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Doctrinal “dinosaur” or stare decisis? Justices wrestle with patent-law precedent.

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An inventor files a patent application on an invention and assigns the patent rights to an assignee — perhaps in exchange for money from the assignee, or perhaps as part of a contract with the inventor’s employer. Morgan Ratner argued for the federal government, which filed its own friend-of-the-court brief but supported neither party.

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In family’s lawsuit against public nursing home, court revisits private rights of action and the spending clause

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VCR is a government nursing facility in Indiana owned by petitioner Health and Hospital Corp., These statutes operate as contracts between the United States and those receiving funds—the United States offers money in exchange for recipients providing services to private individuals, who function as third-party beneficiaries of that contract.

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Justices to consider scope of “clear and unmistakable error” review of Veterans Affairs decisions

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The relevant statute , regulating disability benefits, provides that “the United States will pay [compensation] to any veteran” who is “disabled” as a result of (1) “personal injury suffered or disease contracted in line of duty,” or (2) “aggravation of a preexisting injury suffered or disease contracted in line of duty.”

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Conflict of Laws and Diversity of Opinions—A View of The Nigerian Jurisdiction

Conflict of Laws

This has immense significance regarding the security of contracts, enforcement of obligations, and overall predictability of solutions on these issues. For example, a court may be called upon to interpret contracts and commercial transactions on religious and customary interests. 11] In Great Lakes Insurance SE v.

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The Nigerian Court of Appeal declines to enforce a Commonwealth of Virginia (in USA) Choice of Court Agreement

Conflict of Laws

GOVERNING LAW: The Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, USA without regard to the principle of conflicts of any jurisdiction.”. Its argument, inter alia , was that by virtue of Article 12 and 13 of their agreement, the Nigerian court had no jurisdiction in this case.

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A call for the wider study of Private International Law in Africa: A Review of Private International Law In Nigeria

Conflict of Laws

Successive Nigerian governments across all tiers have made the attraction of foreign investments a cardinal part of their economic policies and have accordingly made deliberate efforts and committed abundant resources to attract foreign investments into Nigeria. [1]

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Justices to hear evangelical Christian postal worker’s religious accommodation case

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That changed in 2013, when USPS signed a contract with Amazon to deliver the company’s packages, including on Sundays. USPS fulfilled its contract with Amazon,” he emphasizes, “and no packages went undelivered” as a result of his absences. Postal Service are famous for delivering the mail even in the worst conditions.