Cause of Action, Entertainment and Tort

Australia High Court Delivers Major Blow to Free Speech In Defamation Ruling

JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press. Dirty World Entertainment. Specifically, § 230 precludes courts from entertaining claims that would place a computer service provider in a publisher’s role. America Online, Inc.,

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

Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 16, 2020

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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Australia High Court Delivers Major Blow to Free Speech In Defamation Ruling

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

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