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Australia High Court hears submissions on Cambridge Analytica data breaches

JURIST

The issues to be addressed include whether a foreign corporation can “carry on business” in Australia if it has no other commercial activities or domestic business and whether the requirement of a “prima facie case” requires evidence that could support inferences sufficient to establish the cause of action.

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Proper analysis for petition to dismiss under Tennessee Public Participation Act (TPPA).

Day on Torts

Rock Creek Construction, Inc. , 1, 2022), plaintiffs filed suit against defendant construction company related to defendant’s construction of plaintiffs’ residential home, and defendant filed a counterclaim, which was the claim at issue in this appeal. In Reiss v. E2021-01513-COA-R3-CV, 2022 WL 16559447 (Tenn. quoting Tenn.

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Court strikes a blow for sentencing discretion under provision in federal firearm statute

SCOTUSBlog

” Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s concise opinion for the court opted for a simple and literal construction of the statute’s language. “[I]n some cases, the maximum sentence would be lower than the minimum sentence,” she wrote.

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Dismissal Based on Lack of Foreseeability Reversed.

Day on Torts

6, 2020), plaintiffs were the decedent’s children, who had died while working as a plumber on a construction project. Southland Constructors , No. M2019-02060-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. The trial court had based its decision to dismiss primarily on its finding that “the chain of events leading to Decedent’s death was unforeseeable.”

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Supreme Court on Patent Law: November 2023

Patently O

Ramey, III seeks review of whether an attorney fee award against a party in a patent case under 35 USC §285 can be based on pursuing “baseless” litigation after a magistrate judge’s noninfringement recommendation, but before that recommendation was made final by the district judge.

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The drop in straight grants is indeed not permanent — Part I

At the Lectern

In another case involving the Racial Justice Act (see Montgomery above and Avalos below), the court issued an order to show cause, returnable in the superior court, in In re Naddi , a pro per’s habeas corpus petition. ” (Link added.) Rules of Court, rule 8.528(d); see In re Benoit (1973) 10 Cal.3d

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Obviousness and Pharmaceutical Method of Treatment Claims

Patently O

In its analysis here, the Federal Circuit focused on claim construction, and particularly the singular “a” patient requirement in the claims. The claims at issue recite treating “ a psychiatric patient” in need of schizophrenia treatment.