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Arizona’s Alternative Business Structure Program Improved Access To Justice For Tort Victims And Possibly Large Companies

Above The Law

While it was designed to improve access to justice for low-income people with legal problems, it seems to have increased access to justice for car accident or tort victims. But skeptics argued that the proposals mentioned above would either not change anything or at best marginally reduce legal fees mainly because of overhead.

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Account holders sue PayPal for allegedly withholding account funds

JURIST

Plaintiffs also alleged the tort of conversion, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, and unjust enrichment. PayPal also allegedly violated the Electronic Funds Transfer Act and the California Business & Professions Code.

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ECHR holds Poland court lacks impartiality, independence due to judge appointments

JURIST

Poland , a company argued against the Main Pharmaceutical Inspector’s decision to withdraw a product from the market. During the proceedings, Advance Pharma destroyed its stocks of the supplement and filed a claim for damages in tort against the state in 2014. In Advance Pharma Sp.

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Chancery court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over defamation tort claims.

Day on Torts

Where the gravamen of plaintiff’s complaint was his tort claim for defamation seeking unliquidated damages, the chancery court did not have subject matter jurisdiction and the case should have been transferred to circuit court. In Lowery v. Redmond , No. W2021-00611-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. internal citations and quotations omitted).

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United Kingdom Supreme Court confirms that consequential loss satisfies the tort gateway for service out of the jurisdiction

Conflict of Laws

In FS Cairo (Nile Plaza) LLC v Lady Brownlie [2021] UKSC 45 (“ Brownlie II ”), the Supreme Court held as a matter of ratio by a 4:1 majority that consequential loss satisfies the ‘tort gateway’ in Practice Direction (“ PD ”) 6B, para. Three main reasons were given. Economic torts? Background. PD 6B, para.

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Anti-Suit Injunctions and Dispute Resolution Clauses

Conflict of Laws

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. This is significant because the tort action in Indonesia was not based on the contract between the parties. [24] 22] COSCO [3] [23] COSCO [5]. [24]

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CJEU Rules on jurisdiction in actions brought by the injured party against the insurer and the insured (BT v Seguros Catalana Occidente, EB, Case C-708/20)

Conflict of Laws

Two main scenarios are taken into account. In its Judgment BT v Seguros Catalana Occidente, EB, Case C-708/20 , rendered on 9 December 2021, the Court of Justice of the European Union interpreted Article 13 Brussels Ibis Regulation.

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