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However, at oral argument, I explicitly told the judge that I thought that two of the causes of action really warranted dismissal and a more thorough look from the court and that I understood if the court did not want to dismiss the other causes of action.
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Its previous right-of-publicity laws were an extension of its statutory right of privacy which provided that “any person whose name [or likeness] is used within [NewYork] for advertising [or trade] purposes without. Monroe’s image by others, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Milton Green Archives v.
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Court of Restitution, which, in 1954, declared her the rightful owner of the painting. It eventually travelled to NewYork and then to Saint Louis, Missouri, where it remained until 1976. In 2005, after his petition was denied, Claude sued in federal district court in California, where he had lived since 1980.
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1, [13] a local Chinese court in Nanning, Guangxi Province, ruled to recognize and enforce a Thai monetary judgment in 2024. 1, [14] where the Shanghai Third Intermediate People’s Court ruled to recognize the Tokyo District Court’s decision to commence civil rehabilitation proceedings and the order appointing the supervisor.
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NO PRIVATE CAUSE OF ACTION. (a) As will come as little surprise to many on this blog, I oppose such government requirements imposed on individual contractors and employees as inimical to free speech , a view shared by various federal courts. I have the same concerns over the arrest of protesters in other countries like France.
District Court of the Southern District of NewYork, sided with the photographer, in part, and the NewYork-based brand. In an order early this month , Judge Andrew Carter of the U.S.
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and Costco have settled their long-running lawsuit over the warehouse chain’s sale of “Tiffany” rings that were not made or authorized by the famed NewYork jewelry company. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated a lower court’s summary judgment decision – in which it held that Costco was liable to Tiffany & Co.
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Coty and a handful of its highly-ranking officers and directors have managed to escape the proposed class action lawsuit that was waged against it last year for allegedly running afoul of U.S. District Court for the Southern District of NewYork agreed. Primarily, the court sided with Coty and co.
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