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US Supreme Court rules that federal government can be liable under Fair Credit Reporting Act

JURIST

Kirtz relied on the FCRA for his cause of action, which requires an investigation after receiving notice of a dispute over the completeness or accuracy of any information provided to a consumer reporting agency. Kirtz notified his credit reporting agency, Trans Union, of the incorrect reporting of his loan.

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Federal judge dismisses challenge to Alabama COVID-19 mask mandate

JURIST

The court’s most in-depth criticism of the complaint was that it did not specify which public health order caused the injury: Sixth, the Amended Complaint fails to allege how injuries are fairly traceable to one or both Defendants as to specific Plaintiffs. Did you know that about 30 percent of charitable giving happens in December?

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Supreme Court Upholds Corporate Personal Jurisdiction Laws

Constitutional Law Reporter

After he left the company, Mallory moved to Pennsylvania for a period before returning to Virginia. Mallory filed his lawsuit in Pennsylvania state court. In fact, Norfolk Southern has registered to do business in Pennsylvania in light of its “regular, systematic, [and] extensive” operations there. Bauman , 571 U.S. 915 (2011).

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U.S. Supreme Court Renders Personal Jurisdiction Decision

Conflict of Laws

Although he currently lives in Virginia, he sued Norfolk Southern (a company then incorporated and based in Virginia) in state court in Pennsylvania, asserting claims under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA). The five Justices agreed that the Supreme Court has never overruled Pennsylvania Fire and that it thus controls this case.

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New York sues New Jersey over compact governing Port of New York and New Jersey

SCOTUSBlog

Issue : Whether a court may deny a plaintiff with an antitrust injury proximately caused by a defendant’s antitrust violation a Clayton Act cause of action based on a multifactor, prudential balancing test of “antitrust standing.”. Disclosure : Goldstein & Russell, P.C., O’Donnell & Sons, Inc. TitleMax of Delaware, Inc.

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Spooky Torts: The 2022 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

The Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom in Pennsylvania tells customers that, if they come to their Halloween Haunt, “ Fear is waiting for you.” Pennsylvania is a comparative negligence state so contributory negligence by the plaintiffs would not be a bar to recovery. See Pennsylvania General Assembly Statute §7102.

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Spooky Torts: The 2021 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

The Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom in Pennsylvania tells customers that, if they come to their Halloween Haunt, “ Fear is waiting for you.” Pennsylvania is a comparative negligence state so contributory negligence by the plaintiffs would not be a bar to recovery. See Pennsylvania General Assembly Statute §7102.

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