Broadcast Law Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

That being said, stations may be vulnerable to legal claims under traditional tort law if their agent drops a drone on a bystander or otherwise captures footage of private events in violation of state or local law (as noted below). States and localities are also formulating their responses to the soon-to-be drone-filled skies.

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Patently O

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

bankruptcy, class action, trademark, securities, and tort litigation, to the tune of $50 to $100 billion in investments annually. [10] Patent assertion finance today is a multibillion-dollar business. [2] 2] Virtually nonexistent in the patent space in the U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 20, 2025

The court also denied the motion by Alabama and 18 other states to bring a case against California and four other states directly in the Supreme Court to block a series of lawsuits against fossil fuel producers, saying that those suits impermissibly sought to dictate interstate energy policy through the aggressive use of state-law tort suits.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 6, 2021

We have previously discussed animal liability in torts. It is often said the every dog gets one free bite in American torts. However, the “one free bite rule” is a commonly misunderstood torts doctrine — suggesting that you are not subject to strict liability until after the first time your dog bites someone.

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The Fashion Law

OCTOBER 19, 2021

According to the complaint that he filed in a Michigan state court in September 2020, Mr. Moran alleged that in or around 2012, New York-based Edie Parker LLC and its founder Brett Heyman (the “defendants”) “began selling high end handbags and accessories patterned after vintage styles favored by Ms. Parker’s estate. Parker’s heirs.”.

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ALPS

AUGUST 11, 2021

This is one of the things I say to students all the time, “You’re coming to us not only to learn about contracts and torts, you’re coming to learn how to become a future professional. Where it’s like, “Oh my gosh, that torts professor’s a real person.” And this really sucks right now.

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C|M|LAW Library

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

91 (1855) (enslaved person at issue) The rule was influenced by lobbying of Michigan State University law professor Justin Simard who is the founder of the Citing Slavery Project. Sandford , 60 U.S. (19 393 (1857) (enslaved party), superseded by constitutional amendment, U.S. XIV Wall v. Wall , 30 Miss.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The most obvious form of civil liability would be some type of tort action. Moreover, arguing that these speakers induced violence under another form of tort liability would be quickly rejected under the First Amendment. It would also not pass constitutional muster, in my view. The Court in cases like New York Times v.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Yet, in Michigan, Gov. The Michigan Attorney General has condemned both Johnson as well as those who threatened her in the past. In torts, courts developed the doctrine of mitior sensus , which was used to assume the innocent meaning of works in defamation when two different meaning (one harmful and one innocent) is possible.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 16, 2022

Monsanto had argued that FIFRA labeling provisions preempted state tort causes of action for failure to warn. Petitioner Miguel Luna Perez was a student in the Sturgis, Michigan, public school district. In its cert petition, Monsanto seeks to revisit that determination; it also presents an evidentiary question.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 9, 2025

In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer issued an executive order requiring the states department of corrections to follow guidelines set by the Centers for Disease Control to stem the spread of COVID-19 in Michigans prisons.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 23, 2023

At the same time, Trump has been held liable on many occasions for fraud or for violating civil laws and torts. With respect to Trump he remains a primary deviant when it comes to ordinary customs as he has not been successfully stigmatized or shamed by others and certainly not by himself.

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