Above The Law
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
We all know Ohio is for lovers, but Massachusetts wants in on the action. The post Trying To Find Love In Between IP And Torts? This T14 Law School Has You Covered appeared first on Above the Law.
SCOTUSBlog
APRIL 25, 2025
Konan to determine whether the Federal Tort Claims Act provision exempting claims arising from the loss or miscarriage of letters or postal matter extends to claims that the Post Office deliberately refused to deliver mail to an address. The Supreme Court made short work of two of last weeks first-time relists. Relisted after the Jan.
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SCOTUSBlog
MAY 14, 2021
As a result, truck drivers, though normally independent contractors, would be employees in California and – one might think – in states with similar laws, including Massachusetts. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit has ruled that the Massachusetts ABC test is preempted. However, the U.S. In Pilevsky v. Pilevsky v. 20-1486.
Conflict of Laws
APRIL 7, 2023
courts is raising important questions of private international law, in particular as regards the application of Mexican tort law in U.S. First Circuit, Mexico argues that the district court’s application of PLCAA to bar its claims under Mexican tort law was “impermissibly extraterritorial”. On appeal in the U.S. and in respect to U.S.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
Many of these cases asserted nuisance and other tort law claims. The Hawai‘i court, however, found Honolulu’s framing of its claims as traditional tort law claims to be “more accurate.” Citing Massachusetts v. More recently, states and municipalities have asserted claims under consumer protection laws.).
JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 14, 2023
The complaint below alleged three counts (Intentional misrepresentation – fraud; Fraudulent Concealment; Violation of Massachusetts Consumer Protection Law). The interesting omission is battery in light of the lack of consent for using his own sperm as well as other possible tort claims. There is also an omission of contractual claims.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
MARCH 14, 2024
In the first months of 2024, legislators in four states— Maryland , Massachusetts , New York , and Vermont —have pushed for legislation that would collectively require large fossil fuel producers and refiners to pay for hundreds of billions of dollars of state-level climate adaptation infrastructure.
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