Divorce Litigating Tort 
Day on Torts
JUNE 13, 2022
Where defendant’s allegedly defamatory statements accusing plaintiffs of bigamy were made within the context of a declaratory judgment action, the absolute litigation privilege applied and dismissal of the defamation case was affirmed. This case is a good example of the absolute litigation privilege being applied. In Vanwinkle v.
SCOTUSBlog
DECEMBER 2, 2023
At the same time, the dispute also raises broader questions about whether and when it is appropriate to resolve mass tort cases – that is, lawsuits brought by a group of people who have been harmed in a similar way, such as in a plane crash or by a defective product – through the bankruptcy system. In any event, the U.S.
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JonathanTurley
JUNE 2, 2022
With the reduction of $2 million to Heard, that still leaves $8,350,000 — more than the $7 million that he gave up in the divorce. The defamation laws are far more advantageous for defendants in the UK and most plaintiffs try to litigate such claims in the U.S. There are a number of novel elements to this defamation case.
Conflict of Laws
FEBRUARY 10, 2023
In the meantime, life goes on: children are born, couples marry and divorce, parental child abductions take place, etc. 1 Rome II Regulation, the law applicable to torts is the law of the state in which the damage occurred. Zheng Sophia TANG: Smart Courts in Cross-Border Litigation, pp. Under art.
Day on Torts
MARCH 12, 2021
4, 2021), plaintiff filed a fraud claim against defendant attorney who had represented him for a portion of plaintiff’s previous divorce case. M2019-01395-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Plaintiff asserted that defendant had engaged in fraudulent billing and that defendant had “charged a higher hourly rate than agreed.”
JonathanTurley
APRIL 25, 2022
It was recorded months after she filed for divorce, and, on it, Depp sounds entirely delusional. With jurors breaking for a long weekend, the tape was left to echo in their minds, unrebutted, for three days. Yet even that disturbing tape may have blowback for Heard.
Conflict of Laws
JUNE 7, 2022
F Rielaender, “Financial torts and EU private international law: will the search for the place of “financial damage” ever come to an end?” The post-Brexit private international law regime and its implications for the viability of tort claims against parent companies are examined.
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