The Crime Report

JUNE 29, 2022

50 years ago today, the Supreme Court in their opinion on Furman v. The decision forced federal and state governments to review their statutes to ensure that administration of the death penalty did not discriminate and was applied consistent to the Eight Amendment, prohibiting cruel and unusual punishment.

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JURIST

MARCH 8, 2023

Wimes ruled that the Missouri Second Amendment Preservation Act (SAPA) violates the Supremacy Clause of the US Constitution and the doctrine of intergovernmental immunity. In Wimes’ opinion and order, the court ruled that SAPA is “unconstitutional in its entirety.” Parson signed SAPA into law in June 2021.

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JURIST

JUNE 1, 2023

The Federal Criminal Court of Switzerland on Thursday upheld former Liberian warlord Alieu Kosiah’s 20-year prison sentence for war crimes and convicted him of crimes against humanity, the first such conviction in Switzerland. Kosiah was initially convicted and sentenced for war crimes by the Trial Chamber of First Instance in 2021.

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Day on Torts

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

HCLA statute of limitations for claim against doctor and hospital began to run on same date. 9, 2021), plaintiff had spine surgery in July 2016 performed by Dr. McCord at defendant hospital. The trial court agreed, dismissing the action, and the Court of Appeals affirmed. The Court of Appeals agreed with defendants.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

S. _ (2021), the U.S. Supreme Court held that Germany was entitled to State immunity in a lawsuit seeking compensation for the forced sale of medieval art known as the “Welfenschatz” during the rise of Nazi Germany. The justices remanded the case back to the lower court to consider the latter argument. Philipp , 592 U.

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JURIST

MAY 22, 2023

HB 1, enacted in 2021, created new criminal penalties for protestors, prohibited state grants to any government entity that attempted to defund the police and denied bond to anyone who participated in a disorderly assembly until their first court appearance. A federal court ruled it unconstitutional in March.

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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. The Court, however, disagreed. It is not the role of this Court to rewrite the statute.

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Patently O

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Arguing for the accused infringers, David Abramowitz (Locke Lord) explained at oral arguments: “There is no statute or case law that a substantial amount of infringing use can’t be covered by some other patent. The statute’s patent specific.” Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. , 4th 1320, 1333 (Fed.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 14, 2024

Share Two years after the court ruled that a disparity in bankrupt debtors’ fees between judicial districts was impermissible, the justices on Friday ruled 6-3 that charging equal fees going forward is an adequate remedy for that disparity. By statute, the U.S.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

S. _ (2021), a divided U.S. Supreme Court held that a refusal by the U.S. The decision represents the first 5-to-4 split in a case argued during the Court’s 2020-21 term. The post Divided Court Rules U.S. In Salinas v. United States Railroad Retirement Board , 592 U. Legal Background. Shalala , 525 U.S. 449 (1999).

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Day on Torts

MARCH 30, 2021

Where the other driver in a car accident case died before suit was filed and the plaintiff failed to “timely file his tort action against the personal representative within the applicable statute of limitations,” summary judgment for the personal representative was affirmed. Luethke , No. E2020-00317-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Code Ann. § Code Ann. §

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LawSites

JULY 19, 2022

By way of recap, in my previous post, I wrote that the launch appeared to be designed to provide bar associations with an alternative to Fastcase , after that company acquired Casemaker in 2021. He described the service as a basic research service with cases, statutes, administrative materials and court rules.

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Day on Torts

JANUARY 15, 2022

In the year ending June 30, 2020 (the last period for which information is publicly available) the High Court was asked to accept review in 569 cases. These are the cases where the Court has the discretion whether to hear the case or allow the lower court ruling to stand. Permission to Appeal Granted: April 7, 2021.

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Day on Torts

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The trial court then entered an order awarding some attorneys’ fees on March 5, 2021, then due to some late filing, entered another order regarding attorneys’ fees on June 24, 2021. The TPPA is Tennessee’s anti-SLAPP statute, which stands for “strategic lawsuits against public participation.” citing Tenn. Code Ann. §

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Now, fast-forward to 2021. But then, on October 19, 2021, Joseph Ryan, an attorney from Palos Verdes Estates, filed a complaint against the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, arguing that the transfer of Bruce’s Beach to the Bruce family is an unconstitutional “gift” under Section 6 of Article 16 of the California Constitution.

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Day on Torts

APRIL 22, 2021

April 14, 2021), plaintiff filed a pro se complaint against defendant Saint Thomas Health asserting claims for negligence per se and invasion of privacy. Defendant filed a motion to dismiss on two grounds, the statute of limitations and “failure to plead facts to state a claim as required by Tenn. In Prewitt v.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 30, 2021

Arguments from the lack of a full-fledged forum societatis might weigh in, as do arguments from the realm of European private law or possible consequences for jurisdiction clauses in company statutes. The article discusses a court ruling of the Higher Regional Court of Hamm on jurisdiction concerning the “Diesel emission scandal”.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 18, 2023

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit handed down a decision in California Restaurant Association v. The court overturned a District Court ruling to invalidate a Berkeley, California, prohibition on natural gas infrastructure in newly-constructed buildings. O n Monday, April 17, 2023, the U.S. City of Berkeley.

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At the Lectern

JUNE 3, 2024

Resolving a split in Court of Appeal decisions, a 5-2 Supreme Court today holds in People v. It’s another case involving a part of 2021’s Assembly Bill 333 , legislation that has taken up quite a bit of the court’s time. ” The court reverses the Sixth District’s 2-1 published opinion.

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Fordham Law News

APRIL 21, 2022

6] The law was struck down partially by the United States Supreme Court, which held that the “scheme violates the Court’s longstanding teaching that ordinarily ‘no man can be a judge in his own case’ consistent with the Due Process Clause.” [7] Supreme Court in Chrysafis v. 2482 (2021) (citing In re Murchison, 349 U.S.

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Day on Torts

AUGUST 9, 2021

July 16, 2021), plaintiff and defendant were brother and sister. The trial court found plaintiff’s testimony that she was not involved in setting up the annuity and had no knowledge of it to be credible, and it ruled that defendant was liable for conversion. These rulings were affirmed on appeal. In Pomeroy v.

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Day on Torts

APRIL 7, 2021

The trial court agreed, granting the motions to dismiss, and the Court of Appeals affirmed. The Court rejected this argument, noting that the statute requires that the medical authorization allow defendants “to obtain complete medical records from each other provider being sent a notice.” In Woods v. Arthur , No.

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Patently O

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

SNQP : Here, the decision was easy once the court ruled that the “new” portion focused on whether a particular issue had been previously decided on the merits. In re Vivint, Inc. ( Vivint sued Alarm.com for infringing its US Patent 6,717,513. Alarm.com responded with three different inter partes review (IPR) petitions.

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Patently O

MARCH 15, 2023

The statute provides a two-step IPR process: Step 1 is the institution decision by the Director under § 314(b); Step 2 is the trial and final written decision by the PTAB. At least two prerequisites assist the Director in deciding to grant review: [1] a reasonable likelihood that the petitioner would prevail in 35 U.S.C. § 35 U.S.C. §

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Conflict of Laws

APRIL 25, 2024

Application of Singapore’s new rules on service out of jurisdiction: Three Arrows Capital and NW Corp The Rules of Court 2021 (‘ROC 2021’) entered into force on 1 April 2022. Among other things, ROC 2021 reformed the rules on service out of jurisdiction (previously discussed here ).

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At the Lectern

OCTOBER 14, 2022

5th 1169 concerning 2021’s Assembly Bill 333 (see here ), but the opinion declined to resolve a split in Court of Appeal authority whether one part of the new law — Penal Code section 1109 , which requires an enhancement charge to be tried only after a jury finds the defendant guilty of the underlying offense — is retroactive.

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At the Lectern

JANUARY 3, 2025

After its two previous conferences yielded a total of nine straight grants ( here , here , and here ), the Supreme Court at this week’s ( early ) conference , a double one, made no straight-grant orders. It was a busy conference, however, the court ruling on 176 matters. Here are some of the notable actions. In People v.

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Day on Torts

AUGUST 2, 2021

The Tennessee Court of Appeals has ruled plaintiffs can pursue claims based on recklessness and gross negligence under the GTLA. July 14, 2021), plaintiffs filed suit based on the death of decedent in a fatal one-car accident. The Court of Appeals, however, disagreed. In Lawson v. Hawkins County, TN , No.

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Day on Torts

APRIL 29, 2021

April 20, 2021), plaintiff was treated by defendant for cancer on her nose. The Court ruled that plaintiff’s second complaint was “the institution of a new and independent action,” and that by failing to send pre-suit notice before that action, plaintiff failed to comply with the HCLA. In Byington v. Reaves , No.

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Day on Torts

AUGUST 12, 2021

July 15, 2021), plaintiffs filed an HCLA suit against defendant doctor based on treatment surrounding the birth of minor plaintiff. According to plaintiff, this was enough to show that defendant was not an employee of WTMG, but the Court disagreed. In Braylon W. Walker , No. W2020-00692-COA-R3-CV (Tenn.

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Conflict of Laws

APRIL 20, 2022

Indirekta behörighetsregler och svensk domsrätt – Analys och utredning av svensk domstols behörighet i förhållande till 2019 års Haagkonvention om erkännande och verkställighet” (Examensarbete inom juristprogrammet, avancerad nivå, Örebro Universitet, 2021; available here ). University of Pittsburgh Law Review 82 (2021), pp.

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Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 11, 2022

“The Hague 2019 Convention for the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judicial Decisions: A Comparative Study”, International Journal of Doctrine, Judiciary, and Legislation (IJDJL) 2 (2021), pp. Litigation and Mediation in the Harmonization of the Rules of Transnational Commercial Dispute Settlement”, preprint (DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-953987/v1

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Indirekta behörighetsregler och svensk domsrätt – Analys och utredning av svensk domstols behörighet i förhållande till 2019 års Haagkonvention om erkännande och verkställighet” (Examensarbete inom juristprogrammet, avancerad nivå, Örebro Universitet, 2021; available here ). . University of Pittsburgh Law Review 82 (2021), pp.

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At the Lectern

APRIL 28, 2022

The court granted-and-held in two Second District, Division Seven, cases — In re Casey E. — that will wait for the court’s decision in In re D.P. subdivision (c) and rule 4.576(b) of the California Rules of Court.” Lewis (2021) 11 Cal.5th and In re Luke S. Review was granted in D.P.

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Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Update of 7 December 2021: New entries are printed bold. Litigation and Mediation in the Harmonization of the Rules of Transnational Commercial Dispute Settlement”, preprint (DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-953987/v1 Les Zones d’ombre de la Convention de La Haye du 2 Juillet 2019”, Revue Internationale de Droit Comparé (RIDC), 73 (2021), pp.

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At the Lectern

MARCH 24, 2022

California (2021) 141 S.Ct. In a rare ruling, the court granted review in Munoz v. The statute proscribes a reviewing court from “render[ing] a decision in a proceeding. ” The Supreme Court’s order depublishes the appellate court’s opinion. 2011, 210 L.Ed.2d

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SAV Paralegal Services

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Fortunately, any term that is found in contravention of Canadian statutes and laws is found unenforceable and nullified. The Court ruled that termination clauses in a contract must be read as a whole instead on an individual item to item basis. Rand A Technology Corporation 2021 ONSC 2111. Swegon North America Inc.,

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