At the Lectern

JULY 6, 2023

Responding to questions asked by the Ninth Circuit about California law, the court’s unanimous opinion by Justice Carol Corrigan precludes an action alleging a construction worker’s wife contracted COVID from her husband due to his employer’s failure to abide by government health orders at the beginning of the pandemic.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

During oral argument , some of the justices expressed discomfort with the potential breadth of the equitable apportionment doctrine if they applied it to groundwater, envisioning a proverbial flood of interstate original-jurisdiction litigation about aquifers.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

primary law library of cases, statutes, regulations, court rules and constitutions. The company said it will incorporate the legal research data into its core platform to create a marriage of factual development and legal analysis, allowing litigators to analyze fact patterns against the relevant law. “We

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 31, 2021

Jurisdiction is a fundamental aspect of Nigerian procedural law. 1] The concept of jurisdiction in Nigerian conflict of laws (often called “territorial jurisdiction” by many Nigerian judges) is the most confusing aspect of Nigerian conflict of laws.

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Patently O

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

The following guest post comes from Berkeley Law Professor Peter S. DTSA fully opened the federal courts to trade secret litigation as well as added several new features, including an ex parte seizure remedy and whistleblower immunity. The following is an introduction and request for comments. – D.C.

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The Fashion Law

DECEMBER 20, 2021

This year, the filing of a number of fashion and broader retail industry lawsuits and developments in previously-filed ones stood out in the crowded landscape of litigation in many cases because they indicate larger trends within the fashion space. According to the declaratory judgment action that it filed with the U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 28, 2024

Share The court ruled on Thursday that the Securities and Exchange Commission’s routine practice of imposing fines in its administrative proceedings, used to penalize securities fraud, violates the Seventh Amendment “right of trial by jury” in all “suits at common law.”

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InHouseBlog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Many lawyers come out of law school not knowing the practice of law but only the theory, and that theoretical underpinning can wreak havoc for some. Even looking at uneven pavement or a pothole gets some lawyers thinking of the potentially liable parties and the causes of action that could be asserted.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 28, 2024

Share In a major ruling, the Supreme Court on Friday cut back sharply on the power of federal agencies to interpret the laws they administer and ruled that courts should rely on their own interpretion of ambiguous laws. The question, as she framed it, is “[w]ho decides which of the possible readings” of those laws should prevail?

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Starting in 2017, cities, counties, and states across the United States have filed claims (see here and here ) in state courts against fossil fuel companies seeking redress for the climate harms their products have caused. Many of these cases asserted nuisance and other tort law claims. Chevron Corp.

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FDA Law Blog

JUNE 13, 2024

As we explained back in March , Teva had initiated Hatch-Waxman pre-launch patent litigation against Amneal for infringement of 5 Orange Book-listed patents reading on the device constituent (a metered dose inhaler) of Teva’s combination product ProAir HFA. And on X (R.I.P. Twitter), the FTC is taking credit for that.

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Patently O

JULY 5, 2023

Although it was discussed before the jury and in the litigation, no decision was made as to the infringement by ABS licensees resulting from the tech transfer. Although the case included an ongoing royalty, those cause real monitoring and enforcement problems.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 2, 2022

Share This week we highlight cert petitions (and one original action ) that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, whether New Jersey can withdraw from its Waterfront Commission Compact with New York concerning governance and law enforcement over the Port of New York and New Jersey. In New York v. However, the U.S.

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The Fashion Law

JULY 19, 2021

In terms the trademark/trade dress infringement causes of action that Versace set out in its complaint, Fashion Nova’s counsel claimed that these should similarly be barred for a number of different reasons. The case is Gianni Versace S.r.l. Fashion Nova, Inc., 2:2019-cv-10074 (C.D.Cal.).

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Patently O

MAY 17, 2021

1] The topic is personal jurisdiction –when may a Federal Court exercise its power over an out-of-state patentee in a declaratory judgment action challenging the patent’s validity. Personal Jurisdiction as Patent Law Specific but Not Patent Law Specific. 2001) (same); Akro Corp. Luker , 45 F.3d 3d 1541, 1546 (Fed.

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The Fashion Law

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

In the answer that it filed on November 13, Condé Nast argues – by way of seventeen affirmative defenses – that the model plaintiffs’ remaining causes of action against it should be dismissed.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

it’s extremely unlikely that Congress would be willing to appropriate the necessary funds for loss and damage compensation, but resistance to loss and damage funding is often also framed as a concern that a funding agreement could give rise to unpredictable litigation and potentially unlimited liability. In the U.S., At COP25, the U.S.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 17, 2022

When entering into contracts, parties commonly include forum selection clauses to govern future litigation between the parties. For clarity, this covenant not to sue includes, but is not limited to, patent infringement litigations, declaratory judgment actions, patent validity challenges before the U.S. emphasis added).

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 11, 2024

These ordinances were adopted despite a state law that prohibits local governments from placing restrictions on wind or solar facilities unless those restrictions: (a) protect health or safety; (b) do not significantly increase the cost or decrease efficiency; or (c) allow for an alternative system of comparable cost and efficiency.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has lost its bid to dismiss four of five counterclaims filed by the legal technology company Xcential Legislative Technologies in a lawsuit over ownership rights to legislation-drafting software that each side says was its idea.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 1, 2021

The court’s decision could fundamentally restructure interstate groundwater law in the United States for decades — or the case could be dismissed immediately on the grounds that Mississippi has failed to allege the proper cause of action. In 1983, for example, it upheld the special master in Idaho ex rel.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Yet it significantly advances climate litigation in Brazil, with important consequences for future cases. This is the first time that a court has drawn the differences between environmental and climate litigation. IBAMA addresses matters related to environmental law, rather than Brazilian climate legislation. Background.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Most notably, Sotomayor raised the suggestion from the law professors’ amicus brief that Mississippi might have a cause of action in interstate nuisance, while Kagan grilled the United States about the possibility of an interstate trespass.

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JayS.Rothman&Associates

MAY 17, 2023

These protections help safeguard employees against discrimination or retaliation which the law may not otherwise prohibit. What laws protect employees against associational discrimination? Protected Class Associational discrimination cases can be brought under various laws. 12112(b)(4).

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 25, 2022

Calling the 9th Circuit’s decision an extension of Miranda into Section 1983 litigation, Martinez characterized the court’s landmark decision as a judicially crafted prophylactic Fifth Amendment “protective fence” that does not create a Section 1983 cause of action for money damages. Thomas asked, “what does that mean?,”

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FDA Law Blog

JULY 8, 2024

The court ruled that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may not impose fines to penalize securities in its administrative proceedings because that practice violates the Seventh Amendment “right of trial by jury” in all “suits at common law.” Here are some brief facts of the case. SEC charged George Jarkesy Jr.

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 8, 2021

In Nigeria jurisdiction in matters of conflict of laws (called “territorial jurisdiction” by many Nigerian judges) also applies to matters of disputes between members of a political party in the inter-state context. [1]. The cause of action arose within the Federal Capital Territory or. In Oshiomhole v Salihu (No.

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Patently O

MARCH 21, 2021

Lots of work over the years has gone into determining whether a particular cause of action meets the arising under requirement of these provisions. 251 (2013) (patent litigation attorney malpractice lawsuit does not arise under the Patent Act). ” 28 U.S.C. See, for example, Gunn v. Minton , 568 U.S. III, Section 2.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 8, 2022

It also discusses his practice of providing shuttle services for up to $150 per hour, requiring guests to pay for a night at the inn even if not staying there, and refusing to provide refunds to guests arrested at the inn on Boule’s tips to law enforcement. Second, the court recites the two-step inquiry established and applied in Ziglar v.

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Strictly Business

OCTOBER 30, 2017

It’s hard to imagine a startup that does not collect some form of sensitive information in digital form, and the collection, use, and disclosure of such information is regulated under federal, state, and even international laws. Federal Laws Governing Data Privacy. If you take an adverse action (e.g.

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Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 16, 2020

This is the third online symposium on Private International Law in Nigeria initially announced on this blog. The Nigerian private international law (hereinafter PIL) regime is significantly influenced by the common law. Written by Richard Mike Mlambe, Attorney and Lecturer at University of Malawi- The Polytechnic.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 8, 2023

1983 and allowing private damages actions to enforce the Federal Nursing Home Reform Act of 1987. FNHRA, a law enacted under Congress’s spending clause powers, requires nursing facilities participating in Medicare and Medicaid to “protect and promote the rights of each resident” as a condition of receiving funds.

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LexForti

JUNE 4, 2021

It would be imperative to take into cognizance the concept of jurisdiction which is a conglomeration of two terms, such as juris (meaning “law”) and diction (meaning “to speak”), which can be translated as presuming the appropriate forum that has the potential to “speak the law.”

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Patently O

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The PTO has declared a “standard operating procedure,” and the plaintiff here argues that the SOPs were illegal rulemakings (“promulgated without lawful adherence to the strictures of the Administrative Procedure Act.”). In other words, the patent laws are integral to the lawsuit. ” 5 U.S.C. Colt Indus.

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 24, 2025

While both decisions canvassed other private international law issues, the primary focus of this comment is the Courts approach to construing the scope of dispute resolution clauses. Subsequently, Asiana also pursued actions against GGS and the directors of the Gate Gourmet Group. The chairman was later convicted in Korean proceedings.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 9, 2021

Issue : Whether the subjective element of the “sham litigation” exception to Noerr-Pennington immunity may be met by an inference from a finding that a challenged lawsuit was objectively baseless, even without evidence that the antitrust defendant actually believed the suit lacked merit or was indifferent to the outcome. 4617(b)(12).

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The Fashion Law

APRIL 26, 2021

The fashion brand sets out trademark infringement, counterfeiting, and federal and state unfair competition causes of action against Kokhtenko, while Facebook claims that she is on the hook for breach of contract by virtue of her alleged failure to adhere to both Facebook and Instagram’s terms of use. The case is Facebook, Inc.,

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