Conflict of Laws

JUNE 28, 2023

It is cross-posted at Transnational Litigation Blog. Supreme Court yesterday upheld the constitutionality of Pennsylvania’s corporate registration statute, even though it requires out-of-state corporations registering to do business within the state to consent to all-purpose (general) personal jurisdiction. The result in Mallory v.

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Patently O

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Both district courts dismissed infringement lawsuits at the pleading stage and the “abstract idea” question was up on appeal. Federal litigation begins with a plaintiff filing a complaint. In patent litigation, this is typically the patentee suing a defendant for patent infringement. Oct 13, 2022).

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 16, 2022

Her heirs have been litigating for more than 15 years over rights to the painting, an Impressionist masterpiece once thought to be lost. Court of Restitution, which, in 1954, declared her the rightful owner of the painting. It eventually travelled to New York and then to Saint Louis, Missouri, where it remained until 1976.

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Patently O

JUNE 5, 2022

Tumey sued Mycroft as well as Mycroft founder Joshua Montgomery and CEO Michael Lewis on several causes of action: . Tumey’s case is pending in the Western District of Missouri (KC). On remand, the new district court is considering the defendants summary judgment motion that is currently being briefed. Racketeering.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 30, 2022

A tort action for intentional infliction of emotional distress is likely to fail. There must be not just outrageous conduct but conduct intended to cause severe emotional distress. Courts regularly exclude injuries associated with the exercise of free speech or artistic expression. Again, the court agreed.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 31, 2021

A tort action for intentional infliction of emotional distress is likely to fail. There must be not just outrageous conduct but conduct intended to cause severe emotional distress. Courts regularly exclude injuries associated with the exercise of free speech or artistic expression. Again, the court agreed.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 30, 2023

On June 15, 2023, the court issued the ultimate judgment not only on the torts claims but perhaps the state of our politics. Louis, a Missouri court was faced with a claim from Carly Munoz who in 2019 sent to Six Flags’ Fright Fest with her cousin. Again, the court agreed. In another June 2023 decision in Munoz v.

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