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The NewYork Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that a lawsuit from Tax Equity Now NewYork (TENNY), which alleges disparities in the NewYork City property tax system are disproportionately burdening low-income and majority-people-of-color neighborhoods, can go forward in the NewYork state courts.
The daughter of civil rights leader Malcolm X filed a civil action Friday against the US, the city of NewYork, and the estates of various former federal agents for their alleged role in concealing, condoning, and facilitating X’s assassination in 1965. Both men served 20 years in prison for the murder; Islam died in 2009.
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However, at oral argument, I explicitly told the judge that I thought that two of the causes of action really warranted dismissal and a more thorough look from the court and that I understood if the court did not want to dismiss the other causes of action. You can reach Jordan through email at jordan@rothman.law.
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Its previous right-of-publicity laws were an extension of its statutory right of privacy which provided that “any person whose name [or likeness] is used within [NewYork] for advertising [or trade] purposes without. written consent” can sue for an injunction and damages. The postmortem right attached to a “performer” does not expire.
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Supreme Court held that the authority of a court to imply a cause of action under Bivens v. While the Court did not overrule Bivens , it did emphasize that recognizing a Bivens cause of action is “a disfavored judicial activity.”. In Egbert v. Boule , 596 U.S. _ (2022), the U.S. Border Patrol agent. Border Patrol agent.
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Keenan of the Southern District of NewYork will hear oral argument on the motions to dismiss filed in City of NewYork v. a case in which NewYork City alleges these same companies’ same activities constitute a public nuisance and trespass under NewYork State law. BP P.L.C. ,
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as well as claims under the Lanham Act (false advertisement & product disparagement) and under NewYork State Law (product disparagement, tortious interference, etc). But, instead of suing in NewYork, AudioEye sued in W.D. AudioEye sued accessiBe for patent infringement (US10423709, et al.)
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and causes of action. After the NewYork County Supreme Court dismissed the buyer’s case, an appeal to the Appellate Division, First Department, ensued. Buyer Denied Excess Tax Monies When a property was sold on March 30, 2017, the deed provided that the seller was transferring "all of Seller's rights.
NO PRIVATE CAUSE OF ACTION. (a) Thus, politicians have called for people to stop buying the ice cream and NewYork City Mayor Bill de Blasio, said he would be forgoing “Cherry Garcia for a while.”
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Each case has been reviewed and more details, such as the grounds, the case numbers, and causes of action, have been added. Dawei Gongsun, Partner at DGW Kramer LLP (NewYork). [1] Zhou v Jing [2023] NSWSC 214 (Australia), [21] Yin v Wu [2023] VSCA 130 (Australia) [22] ).
The family that formerly owned Brooks Brothers is in the midst of a $100 million legal battle after allegedly failing to “fulfill their contractual and fiduciary obligations to a Brooks Brothers minority shareholder and investor.
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The standard for defamation for public figures and officials in the United States is the product of a decision decades ago in NewYork Times v. Notably, Nunes sought to challenge NewYork Times v. ” This could present a major new precedent if it is appealed to the Supreme Court. Harte-Hanks, 491 U.S.
District Court of the Southern District of NewYork, sided with the photographer, in part, and the NewYork-based brand. In an order early this month , Judge Andrew Carter of the U.S.
It eventually travelled to NewYork 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. In 1951, it was acquired by a California gallery owner, who sold it to a Los Angeles collector.
and Costco have settled their long-running lawsuit over the warehouse chain’s sale of “Tiffany” rings that were not made or authorized by the famed NewYork jewelry company. for willful trademark infringement and counterfeiting – and remanded the case back to the district court for a new trial. Tiffany & Co.
Each case has been reviewed and more details, such as the case numbers and causes of action, have been added. Renee M Wong, Attorney at Goldberger and Dubin PC (NewYork); Dr. WANG Yahan, Associate Professor, Henan University School of Law; Mr. Angus Ni, Litigation attorney at AFN Law PLLC (Seattle); Asian Business Law Institute.
Coty and a handful of its highly-ranking officers and directors have managed to escape the proposed class action lawsuit that was waged against it last year for allegedly running afoul of U.S. District Court for the Southern District of NewYork agreed. Primarily, the court sided with Coty and co.
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