SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 11, 2022

The statute takes a different approach, though, when a third party caused the injury and so is legally responsible to pay the beneficiary’s expenses. The post Justices debate state’s right to take tort recoveries from Medicaid beneficiaries appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

As there are no laws in Mali to aid the plaintiffs in seeking damages or civil remedies against foreign exporters, they brought their claims under US law, specifically the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act and the Alien Torts Statute. The defendant companies are Barry Callebaut, Cargill, Hershey, Mars, Mondel?z,

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Law 360

JANUARY 23, 2023

A former top officer of Sotera Health Company has sued the lab testing and industrial sterilization giant in Delaware's Court of Chancery, alleging the company failed to provide legal fee advancement for suits targeting a subsidiary's emissions of cancer-causing pollution from a suburban Chicago plant.

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JURIST

JANUARY 1, 2021

The Iowa Tort Claims Act (ITCA) prohibits an award of punitive damages against the state. The ITCA is Iowa’s controlling law for tort claims against the state and state employees acting within the scope of their employment. Punitive damages are awarded as a way to punish the defendant and to deter that same conduct in the future.

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ABA Journal

JANUARY 12, 2023

Artificial intelligence programs are making inroads in the legal field, showing proficiency in two sections of a practice bar exam and getting used for the…

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Above The Law

JULY 28, 2023

The post AI Update: Sam Altman Isn’t In It For The Money, AI Companies Attempt Self-Regulation, Tort Law For AI appeared first on Above the Law. This week in AI news.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 16, 2024

a tort claim), the maximum amount of damages recoverable as compensatory damages is per person and not per occurrence. Conclusion Clearer legal regimes help in research and investment that is critical to the growth of carbon sequestration to support both point source CCS and CDR projects.

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Attorney at Work

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

It is a realistic prediction that we’ll live in a world where thousands of estate planning lawyers work for Fidelity, and hedge funds run the most significant plaintiff tort outfits. Millions remain inadequately fed and housed, and there don’t seem to be nearly as many structural barriers in those areas as there are in the legal profession.

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JURIST

MARCH 26, 2025

The dissolution order would remove the separate legal personality of the church but would not prevent it from continuing to exist as a voluntary association. The legal implication of such a distinction is that the church would no longer be subject to preferential tax treatments, and the assets of the church would be sold.

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Law 360

JUNE 12, 2023

A Georgia legal marketing company has accused an Arkansas law firm and its marketing wing of stealing and profiting off its trade secrets, including a valuable database of client leads for mass torts over talcum powder and heartburn medication.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Specifically, the court will determine whether attorney-client privilege covers communications involving both legal and non-legal advice when the communication was created for the purpose of obtaining legal advice. If so, the tort claim must be litigated before the National Labor Relations Board, not a state court.

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JURIST

JANUARY 14, 2022

Plaintiffs also alleged the tort of conversion, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, and unjust enrichment. A spokesperson for PayPal has responded to ArsTechnica, stating : ““We will respond to the allegations through the appropriate legal channels in due course.”

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 7, 2022

This post is an abridged adaptation of my recent article, Private International Law and Substantive Liability Issues in Tort Litigation against Multinational Companies in the English Courts: Recent UK Supreme Court Decisions and Post-Brexit Implications in the Journal of Private International Law. Muir-Watt (ibid) 386).

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HowAppealing

AUGUST 16, 2022

Appeals Court Says Commerce in Arms Act Does Not Bar State Tort Claims; Five of nine Superior Court judges supported the Aug. Appeals Court Says Commerce in Arms Act Does Not Bar State Tort Claims; Five of nine Superior Court judges supported the Aug. “Divided Pa. The post “Divided Pa.

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Paralegal.edu

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

On February 26, 2022, at 10:00 AM Central, Center for Advanced Legal Studies will hold its 69th Commencement Ceremony for graduates of its paralegal programs. Sepi has over 20 years of legal and administrative experience with a current focus primarily on personal injury law and related torts.

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JURIST

JUNE 9, 2022

The United States itself can be sued for the tortious actions of its law enforcement officers exercising their duties according to the Federal Tort Claims Act. A federal agent, Erik Egbert, decided to confront the guest who was legally present in the United States. The current case involved a bed and breakfast on the U.S.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 18, 2025

Legal considerations will have a major bearing on whether, when, where, and how such field research goes forward. Previous studies have analyzed the potential international and domestic legal framework applicable to marine CDR research and subsequent deployment (if that is ultimately deemed appropriate). ocean waters. judge-made) law.

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Attorney at Work

MARCH 14, 2022

As a newbie to the topic, computer legal research can present too large a universe. As you educate yourself about these issues, consider how you can use that legal brain of yours to help. Investigate Continuing Legal Education and Specialty Bar Groups. Investigate Continuing Legal Education and Specialty Bar Groups.

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The Estrin Report

MAY 19, 2020

The launch comes at a critical time as the COVID-19 global pandemic adds pressure with personal injury, med/mal, products liability, mass tort, healthcare, workers comp cases and insurance claims on the rise. The best Plan B's are different, but.

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JURIST

JUNE 21, 2021

Lastly, the court also held that Khochinsky’s claims of tortious interference and First Amendment retaliation do not fall within the ambit of FSIA’s non-commercial torts exception.

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Law 360

JUNE 26, 2024

Supreme Court will soon issue its opinion in the bankruptcy of Purdue Pharma LP, and regardless of the outcome, it’s clear legal and policy reforms are needed to address the next mass tort, says William Organek at Baruch College.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

In Japan, climate litigation ( / Kiko soshou ) has been used to challenge the legality of the construction and operation of the coal-fired power plants and promote coal phase-out. The Nagoya District Court will consider whether private actors can be held liable for their GHG emissions under Japanese tort law. Sendai Power Station ).

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

The proposal aims to ensure that the use of AI in legal work is transparent and accountable. Hallucinations are incorrect outputs that could lead to tort liabilities, consumer harm or regulatory breaches. According to a report by law firm software company Clio , AI can offer speed, efficiency and cost-effectiveness benefits.

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Law 360

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The social media website formerly known as Twitter was hit Monday in Florida federal court with one of its first trademark lawsuits over Elon Musk's recent decision to rebrand the website as "X" — coming from a Florida legal marketing firm that also puts out "Mass Tort Insider."

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Claiming a tort of misuse of private information, ZXC sought damages and injunctive relief against Bloomberg. It ruled affirmatively, clarifying such a “general rule” would only serve as a “legitimate starting point” for deciding such cases and not as a legal presumption.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

APRIL 15, 2022

Applying for your first or early-career legal positions may be a little daunting. In the legal field, floating along to get your foot in the door can result in you being somewhere you didn’t know you weren’t looking for. Looking back to 2020 information, the mean hourly wages for Paralegals and Legal Assistants was $27.22

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Blackstone Career Institute

JANUARY 24, 2025

Blackstone Career Institute offers a clear pathway for people looking to become certified paralegals through the online Legal Assistant/Paralegal Program and NALA Certification Bundle available for purchase. Paralegals, also called legal assistants, help lawyers do their jobs by preparing for trials, hearings, and proceedings.

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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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LawSites

JULY 22, 2021

Lou Andreozzi , the former chairman of Bloomberg Law and CEO of LexisNexis North American Legal Markets, has been appointed to the board of directors of global managed services provider Integreon , the company said today. He was also CEO of legal tech SaaS provider Inference Data and, more recently, of Dot Law Inc.

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JURIST

JULY 8, 2023

The Commission stated: Robodebt was a crude and cruel mechanism, neither fair nor legal, and it made many people feel like criminals. It was a costly failure of public administration, in both human and economic terms The report stated, “elements of the tort of misfeasance in public office appear to exist.”

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 4, 2022

The claim before the Supreme Court alleged malicious prosecution (also described as unreasonable seizure pursuant to legal process) against one responding officer, Pagiel Clark, who signed a criminal complaint during Thompson’s initial post-arrest detention. The elements of the constitutional claim match those of the tort.

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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

That means they use 2-dollar words, legal terms of art and lots of Latin. But, when trying to craft content for legal consumers, attorneys should take a different approach. Your potential clients have no idea what a tort is, won’t appreciate a turn of phrase originating with Cicero and prefer fewer syllables.

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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.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 8, 2025

Tim Walz has never appeared burdened by legal niceties or accuracy in pushing his agenda, including his anti-free speech policies. The controversy highlights rivaling doctrines that we often discuss in Torts. However, his recent effort to block an effort to enact a “no duty to rescue” rule for self-defense hit a new low.

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 13, 2024

Ekaterina Aristova (Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, University of Oxford) is the author of the ‘ Tort Litigation against Transnational Corporations: The Challenge of Jurisdiction in English Courts ’ (OUP 2024), which has just been published in the Oxford Private International Law series.

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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 whole book is available open access under this link.

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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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