The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

2255, which allows victims of child pornography to bring a civil cause of action. The defendants moved to dismiss Mr. Elden’s complaint, arguing that it was barred by the applicable 10-year statute of limitations for such claims. Mr. Elden asserts a single claim against the defendants for violation of 18 U.S.C.

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Conflict of Laws

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

laws extraterritorially even when Congress wants them to. The Helms-Burton Act (one of the laws about which China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs complains) is an example of this. Congress clearly intended its cause of action for trafficking in confiscated property to discourage non-U.S. companies from investing in Cuba.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The statute defines “information content provider” as “any person or entity that is responsible, in whole or in part, for the creation or development of information provided through the Internet or any other interactive computer service.” 47 U.S.C. § America Online, Inc., 3d 327, 330-31 (4th Cir.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

The litigation over last year’s lettuce recall has only just started due to the statute of limitations. The cases from injuries last year are just now being filed under the statute of limitations, but it has been another bumper crop of Thanksgiving torts. The Delaware Guest Statute, 25 Del. Twenty people reported feeling sick.

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