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Cross-Border Litigation and Comity of Courts: A Landmark Judgment from the Delhi High Court

Conflict of Laws

Tower Vision Limited , [1] the Delhi High Court (“HC”) held that an appeal before an Indian civil court was infructuous due to a consent order passed by the Tel Aviv District Court in a matter arising out of the same cause of action. The Indian Supreme Court in Modi Entertainment v. Owners and Parties, Vessels MV Fortune Ltd. [3]

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Navigating Global Jurisdiction: The Indian Courts’ Approach to Online IP Infringement

Conflict of Laws

In cases of online infringement of IP, the test for carrying on business was outlined in World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. The test of “ Cause of Action” In online IP infringement cases, another ground for establishing jurisdiction revolves around determining the place where the cause of action arose.

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New York sues New Jersey over compact governing Port of New York and New Jersey

SCOTUSBlog

Issue : Whether a court may deny a plaintiff with an antitrust injury proximately caused by a defendant’s antitrust violation a Clayton Act cause of action based on a multifactor, prudential balancing test of “antitrust standing.”. Texas Entertainment Association, Inc. Disclosure : Goldstein & Russell, P.C.,

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A Critique On The Territorial Jurisdiction Of Courts In India

LexForti

One of the most vital concerns that a legal practitioner is essentially seen to deal with, that is with respect to any particular dispute or one that has arisen out of a legal relationship between the respective parties subsequently brings into consideration the forum which has/will/have the territorial jurisdiction to entertain such a dispute.

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SCOTUS Poised to Decide Fate of Chevron Doctrine

Constitutional Law Reporter

” Following the decision, several appellate state courts have held that the self-executing nature of the Takings Clause requires them to entertain claims directly under the Clause without the need for statutory authorization. County of Los Angeles , 482 U.S. Macquarie Infrastructure Corp. Moab Partners, L.P. :

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Nirvana Stuck in Lawsuit Over Nevermind Album Cover

The IP Law Blog

2255, which allows victims of child pornography to bring a civil cause of action. In 2021, at the age of 30, he filed his lawsuit and after two rounds of amended pleadings, filed a second amended complaint in January 2022. Mr. Elden asserts a single claim against the defendants for violation of 18 U.S.C.

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Presence as a basis for International Jurisdiction of a Foreign Court under Nigerian Private International Law

Conflict of Laws

This basis requires that a significant connection exist between the cause of action and the foreign court. Such a connection could include the fact that the cause of action arose in the jurisdiction of the foreign court, or that jurisdiction was the place in which the contractual obligation was to be performed.

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