JURIST

AUGUST 5, 2021

The government of Mexico filed a complaint on Wednesday against eight gun manufacturers, holding companies and distributors, alleging tort claims based on a “deadly flood of military-style and other particularly lethal guns” across the border from the US into Mexico.

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Conflict of Laws

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Further, the new CPL introduces “the place of torts committed within the territory of China” as a new connecting factor for jurisdiction. – being primarily responsible for manufacturing and selling Huawei’s smart terminal products – was domiciled there. The newly introduced Article 277 of the CPL breaks this constraint.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

The appellate court also agreed with the court below that it was not appropriate to recognize a new tort of “intentional investment in abnormally dangerous activities” advocated by the plaintiffs on behalf of future generations. Energy & Environment Legal Institute v. North Dakota v. 16-1242 et al. Arizona Board of Regents , No.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Here is my annual list of Halloween torts and crimes. Halloween has everything for a torts-filled holiday: battery, trespass, defamation, nuisance, product liability and more. However, there are still some notable additions that raise more legal frights. The next scary moment is likely to be in the form of a torts complaint.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Here is my annual list of Halloween torts and crimes. Halloween has everything for a torts-filled holiday: battery, trespass, defamation, nuisance, product liability and more. However, my students and I often discuss the remarkably wide range of torts that comes with All Hallow’s Eve.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

” The filing is a Jackson Pollock of legal claims with twelve claims thrown against Florida from false imprisonment to intentional infliction of emotional distress to misuse of the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund. The complaint states: On information and belief, the brochure was manufactured by Defendants.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 2, 2021

es the threat posed to companies that rely on third-party manufacturers. Considering the importance of Chinese manufacturing to global trade, the Chinese legal system and its evolving trademark enforcement system will likely cause companies to get creative. Romag solidi?es Summary of the Supreme Court’s Opinions.

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Intelligize Blog

APRIL 27, 2023

However, the bankruptcy story generating the most interest in the business and legal worlds now may be Johnson & Johnson’s attempt to pull off a “ Texas Two-Step.” Not surprisingly, the Texas Two-Step is a highly controversial legal strategy, and it’s a dance that few companies have the chutzpah to do.

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 18, 2025

The original complaint asserted four claims under Missouri tort law: (1) public nuisance, (2) abnormally dangerous activity, (3) breach of duty by allowing the transmission of COVID, and (4) breach of duty by hoarding PPE. factories [in China] and the direct hoarding of PPE manufactured or for sale in the United States.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

” The Oklahoma Supreme Court last week struck down a $465 million opioid award against Johnson & Johnson based on a legal theory that has previously been tried and failed against guns. Judge Polster pushed drug makers to settle before clearly establishing legal liability. Yet it leaves the matter far from resolved.

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Patently O

JANUARY 16, 2024

I first found the Gilead case while reading the Wall Street Journal with the board editorial decrying the decision for “invent[ing] a crazy new tort.” In its decision, the Court of Appeal held that a manufacturer’s duty of reasonable care under Cal. 9, 2024) Read It Here. genius,” as President Lincoln put it.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The reason is that these legislative measure are propelled by political rather than legal judgment. An example is the recent New York public nuisance law seeking to make gun manufacturers liable for gun crime. It is political merit — rather than legal merit — that has often propelled New York anti-gun laws.

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 7, 2023

The relatives of the Greek crew members filed actions for pain and suffering damages before the Athens court of first instance against a US (manufacturer of the aircraft) and a Swiss (subsidiary of the manufacturer) company. The action was dismissed in 2019 for lack of international jurisdiction.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 10, 2022

A tragedy in North Carolina could present rather difficult torts questions in a wrongful death case for a grieving family. While his death was due to the negligent lack of road barriers, his family will face considerable legal barriers to recovery that could prove insurmountable. In all likelihood, it was a phone-based app.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The manufacturer of the drug, Purdue Pharma, promoted the drug as less susceptible to abuse, but OxyContin proved instead to be highly addictive. Moreover, he noted, it would be unusual to rely on the standing of a party, like Isaacs, who had not addressed the legal question presented in the case in her brief.

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Patently O

MARCH 16, 2021

In contrast to proprietary hardware, any relevant documentation related to open source hardware is licensed for individuals to openly participate in the design and development of the hardware, or to replicate and manufacture the hardware devices. Teva: The Original Decision.

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SCOTUSBlog

AUGUST 10, 2023

Share The Supreme Court on Thursday put a bankruptcy plan for Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of the highly addictive opioid painkiller OxyContin, on hold while it reviews a challenge to the legality of the plan, which would shield the Sackler family, the owners of the drug company, from lawsuits.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 16, 2024

But the companies that manufacture the product told the justices on Tuesday that because Horn’s injuries were personal, rather than harm to his business or property, they did not fall under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. CBD is completely legal but THC continues in some contexts to be illegal.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Here is my annual list of Halloween torts and crimes. Halloween has everything for a torts-filled holiday: battery, trespass, defamation, nuisance, product liability and more. However, my students and I often discuss the remarkably wide range of torts that comes with All Hallow’s Eve. In another June 2023 decision in Munoz v.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 27, 2024

The First Circuit reversed a trial court that dismissed the case, alleging that the American firearms industry is legally responsible for violence in Mexico. However, as a torts professor, there is a question of whether the tort element of proximate cause could be materially changed in the case. I respectfully disagree.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

In celebration of Thanksgiving, I give you our annual Turkey Torts of civil and criminal cases that add liability to libations on this special day (with past cases at the bottom). In 2020, the cancelation of parades and the reduction of travel has led to a very different legal profile of holiday mishaps and malfeasance.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Circuit Court of Appeals granted a motion by a truck trailer manufacturers trade group to stay the final rule adopted by the U.S. Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association, Inc. The court also dismissed defamation and related state tort claims. Energy & Environment Legal Institute v. Department of Energy , Nos.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 7, 2019

American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers v. The court said the laws’ provision for criminal or tort liability for advising, encouraging, or soliciting persons participating in a riot to acts of force or violence was overbroad and vague. The court also declined to “create a new tort named abusive litigation.” 17-1258 (D.C.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Circuit to hold the cases in abeyance was to allow the federal district for the District of Columbia to resolve cases challenging NHTSA’s action that raise similar legal issues. In a separate order, the court granted the motions of states and American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers to intervene in support of the respondents.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 9, 2021

The court concluded that it lacked jurisdiction because administrative appeals that raised the same legal issues were still pending before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a challenge to license renewals for the Turkey Point nuclear generating station in Florida as “incurably premature.” Frosh , No.

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