Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The concepts addressed are Characterisation; Substance and Procedure; and of course, Renvoi which the authors wittingly recall has been described in the past as a subject loved by academics, hated by students and ignored by lawyers and judges. Nigerian lawyers with cross border practices will find these two chapters particularly helpful.

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Laws Stare Decisis Legal Legal 52

JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Here is my annual list of Halloween torts and crimes. Halloween of course remains a holiday seemingly designed for personal injury lawyers around the world and this year’s additions show why. Halloween has everything for a torts-filled holiday: battery, trespass, defamation, nuisance, product liability and more.

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Tort Litigation Litigating Construction 46

JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Here is my annual list of Halloween torts and crimes. Halloween of course remains a holiday seemingly designed for personal injury lawyers around the world and this year’s additions show why. Halloween has everything for a torts-filled holiday: battery, trespass, defamation, nuisance, product liability and more.

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Tort Litigation Litigating Construction 44

Day on Torts

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Here, the issue was whether the pre-suit notice letter was sent by plaintiff “more than one year after the cause of action accrued and the one-year statute of limitations period began to run.”. Note: Chapter 50, Section 3 of Day on Torts: Leading Cases in Tennessee Tort Law has been updated to include this decision.

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Statute Tort Cause of Action Diligence 59

SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

During jury selection, the foreman had said he was a self-published author, but Shockleys lawyers didnt ask him about it. Shockley hired new lawyers to represent him. In speaking with the jurors, the new lawyers learned that the foreman had shared his book with several other jurors and court officials before and during the trial.

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Attorney Court Cause of Action Lawyer 59

Day on Torts

DECEMBER 20, 2021

As we perceive it, any potential cause of action for Decedent’s wrongful death was extinguished when he resolved his personal injury case during his lifetime by way of settlement. Note: Chapter 108, Section 3 of Day on Torts: Leading Cases in Tennessee Tort Law has been updated to include this decision.

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Personal Injury Tort Cause of Action Litigation 59

At the Lectern

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Constitution’s “dormant Commerce Clause” Code of Civil Procedure section 351 , which tolls the statute of limitations for an action against a person who, “after the cause of action accrues, departs from the State.” The court granted review in People v. 328), which restricts probation terms.

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Court Laws Statute Cause of Action 49

Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 19, 2021

This is because – in the language commonly employed in private international law -there would be no real and substantial connection between the cause of action and the jurisdiction of Nigeria and therefore no special reason to justify the exercise of the court’s long arm jurisdiction. Olayiwola (2005) LPELR-806 (SC). [14]

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Court Contract Statute Laws 76

SCOTUSBlog

JULY 1, 2021

Petitioner Anibal Canales argues he received ineffective assistance of counsel at the penalty phase of his trial when his lawyer failed to introduce significant mitigating evidence, and that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit failed to appropriately reweigh the aggravating factors against the mitigating ones. CVS Pharmacy Inc.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Of relevance here, RICO, a federal law initially passed to target organized crime, creates a private cause of action, which allows a person “injured in his business or property” by racketeering activity to recover triple damages. Horn bought Medical Marijuana’s hemp-based Dixie X after reading that it contained CBD but no THC.

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Personal Injury Court Personal Injury Lawyer Tort 110

JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Here is my annual list of Halloween torts and crimes. Halloween of course remains a holiday seemingly designed for personal injury lawyers around the world and this year’s additions show why. Halloween has everything for a torts-filled holiday: battery, trespass, defamation, nuisance, product liability and more.

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Tort Litigation Litigating Construction 56

JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

In celebration of Thanksgiving, I give you our annual Turkey Torts of civil and criminal cases that add liability to libations on this special day (with past cases at the bottom). Indeed, the torts and crimes recorded this year seem painfully reminiscent of this loathsome year. She also threatened another woman with a carving knife.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 16, 2022

Monsanto had argued that FIFRA labeling provisions preempted state tort causes of action for failure to warn. In its cert petition, Monsanto seeks to revisit that determination; it also presents an evidentiary question. But on remand, the Texas court ruled that the inadequate counsel had not prejudiced Andrus.

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Government Education Court Cause of Action 105

JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

The complaint includes eight claims that range from violations to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), Federal Tort Claims Act, a Bivens claim, and Privacy Act. It is very well written, but it will be challenging given the discretionary authority of justice officials in some of these actions.

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Cause of Action Tort Attorney Depositions 40

JonathanTurley

JANUARY 4, 2022

” The prince’s lawyer Andrew B. One thing that the agreement does not include is a reference to “royalty.” ” Bizarrely, counsel for Prince Andrew claimed publicly that the agreement exempted “royalty.”

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