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Dismissal of Defamation and False Light Claim under Tennessee Public Participation Act partially reversed.

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M2021-00878-COA-R3-CV, 2022 WL 4490980 (Tenn. 28, 2022), plaintiff was a real estate professional involved in some capacity with Durham Farms, which was a large residential community. Having found that the TPPA applied, the Court moved on to considering whether plaintiff had shown a prima facie case for each element of his two claims.

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Proper analysis for petition to dismiss under Tennessee Public Participation Act (TPPA).

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E2021-01513-COA-R3-CV, 2022 WL 16559447 (Tenn. 1, 2022), plaintiffs filed suit against defendant construction company related to defendant’s construction of plaintiffs’ residential home, and defendant filed a counterclaim, which was the claim at issue in this appeal. In Reiss v. Rock Creek Construction, Inc. , quoting Tenn.

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Supreme Court to decide Prop. 22 challenge and another SB 1437 resentencing case [Updated]

At the Lectern

Resentencing prima facie case. Reyes , one of many cases concerning possible resentencing under Senate Bill 1437 (more about today’s Reyes decision later [ update : here ]), the court agreed to take on yet another SB 1437 case, People v. Delgadillo (2022) 14 Cal.5th 22 challenge. COVID insurance.

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Jury Instructions and Objective Indicia of Nonobviousness: Federal Circuit Grants New Trial in Inline Plastics v. Lacerta

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The case, Inline Plastics Corp. 2022-1954 (Fed. ” As part of its analysis, the Federal Circuit noted that the defendant’s prima facie case of obviousness was “not so strong that we are prepared to say that a reasonable jury [if properly instructed] had to find all asserted claims invalid for obviousness.”

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Supreme Court will decide easement, sentencing cases

At the Lectern

Moriana (2022) 596 U.S. __, __ [142 S.Ct. Romero and Duvall state that an order to show cause should generally issue if a habeas petition states a prima facie case on a claim that is not procedurally barred. Padilla (2022) 13 Cal.5th Uber Technologies, Inc. , 1906, 1916] ( Viking River Cruises ); see Lab.

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Supreme Court on Patent Law: November 2023

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Realtime further argues that recent Supreme Court precedent calls into question reliance on older cases like O’Reilly v. 1713 (2022). 8,382,186 which covers MacNeil’s commercially successful WeatherTech® vehicle floor tray product. See Amgen, Inc. Sanofi, 142 S.

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Supreme Court will hear challenges to PUC water rate decisions

At the Lectern

” The dissent asserted the defendant had made a prima facie case of, and was thus entitled to a hearing on, racial discrimination in charging Black defendants with felony-murder special circumstance penalty enhancements in Orange County. Tirado (2022) 12 Cal.5th Disposal of grant-and-holds.