The Fashion Law

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

On the heels of the high fashion retailer and the magazine publisher pushing back against the models’ claims in respective motions to dismiss, and a New York federal court stripping down the case, Condé Nast is trying to get the rest of the case – including the plaintiffs’ right of publicity and unjust enrichment claims – tossed out. .

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The Fashion Law

MAY 12, 2021

Coscarelli sets the stage in the newly-filed 30-page complaint, asserting that “after winning Food Network’s Cupcake Wars and becoming a best-selling cookbook author, [she] founded ‘by Chloe’ – a first-of-its-kind fast-casual vegan restaurant chain” with New York-based ESquared Hospitality after pitching the concept to its CEO James Haber in 2014.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 24, 2022

Another interesting example would be a series of cases where a Chinese court in Guangzhou recognized and enforced compensatory damages awarded in three U.S. EB-5 Visa fraud judgments, but rejected the punitive damages awarded therein, echoing the same rule laid down in the 2021 Conference Summary.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The standard for defamation for public figures and officials in the United States is the product of a decision decades ago in New York Times v. compensatory damages and $300,000.00 punitive damages. American courts have long recognized that broad defamation rule are inimical to free speech. America Online, Inc.,

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

EPA asked the federal district court for the District of Columbia to dismiss as moot a lawsuit brought in 2018 by New York, other states, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. EPA’s rescission of the methane standards for new sources has been challenged in the D.C. New York v. New York v. Brouillette , No.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 4, 2022

We previously discussed an interesting challenge by Prince Andrew to the applicability of the the age-of-consent in New York to the case. However, such settlements often extend beyond the state of execution and this agreement expressly refers to any actions that Guiffre could bring in “state or federal” courts.

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