Paralegal Bootcamp

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

In my own defense, the last 25 years of my career has been dedicated to one attorney as a contracted tort litigation paralegal. She worked in larger firms in the downtown Phoenix area for past Presidents of the American Trial Lawyer’s Association specializing in tort law.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The contracts and torts examples will consist entirely of Casey Hendershot stunts gone awry. The post West Virginia Could Have A New Law School. I Wonder Where It Will Rank? appeared first on Above the Law.

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Day on Torts

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Although plaintiff labeled his complaint as a tort claim, the gravamen of the complaint was a dispute over “the amount, time and manner of payment of plaintiff’s pension plan benefits.” Plaintiff asserted claims for breach of contract, negligence, and negligent infliction of emotional distress. Code Ann. §

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Day on Torts

MARCH 9, 2022

Where the evidence clearly established the elements of intent and malice in an inducement of breach of contract case, summary judgment for plaintiff was affirmed. Moreover, the trial court’s ruling that plaintiff could recover attorney’s fees as compensatory damages under the independent tort theory was also affirmed. Crawford , No.

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Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The research can be approached from the perspective of human rights law, public international law or private international law, including private law mechanisms (either in tort or in contract law). The deadline for applications is 14 February 2022 and the start date is 15 September 2022.

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 24, 2025

It alleged that the directors were actively involved in the chairmans unlawful conduct and therefore liable in tort under Korean law, and GGS was vicariously liable for their actions. The head charter and sub-charter contracts each contained a law and arbitration clause for English law and arbitration in Singapore.

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At the Lectern

JULY 10, 2023

Santa Clara County, which operates a plan, had asserted that a separate statutory scheme — the Government Claims Act — immunizes it from reimbursement lawsuits when the provider doesn’t have a contract with the plan. ” (Link added.) ” (Link added.) .” ” (Link added.)

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JURIST

JUNE 2, 2022

However, Florida law waives sovereign immunity for torts, subject to exceptions. The university, therefore, asserted that the waiver only applied to explicit, written contracts.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 9, 2021

Tort Choice of Law Rules in Cross-border Multi-party Litigation under European and Chinese Private International Law. This blog post is part of the article ‘Tort Conflicts Rules in Cross-border Multi-party Litigation: Which Law Has a Closer or the Closest Connection?’ Tort conflicts rules in China and the EU.

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Day on Torts

JUNE 15, 2022

Although the State had contracted with a municipality for the maintenance of a state-owned highway, the State still bore “the ultimate responsibility for inspecting and maintaining [the highway],” and “the contract did not absolve the State of potential liability for failing to do so.” The Court rejected this argument.

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Conflict of Laws

APRIL 14, 2025

The author has kindly shared the following summary with us: The book analyses the basic principles of the EU and US international civil procedure in contract and tort law. The book is written in Italian but also features conclusions in English.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 15, 2024

The book is particularly notable for its observation—citing Professor Robert McCorquodale—that FDL claims intersect with various fields of law, such as domestic criminal law, tort law, contract law, human rights and constitutional law, comparative law, public international law, and private international law.

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Day on Torts

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Defendant Wolf Tree (Wolf) filed a motion for summary judgment arguing that it owed no duty to plaintiffs because “its contract with SCES explicitly stated that it was not to prune service drops,” because “it had no statutory or common law duty,” and because “Plaintiffs could show no evidence of a negligent or intentional trespass or nuisance.”

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Day on Torts

MARCH 22, 2022

8, 2022), plaintiff’s husband and step-son owned a commercial electrical contracting business. When the business was unable to finish the work project, the company for whom the work was to be done enforced its contract with plaintiff and her husband and took possession of various properties owned personally by plaintiff and her husband.

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Conflict of Laws

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

He notes that no conclusive finding has been made so far as to its qualification as a “matter relating to tort, delict or quasi-delict” in the sense of Article 5(3) of the Regulation (point 4). He established therefore an order of preference when it comes to the contract/tort distinction under the Regulation.

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JURIST

JUNE 15, 2024

The lawsuit was filed in 2008 under the Alien Tort Statute , which allows foreign citizens to bring lawsuits in US federal courts for serious violations of international law. The contractor claimed it should not be held liable for conduct performed in Iraq under US contract, even if that conduct was found to be unlawful.

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Conflict of Laws

APRIL 13, 2025

They relied on old and new case law, reports and legal scholarship.

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At the Lectern

MARCH 7, 2022

Balancing “the interests of homeowners in default against those seeking affordable home loans,” the Supreme Court in Sheen v. ” The court settles a conflict in Court of Appeal case law and notes a similar divide in federal district court rulings.

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Law 360

APRIL 9, 2024

An Arkansas jury hit Walmart with a $101 million verdict Tuesday for breaching an agreement to purchase more than $500 million in personal protective equipment amid the coronavirus pandemic, while also finding in favor of the retail giant's tort counterclaims.

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 17, 2025

Since the question in this case is whether the plaintiff can claim the return of money lost on the basis of an illegal and therefore void contract, Rome I is applicable as it also governs claims arising from contracts that are ineffective or of doubtful validity. So far, German courts were hesitant to take this road.

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At the Lectern

AUGUST 22, 2024

The economic loss rule generally prohibits plaintiffs from recovering tort damages in cases involving breaches of contract that cause only economic losses. Uber Technologies, Inc. the Supreme Court resolved a question certified by the Ninth Circuit involving the application of California’s economic loss rule.

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Day on Torts

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

This suit followed, asserting several contract and property claims, as well as a tort claim for intentional interference with business relationships. The trial court dismissed the tort claim against the City pursuant to the GTLA, and dismissal was affirmed on appeal. At issue here was Tenn. Code Ann. § Continue reading

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Blackstone Career Institute

JANUARY 24, 2025

Upon completing the program, you can expect to have the ability to: Define basic legal terms and concepts related to contracts, torts, negligence, defamation (civil and criminal), property, crime, and larceny. Distinguish between crimes and torts, including identifying the classes of crime and degrees of larceny.

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LawSites

APRIL 27, 2022

Before starting Filevine, Anderson was a founding partner at a western-states law firm focused on personal injury, mass torts and employment class-actions. Filevine’s cofounder and CEO Ryan Anderson is this week’s guest on LawNext, in an episode recorded the day the company announced this latest raise.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 8, 2023

They operate as contracts between the federal government and the recipient of funds; any private person suing to enforce the terms of that contract is a third-party beneficiary, who is generally barred from enforcing contractual obligations. HHC argued that spending clause enactments are unique.

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Law 360

APRIL 16, 2025

The American Tort Reform Association and two other groups called on Congress on Wednesday to investigate District of Columbia Attorney General Brian Schwalb for the office's use of outside counsel for litigation, which they say has issued millions in legal contracts with little transparency or accountability.

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Law 360

AUGUST 22, 2024

California justices gave an Argentinian lawyer a green light Thursday to pursue allegations that Uber fraudulently hid crucial information as he represented Uber before its Buenos Aires launch, clarifying that his tort fraudulent-concealment claim is not necessarily barred by the so-called economic loss doctrine if his employment contract never contemplated (..)

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Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The insurance company of the immovable property was Spanish, and the insured/owner of the premises where the accident occurred, and who previously entered into an accommodation contract allowing the stay of the injured party, was domiciled in Ireland.

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Mondaq

AUGUST 10, 2021

Discussion has re-emerged in Tennessee regarding the economic loss rule, a judicially-created remedy that precludes contracting parties from pursuing tort remedies for purely economic.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

APRIL 15, 2022

She worked in larger firms in the downtown Phoenix area for past Presidents of the American Trial Lawyer’s Association, specializing in tort law. She moved into the medical malpractice arena, where she loved the marriage of medicine and law and continues as a contract paralegal for a sole practitioner.

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 26, 2022

265/21, the CJEU is bound to add another chapter to the never-ending story of accurately describing the scope of the head of special jurisdiction for contracts in what is today Art. Is the answer different if the defendant relies on the fact that the first contract was not a contract of sale but a contract of deposit?

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 23, 2023

1] Dr Penasthika’s monograph (‘the monograph’) [2] is one such work that deserves attention for its compelling and comprehensive account of choice of law in international commercial contracts in Indonesia. Chapter Two of this work proceeds to discuss choice of law in international commercial contracts in a global context.

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Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 21, 2024

They are suing in tort in Ontario. Common law Canada considers that a contract made in the forum that is connected to a tort that happens elsewhere is a PCF to the forum. It is relevant here because the plaintiffs made some of the arrangements for their trip to Italy with other parties through contracts made in Ontario.

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 24, 2024

Are dual-purpose contracts consumer contracts? Is choice of court agreement in consumer contracts valid? Shall consumer contract and tort claims be subject to the same applicable law? Are farmers, package travel tourists and timeshare tourists consumers?

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 29, 2024

After reading and reviewing a thought-provoking book on the choice of law in international commercial contracts in Indonesia last year, I decided to delve further into the subject by picking up a book on Indonesian private international law. Luis F.S.S. Pereira (Supreme Court decision 376 K/Pdt. Sus-PHI/2013, 29 October 2013, pp.

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Bianca Scrabak has recently published an innovative book on international jurisdiction in contract and tort under the Brussels Ia Regulation, in which she develops a comprehensive solution for cases in which Article 7(1) and 7(2) vest special jurisdiction in the courts of more than one Member State.

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Opening with foundational questions, the book clearly explains the subject’s central tenets: the Brussels I, Rome I and Rome II Regulations (jurisdiction, applicable law for contracts and tort).

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