statute
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In Texas, legal malpractice claims are generally subject to a two-year statute of limitations, although certain exceptions may extend the filing deadline.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
Years later, after the statute of limitations had expired, the three actual perpetrators — Steward, Bailey and Teamer — all confessed, according to the center.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
A Kentucky statute required they sue those who had given authority for the rezoning: their own neighbors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Furthermore, federal courts have typically given the president broad discretion in implementing the statute.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
As a matter of fact this might violate a federal statute; he tried to remember the relevant law, found he could not.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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Flaherty that prediction-market contracts are “swaps” under the Commodity Exchange Act, and that therefore federal law pre-empts state gambling statutes from reaching these markets.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
He added that federal banking laws such as anti-money-laundering rules and consumer protection statutes will be “directly applicable and enforceable.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Another is the existence of relatively new statutes that support growing schools of the Atlantic menhaden, an oily fish with a variety of industrial uses like commercial bait and omega-3 supplements.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
Infantino will be able to stand again, even though Fifa statutes limit the president to a maximum of three terms.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
At the time, statutes governing electronic surveillance were nebulous, and Burns was an avid user of a Dictograph—a primitive listening device that could be concealed in anything from a clock to a chandelier.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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