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Australia High Court Delivers Major Blow to Free Speech In Defamation Ruling

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compensatory damages and $300,000.00 punitive damages. 1997) where Chief Judge Wilkinson wrote for the Fourth Circuit: By its plain language, ยง 230 creates a federal immunity to any cause of action that would make service providers liable for information originating with a third-party user of the service.

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Mopping up final business with 14 new relists

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solicitor general on cases the federal government isnโ€™t involved in, the government not infrequently delivers its invited amicus briefs just in time for the courtโ€™s last scheduled conference. So it is no surprise to see that three of the new relists involve invited government briefs on a range of subjects. Cummings v.

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November 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The Ninth Circuit also found that modification of the injunction due to EPAโ€™s rulemaking action did not threaten separation of powers. The court wrote that ultimately it saw โ€œa greater threat to the separation of powers by allowing courts to pick and choose what law governs the executive branchโ€™s ongoing duties.โ€ California v.