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No wrongful foreclosure cause of action in Tennessee.

Day on Torts

Tennessee does not recognize a common law cause of action for wrongful foreclosure. 14, 2024), the Tennessee Supreme Court held that there is no tort for wrongful foreclosure in Tennessee. Wilmington Trust, N.A. , E2021-00378-SC-R11-CV, — S.W.3d 3d — (Tenn.

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Claims commission does not have jurisdiction over gross negligence claim.

Day on Torts

Where plaintiff was injured by a dangerous condition on state property created by the gross negligence of a state employee, the Claims Commission Act did not provide a cause of action. 10, 2024), plaintiff child was injured when she cut her foot on a broken metal pipe under the surface of a state-owned lake. In Gordon v.

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September 2024 Update: List of China’s Cases on Recognition of Foreign Judgments

Conflict of Laws

September 2024 Update: List of China’s Cases on Recognition of Foreign Judgments Written by Dr. Meng Yu and Dr. Guodong Du, co-founders of China Justice Observer * On 22 September 2024, China Justice Observer released the 2024 version of the List of China’s Cases on Recognition of Foreign Judgments. [1] Orient Thai Airlines Co.,

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Conference on “Characterisation in the Conflict of Laws” at Oxford, 20–21 March 2025

Conflict of Laws

Characterisation identifies in cross-border litigation the nature or category of a particular cause of action (for instance contractual, tortious, proprietary, corporate, matrimonial), so that the correct connecting factor can be employed. The conference room can accommodate a small number of attendees.

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Authors Get Mixed Results With Initial Skirmish in OpenAI Lawsuit

The IP Law Blog

In 2023, several authors, including the comedian Sarah Silverman, filed putative class action lawsuits alleging various copyright infringement claims. The OpenAI defendants moved to dismiss all causes of action alleged by the author plaintiffs with the exception of the first cause of action for direct copyright infringement. (It

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Scrub-a-Dub-Dub: FTC is Cleansing the Orange Book of Device Patents

FDA Law Blog

On June 10, 2024, the District Court of New Jersey issued its Opinion in the case, finding that Teva’s patents were improperly listed. First, the Court dealt with the antitrust issue that Teva raised in a Motion to Dismiss. Citing to a 2004 Supreme Court case, Verizon Commc’ns., of Trinko, LLP , 540 U.S.

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Summary judgment based on release of “all persons… from any claim” reversed.

Day on Torts

18, 2024), plaintiff was riding in the passenger seat of a car when the car crashed into fencing and construction materials located in the right lane of the street. Patton & Taylor Enterprises, LLC , No. W2022-01144-COA-R3-CV (Tenn.