Court Prima Facie Case Statute 
At the Lectern
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
Two months ago , the Supreme Court in People v. Last week, the Legislature sent to the Governor a bill — SB 775 — that would amend the statute. Last week, the Legislature sent to the Governor a bill — SB 775 — that would amend the statute. It’s unclear whether SB 775 would affect those cases.
JayS.Rothman&Associates
MAY 17, 2023
For example, courts have held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects employees from discrimination on the basis of their associates’ race, gender, religion, and/or national origin. Iona College, a federal appellate court explained the rationale for reading associational discrimination into Title VII. In Holcomb v.
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Day on Torts
OCTOBER 3, 2022
Defendant filed a petition for dismissal pursuant to the TPPA, and after finding that the TPPA applied, that plaintiff was a limited-purpose public figure in the context of this action, and that plaintiff “had not established a prima facie case for actual malice,” the trial court dismissed the case. The TPPA, Tenn.
Day on Torts
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
The trial court denied the TPPA motion to dismiss, and plaintiffs appealed this denial, which was vacated on appeal due to the trial court’s use of the wrong analysis. The Court of Appeals quoted Tenn. 20-17-105(a)(b); additional citation omitted). internal citation omitted).
Day on Torts
JANUARY 11, 2022
Where plaintiff had filed complaints with the Board of Professional Responsibility (BPR) complaining of the same allegations that allegedly supported her legal malpractice claim, and those BPR complaints were filed more than one year before the legal malpractice suit was filed, summary judgment based on the statute of limitations was affirmed.
At the Lectern
APRIL 17, 2025
Racial Justice Act dissenting vote Justice Goodwin Liu wanted to issue an order to show cause in In re Manjikian , but he was the only member of the court who did. 5th 834, the Supreme Court found unavailing an equal protection attack. Part I is here. In People v. Hardin (2024) 15 Cal.5th See here and recently here.)
Patently O
JUNE 1, 2021
From 2003-2012, the PTO stopped examining Hyatt’s applications pending litigation in a couple of the cases that culminated in the Supreme Court’s decision in Kappos v. This case involves four applications that were rejected by the examiners and the PTAB. 145 seeking a court order that the USPTO issue his patents.
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