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Opioid maker Purdue’s bankruptcy case comes before Supreme Court

SCOTUSBlog

Share The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Monday in one of the highest-profile bankruptcies in recent memory: Harrington v. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit of a multi-billion-dollar bankruptcy plan for Purdue Pharma, the maker of the opioid OxyContin. First, the court of appeals explained, 11 U.S.C. § And in Sept.

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Federal Circuit Approves of Order to Drop Patents from the Lawsuit to Facilitate Case Management

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In re Midwest Athletics and Sports Alliance LLC ( Fed. The district court felt that 20 patents was too many to handle and so ordered MASA to reduce the number of asserted patents to 8 patents by the summary judgment pre-trial stage; and then further drop down to only 4 asserted patents by trial. by Dennis Crouch. ” = = = =.

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False Patent Marking as False Advertising: Overcoming Dastar

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by Dennis Crouch The Federal Circuit is set to consider the use of terms like “patented,” “proprietary,” and “exclusive” in commercial advertising can be actionable under § 43(a)(1)(B) of the Lanham Act when their use is not entirely accurate. ” Dawgs appealed. See Zenith Elecs.

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I See Dead People…Filing Lawsuits In New York

The IP Law Blog

New York courts have held that because the state’s law affords no common law right of publicity – the statutory grant is exclusive. News, public affairs, and sports programs are also exempt from the statute. Monroe’s image by others, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Milton Green Archives v.

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Pay for Play: Will Student Athletes Receive Hundreds of Millions of Backpay in Antitrust Suit?

Fordham Law News

The lawsuit filed by Prince and House has three causes of action. [6] The lawsuit filed by Prince and House has three causes of action. [6] After the plaintiffs filed their complaint, the defendants filed a motion to dismiss, but the District Court denied it. [10] 5] See id. [6] at 85-87. [9] 10] House v.

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Has the Battle Just Begun for Collective Action against Big Tech Companies?

Conflict of Laws

One is the jurisdictional challenge of finding a competent court in the same jurisdiction as the individual users. [3] This constellation provides a strong argument for facilitating collective redress, as otherwise individual users may not be able to obtain justice for privacy infringements before the courts.

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Spooky Torts: The 2021 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

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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