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Worldwide: Is My Electronic Signature Valid? - McGlinchey Stafford

Mondaq

In this appeal, the Eighth Appellate District affirmed the trial court's decision, agreeing that Ohio's Uniform Trade Secret Act broadly preempts not only causes of action for misappropriation of trade secrets but also causes of.

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Supreme Court Rules that SEC and Potentially Other Agencies Cannot Impose Civil Penalties in Administrative Proceedings

FDA Law Blog

That the claim rested on a federal statute and required the SEC to establish facts that do not match any cause of action known to the common law in 1791 was not dispositive. According to the Court, the remedy is considered the more important factor. The impact on FDA matters could be significant.

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Court revives DNA evidence case of Texas man on death-row

SCOTUSBlog

The question before the Supreme Court is when the clock on that two-year statute of limitations began to run. Normally, Kavanaugh explained, that occurs when a plaintiff has a “complete and present cause of action” – that is, when the plaintiff can actually file a lawsuit and obtain relief.

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Challenge to New York’s Participation in RGGI Dismissed

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

The complaint asserted four causes of action relating to the legality of New York’s participation in RGGI. The fourth cause of action raised the question of whether RGGI violates the Compact Clause as a multistate contract not authorized by Congress. The complete court decision is available here.

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Insurance policy limitations period doesn’t shorten time for UCL lawsuit

At the Lectern

.” The court concludes the insured’s action is an “essentially ‘preventive’ ” one “to which neither the standard policy’s language [provided by statute], nor the policy reasons underlying the Legislature’s authorization of a one-year limitations period for filing certain kinds of claims-related lawsuits, applies.”

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Supreme Court Rules Federal Agencies Can Be Sued Under Fair Credit Reporting Act

Constitutional Law Reporter

As Justice Gorsuch explained, the Court has found a clear waiver of sovereign immunity in just two situations. The second is when a statute creates a cause of action and explicitly authorizes suit against a government on that claim. government. agency,” §1681a(b), and that applies to the entire Act.

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SCOTUS Sides With Death Row Inmate in DNA-Testing Case

Constitutional Law Reporter

Justice Kavanaugh first noted that, as a general matter, the statute of limitations begins to run when the plaintiff has a “complete and present cause of action.” To determine when a plaintiff has a complete and present cause of action, the Court focuses first on the specific constitutional right alleged to have been infringed.

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