Day on Torts

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Looking to other caselaw analyzing what qualifies as a counterclaim under Rule 41.01, the Court explained: [W]e conclude that Defendant’s TPPA Petition to dismiss and request for attorney fees and sanctions would be considered a counterclaim within the meaning of Rule 41.01. internal citations and quotations omitted).

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Despite this history, a new decision out of the High Court is still shocking in its implications for further attacks on free speech. The court ruled that newspapers and television stations that post articles on social media sites like Facebook are liable for other third party comments on those posts. Craigslist, Inc. ,

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Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 15, 2023

The Federal Court Legislation Amendment Rules 2022 (Cth) (‘Amendment Rules’) came into force on 13 January 2023. Among other things, they amend the Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) (‘FCR’) by repealing division 10.4, The Amendment Rules replace the old division 10.4 1] Civil Procedure Rules 2006 (ACT) div 6.8.9;

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 19, 2021

The special reasons which must be established by a claimant are contained in the relevant rules of courts. [14] 14] Where none of the conditions outlined in the Rules are met, the courts must refuse the application for leave. Olayiwola (2005) LPELR-806 (SC). [14]

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 16, 2022

Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit rejected Monsanto’s argument that it could not have violated California’s duty to warn because the Environmental Protection Agency had concluded under the labeling provisions of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act that the herbicide did not pose “any unreasonable risk to man or the environment.”

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Halloween of course remains a holiday seemingly designed for personal injury lawyers around the world and this year’s additions show why. ” __ Another case in the court is a cautionary tale about those creating their own haunted houses. The trial court granted the motion and dismissed the actions against the manufacturers.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Encountering barriers as a young female lawyer In September 1946, then 16-year-old Sandra Day enrolled at Stanford. She stayed there until 1954, when she moved to Germany with her husband, who served as an Army lawyer. In Germany, O’Connor worked as a civilian lawyer for the Army Quartermaster Corps.

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