcement and unfavorable case law left courts and enforcers with flimsy tools for keeping the industry in check.
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Lauren Feiner, The Verge, 17 Dec. 2024
Without getting into an essay on patents and copyrights and case law, there are other Monopoly or Monopoly-like editions out there, focused on cities, states and other themes.
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Molly Guthrey, Twin Cities, 2 Dec. 2024
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First Known Use
1731, in the meaning defined above
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“Case law.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/case%20law. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
Legal Definition
case law
noun
: law established by judicial decisions in cases as distinguished from law created by legislation
called also decisional law
see also common lawMore from Merriam-Webster on case law
Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about case law
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