Patently O

JANUARY 4, 2024

Although plagiarism is not a cause of action, copyright infringement is – and that serves as the basis of the lawsuit here. In this case, HLG alleges that Winston & Strawn plagiarized a motion to dismiss that HLG had filed on behalf of a client in an earlier consolidated patent case. In the case of White v.

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Conflict of Laws

OCTOBER 29, 2021

9)(a) to damage which is necessary to complete a cause of action in tort or, indeed, for according any special significance to a place simply because it was where the cause of action was completed”: at [49]. Three main reasons were given.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Under New Zealand law, such arguments should be struck out only if they “disclose[] no reasonably arguable cause of action”. The decision ultimately concerns whether Smith’s main claim in public nuisance amounts to a “reasonably arguable cause of action”. 109, quoting R v Rimmington [2005] UKHL 63, [2006] 1 AC 459.

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Patently O

JUNE 5, 2022

Tumey sued Mycroft as well as Mycroft founder Joshua Montgomery and CEO Michael Lewis on several causes of action: . Montgomery committed criminal property damage by purposefully damaging her main water line the night after her initial affidavit was filed. Or simply nuke them from orbit, it is the only way to be sure.

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 24, 2025

3] Where the anti-suit application is to restrain foreign proceedings brought in breach of an arbitration or choice of court agreement, ordinarily it would be granted unless strong cause is shown by the respondent. [4] At the first stage, the court is trying to identify the substance of the dispute between the parties.

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 4, 2023

Therefore, it would have been inappropriate to pursue their claim following the prescribed procedure for enforcement where the main purpose of their action is to “recognize” the foreign judgment. The DCA dismissed the appeal holding that the Xs’ action lacked legal basis. 222 of the New Federal Civil Procedure Act [FCPA]).

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Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Such requirements concern the subject-matter of the claim and the cause of action as well as the status quo of the procedure. Therefore – as an exception – the preliminary question in the context of the law of names has to be solved according to the same law which is applicable to the main question (i.e. Greek law).

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Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Panels of this kind were the main reason why the fire at Grenfell Tower in London had spread so rapidly. Facts The defendant, 3A Composites GmbH (3AC), was a German manufacturer of a cladding product installed on the plaintiffs’ buildings. They alleged negligence, breach of s 6 of the CGA and breaches of the FTA.

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Conflict of Laws

APRIL 1, 2025

The conferences topic, characterisation, is the process for identifying the nature or category of a particular cause of action (for instance contractual, tortious, proprietary, corporate, matrimonial), so that the correct connecting factor can be employed which then points to the applicable law or to the competent court.

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Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 10, 2022

Given the power of Big Tech Companies, their enormous financial resources, cross-jurisdictional reach and their global impact on users’ privacy, there are two main litigation challenges for successfully bringing a privacy claim against Big Tech. 3] Secondly, the challenge is how to finance mass claims, involving millions of affected users.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 16, 2022

Cassirer’s heirs make three main arguments. Second, Congress enacted the FSIA in light of the background principle of federalism that state law, including state choice-of-law doctrines, should apply to state causes of action, and nothing in the statute indicates any intent to deviate from that principle.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 28, 2023

citizenship as the main issue and suggested that at least a partial overruling of Steele would be necessary reach the government’s preferred result. Instead, he wondered if it might be better to ask when a cause of action would accrue. It now employs a two-part test to determine whether that presumption has been overcome.

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Diane Drain

JULY 16, 2021

If all amounts awarded in a judgment have been paid in full by receipt of rental assistance or the plaintiff agreed to release defendant from all claims and causes of action, including judgments, writs, and other judicial relief for nonpayment of rent, the court shall vacate the judgment and deny an application for a writ of restitution.

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LettersBlogatory

AUGUST 23, 2021

Phillip decision , I am in the unhappy position of having to side with the Nazi collaborators on the main legal issue in the case. It creates an exception to foreign sovereign immunity but does not itself create a cause of action. 1605A, does not just create an exception to immunity but also creates a federal cause of action).

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Conflict of Laws

APRIL 25, 2024

The BVI liquidation proceedings were recognised as a ‘foreign main proceeding’ in Singapore pursuant to the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency as enacted under Singapore law. [6] 14] However, as mentioned above, the BVI insolvency proceedings had been recognised as a ‘foreign main proceeding’ by the Singapore court.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 30, 2022

Maine (an earlier state sovereign immunity case) and District of Columbia v. But because he worked for Texas, he had no cause of action. It is likely that, as in Alden v. Heller (interpreting the Second Amendment), the majority and dissenting opinions in this case will rely on identical historical evidence. It’s not right.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 2, 2023

There are two main questions before the Supreme Court. Among other things, the releases eliminate the potential causes of action for creditors and victims outside the plan, without giving them a chance to either affirmatively agree to the releases or opt out of them. The first is whether Harrington, as the U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

The night after the jurys verdict, Shockleys attorney learned that the jury foreman had written a fictionalized autobiography in which he, as the main character, murdered the drunk driver who had killed his wife to get revenge after the driver only received probation. Shockley was convicted and sentenced to death.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 20, 2024

As relevant here, they argued that the board should have done more to study the effects of extracting and producing the main cargo that the rail line would carry — crude oil – even though the Surface Transportation Board doesn’t regulate oil production. Opponents of the project challenged that approval in the D.C. In Stanley v.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Such candies include the main active ingredient linked to the psychedelic effects of cannabis – the plant from which marijuana is derived. Even an accidental distribution of such infused candies would constitute child endangerment and be subject to both negligence and strict liability actions in torts.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Such candies include the main active ingredient linked to the psychedelic effects of cannabis – the plant from which marijuana is derived. Even an accidental distribution of such infused candies would constitute child endangerment and be subject to both negligence and strict liability actions in torts.

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Conflict of Laws

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Flindt: Lugano Convention VS national procedural law: How to classify a cause of action between a spouse and a third party The international jurisdiction of courts is being increasingly harmonised within the European Union and also among the EFTA states. However, the relevant provisions are scattered across various legal acts.

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 27, 2025

Ys arguments include among others the following point: (i) The cause of action in casu arose in Japan, where the children were born and raised. Their marriage resulted in the birth of three daughters. From 2020, tensions between X and Y began to intensify, mainly due to financial disagreements.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Maine High Court Said State Law Would Not Preempt Local Ordinance Prohibiting Crude Oil Loading. The Maine Supreme Judicial Court answered certified questions from the First Circuit concerning state law preemption of a City of South Portland ordinance that prohibited bulk loading of crude oil onto vessels in the City’s harbor.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Such candies include the main active ingredient linked to the psychedelic effects of cannabis – the plant from which marijuana is derived. Even an accidental distribution of such infused candies would constitute child endangerment and be subject to both negligence and strict liability actions in torts.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JANUARY 13, 2021

Maine Federal Court Declined to Enjoin Work on Electric Transmission Project. On November 16, 2020, the Federal Court granted the Canadian government’s motion to strike without leave to amend on the grounds that the case was not justiciable, had no reasonable cause of action, and the remedies were not legally available.

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