Conflict of Laws

MAY 31, 2021

However, the defendant/appellant challenged the jurisdiction of the Kastina State High Court to hear the case on the basis that the contract in issue was concluded in Yobe State, where it claimed the cause of action arose, which it argued was outside the jurisdiction of Kastina State. 2] (2021) 7 NWLR (Pt. 1776) 535. [3]

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Patently O

JULY 26, 2021

Government enacted the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) that created a federal cause of action. — Dennis Crouch (@patentlyo) July 26, 2021. These rights were further developed and codified in the various states, especially with the Uniform Law (UTSA) movement that gained traction in the 1980s and 1990s. In 2016, the U.S.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 11, 2024

Previous editions of the report were published in September 2021 , March 2022 , and May 2023. Key findings from the report include: Counties in Ohio are continuing to adopt binding resolutions to create restricted areas where large wind or solar projects are prohibited pursuant to Senate Bill 52 of 2021 (S.B.

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Day on Torts

AUGUST 13, 2021

The issue: Whether the affirmative defense of comparative fault is applicable to a negligent misrepresentation cause of action in which the conduct of the plaintiff constituting the basis for that defense also pertains to the justifiable reliance element of the negligent misrepresentation cause of action?

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Mondaq

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

On September 20, 2021, the Seventh Circuit ruled in Fernandez v. 20, 2021), that a cause of action filed under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act by employees of Kerry, Inc., Kerry, Inc., 21-1067 (7th Cir.

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Mondaq

OCTOBER 14, 2021

On October 5, 2021, Governor Phil Murphy signed into law amendments to the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (NJLAD) that significantly expand causes of action available to older workers.

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The Fashion Law

JULY 19, 2021

District Court for the Central District of California states that the parties “agreed to a settlement in principle and will finalize the outstanding matters before the pretrial conference scheduled for July 16, 2021, with the district judge.” The parties’ trial was scheduled to begin on Monday.

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Mondaq

DECEMBER 28, 2021

On December 17, 2021, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (SJC) held that an employee has a cause of action against an employer for wrongful discharge where the employer terminates the employee for.

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Conflict of Laws

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

A pivotal development in this arena occurred in 2021 when the Delhi High Court rendered a judgement in the case of HK Media Limited and Anr v. The test of “ Cause of Action” In online IP infringement cases, another ground for establishing jurisdiction revolves around determining the place where the cause of action arose.

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 8, 2021

1 ) [2] (reported on June 7, 2021), one of the issues for determination was whether the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja possessed territorial jurisdiction to handle a dispute between members of Nigeria’s ruling political party. The cause of action arose within the Federal Capital Territory or.

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Patently O

MAY 17, 2021

The holding is important–repeated and specific threats of litigation by an out-of-state patentee can be sufficient to establish personal jurisdiction for a declaratory judgment action. [2] PerDiemCo LLC , 2019-2164, 2021 WL 1898127, at *1 (Fed. May 12, 2021). [2] 1017, 1024 (2021). [4] In the U.S., Luker , 45 F.3d

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Tennessee is not only the Supreme Court’s first oral argument of the 2021-22 term, but it is also the first time that states have asked the court to weigh in on how they should share an interstate aquifer. Share Mississippi v. The case will be argued on Monday, and it will be the court’s first in-person argument in a year and a half.

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Patently O

JUNE 6, 2024

The consequences: in 2021, a patent application surfaced in Australia that appears to have been derived from Neuropublic’s confidential disclosure. This prior art publication now jeopardizes Neuropublic’s ability to obtain patent protection on its invention, undermining years of research and development investment. .”

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Patently O

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

MASA argued that the order to eliminate entire patents is different than eliminating particular claims, since each patent offers a discrete cause of action. by Dennis Crouch. In re Midwest Athletics and Sports Alliance LLC ( Fed. MASA sued Xerox for infringing 20 different patents that all relate to printer related technology.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Jane and John became aware of the Dossier in late April 2021, when it had begun to circulate among the Yale Law School student body. Shortly thereafter, beginning on April 23, 2021, Cosgrove and Eldik contacted Jane and John concerning the Dossier. .” What follows are extremely serious and shocking allegations: 49.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The court described the case as “an unprecedented case for any court, let alone a state court trial judge,” but concluded that it was “still a tort case” and “based exclusively on state law causes of action,” primarily failures to disclose, failures to warn, and deceptive marketing. Chevron Corp.

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The Fashion Law

APRIL 26, 2021

Facebook asserts that “since 2015, to protect Facebook and Instagram users and in response to several reports by Gucci and other brands, [it] has taken multiple enforcement actions against [Kokhtenko] for violating its Terms, including as recently as April 26, 2021.”

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The Fashion Law

JUNE 1, 2021

Fast forward to January 2021, and Unicolors filed a petition to the Supreme Court, asserting that the “case is ripe for review because it is a matter of first impression for this Court and involves a clear intra-circuit conflict in the application of a federal statute.”

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Patently O

OCTOBER 11, 2021

In February 2021, US Inventor and others collectively sued the USPTO asking the court to order the USPTO to issue rulemaking regarding discretionary considerations at the institution stage of AIA Trials. Case Dismissed : Judge Gilstrap dismissed the case in July 2021 — agreeing with the USPTO that the plaintiffs lacked standing.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 2, 2022

27, 2021, it formally notified New York that it intends to withdraw. Issue : Whether a court may deny a plaintiff with an antitrust injury proximately caused by a defendant’s antitrust violation a Clayton Act cause of action based on a multifactor, prudential balancing test of “antitrust standing.”.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

S. _ (2021), the U.S. Because making ‘operational decisions’ is an activity common to most corporations, generic allegations of this sort do not draw a sufficient connection between the cause of action respondents seek—aiding and abetting forced labor overseas—and domestic conduct.”. In Nestlé USA, Inc. Doe , 593 U.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

In 2021, at the age of 30, he filed his lawsuit and after two rounds of amended pleadings, filed a second amended complaint in January 2022. 2255, which allows victims of child pornography to bring a civil cause of action. He turned 18 in 2009. Mr. Elden asserts a single claim against the defendants for violation of 18 U.S.C.

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Patently O

MARCH 13, 2021

Supreme Court 2021). A person who claims to have been improperly omitted from the list of inventors on a patent may bring a cause of action for correction of inventorship under 35 U.S.C. § Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 17, 2022

The MCA defined “Potential Actions” to include any patent or other intellectual property disputes , other than the EP Oppositions or JP Actions, filed with a court or administrative agency “in connection with the Parties’ development and commercialization of therapies for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.”.

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Patently O

MARCH 25, 2021

Montana 8th Judicial District ( Supreme Court 2021 ). 2017) refocused attention on a required nexus between the the defendant’s contacts with the forum state and the cause of action. The decision suggested to many that defendant’s connections should have a causal-link with the cause of action.

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Conflict of Laws

OCTOBER 29, 2021

In FS Cairo (Nile Plaza) LLC v Lady Brownlie [2021] UKSC 45 (“ Brownlie II ”), the Supreme Court held as a matter of ratio by a 4:1 majority that consequential loss satisfies the ‘tort gateway’ in Practice Direction (“ PD ”) 6B, para. This post is written by Joshua Folkard, Barrister at Twenty Essex. Background. PD 6B, para.

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LawSites

MARCH 26, 2024

Starting in 2021, she alleges, she became “the driving force” behind ClaimDeck, while employed by both the law firm and the company. In her complaint, which you can read here , Diaz-Roa says that she started at the firm as an intern and quickly earned promotions as senior project manager and then director of innovation.

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Patently O

MARCH 21, 2021

The second provision relates to appellate courts: The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit shall have exclusive jurisdiction over final decisions from US district courts “in any civil action arising under. Sasso (Supreme Court 2021). ” 28 U.S.C. See, for example, Gunn v. Minton , 568 U.S.

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Day on Torts

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

. § 55-8-136, which is a Class C misdemeanor, the statute of limitations for plaintiff’s action was extended to two years pursuant to Tenn. 28, 2021), plaintiff was injured in a car accident with defendant in September 2017. Code Ann. § 28-3-104(a)(2). In Younger v. Okbahhanes , No. E2020-00429-COA-R10-CV (Tenn.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 21, 2021

On December 07, 2021, the Federal Regional Court of the Fourth Region (TRF4) – one of Brazil’s federal courts of appeal – decided what should be the competent jurisdiction to hear the case of IEA v. In July 2021, the Federal District Court of Curitiba issued an order rejecting jurisdiction and transferring the case to the Court of Amazonas.

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Day on Torts

AUGUST 9, 2021

July 16, 2021), plaintiff and defendant were brother and sister. The second element required plaintiff to show that she “could not have discovered the cause of action despite exercising reasonable care and diligence.” In Pomeroy v. McGinnis , No. E2020-00960-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. internal citation omitted).

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 18, 2023

The UK Supreme Court ruled that the cause of action in the aftermath of the 2011 Bonga offshore oil spill accrued at the moment when the oil reached the shore. They rule that the cause of action had accrued at the moment when the spilled oil had reached the shore. This was a one-off event and not a continuing nuisance.

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The Fashion Law

JANUARY 7, 2022

District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia handed Amazon another loss in May 2021. Following failed attempts by Amazon to compel arbitration and then to have the case transferred to a federal court in its native Seattle, Judge Liam O’Grady of the U.S. A “Straightforward” Case of Counterfeits.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

A civil law breakthrough came in 2021, with the ruling of a Dutch court against Shell. Under New Zealand law, such arguments should be struck out only if they “disclose[] no reasonably arguable cause of action”. Litigation against major corporate greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters has proven extremely tough.

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Fordham Law News

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The NCAA did not allow any student athletes to profit off of their NIL until July 1, 2021. [3] The NCAA did not allow any student athletes to profit off of their NIL until July 1, 2021. [3] The lawsuit filed by Prince and House has three causes of action. [6] 7, 2021), [link] see generally O’Bannon v.

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Day on Torts

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

9, 2021), plaintiff had spine surgery in July 2016 performed by Dr. McCord at defendant hospital. Saint Thomas Midtown Hospital , No. M2020-00029-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. internal citation omitted).

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 27, 2022

True Wearables”) and Dr. Marcelo Lamego alleging a number of causes of action, including misappropriation of trade secrets. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) issued a notice of allowance for one of the patent applications, the ‘158 Patent Application, on January 11, 2021.

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