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I am the smart one: Sideshow Patent Litigation

Patently O

Tumey sued Mycroft as well as Mycroft founder Joshua Montgomery and CEO Michael Lewis on several causes of action: . Tumey’s case is pending in the Western District of Missouri (KC). Racketeering. 18 U.S.C. ยงยง 1962(c) & 1962(d); Hacking. 1030; Privacy violations. Additional state and federal claims.

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Spooky Torts: The 2022 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

However, the Missouri appellate court affirmed the ruling. __. The lawsuit alleged that, on Halloween 2007, the defendantโ€™s son threw an egg which hit the plaintiffโ€™s daughter in the eye, causing her injuries. The retailer filed a motion for partial summary judgment as to plaintiffsโ€™ cause of action for failure to warn.

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One Panel with Opposing Eligibility Decisions

Patently O

Federal litigation begins with a plaintiff filing a complaint. In patent litigation, this is typically the patentee suing a defendant for patent infringement. In Iqbal and Twombly , the Supreme Court reinterpreted this rule to require nonconclusory allegations of specific facts that make the cause-of-action plausible.

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Spooky Torts: The 2021 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

However, the Missouri appellate court affirmed the ruling. __. The lawsuit alleged that, on Halloween 2007, the defendantโ€™s son threw an egg which hit the plaintiffโ€™s daughter in the eye, causing her injuries. The retailer filed a motion for partial summary judgment as to plaintiffsโ€™ cause of action for failure to warn.

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A quest to reclaim a Pissarro masterpiece hinges on the Erie doctrine

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Her heirs have been litigating for more than 15 years over rights to the painting, an Impressionist masterpiece once thought to be lost. It eventually travelled to New York and then to Saint Louis, Missouri, where it remained until 1976. Unbeknownst to the Cassirer family or the German government, the Pissarro was not lost.

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U.S. Supreme Court Renders Personal Jurisdiction Decision

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It is cross-posted at Transnational Litigation Blog. But Mallory argued that by registering to do business in Pennsylvania, it had agreed to appear in Pennsylvania courts on any cause of action. He tends to be more skeptical of litigation and court access policies, and he notably did not join Gorsuchโ€™s concurrence in Ford.

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Spooky Torts: The 2023 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

Louis, a Missouri court was faced with a claim from Carly Munoz who in 2019 sent to Six Flags’ Fright Fest with her cousin. However, the Missouri appellate court affirmed the ruling. __ The case of Castiglione v. The retailer filed a motion for partial summary judgment as to plaintiffsโ€™ cause of action for failure to warn.

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