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US Supreme Court declines North Carolina appeal in undercover investigations case

JURIST

The US Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from North Carolina on Monday over the constitutionality of a state law allowing employers to sue employees working as undercover investigators. North Carolina’s writ of certiorari focused on three arguments.

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What’s New in Law Firm Ownership?

Attorney at Work

California, Michigan, North Carolina and Washington, D.C., 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. have task forces up and running, exploring revisions to Rule 5.4.

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Lloyd's Says Cadwalader's Suit Claims Nonexistent Tort

Law 360

A Lloyd's of London syndicate has urged a North Carolina judge to toss part of Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP's coverage lawsuit stemming from a data breach, saying there's no tort remedy for the allegation that the insurer exposed the firm's confidential information in a court filing.

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Del. Chancery Stays DuPont, NC Water Agency Toxic Tort Row

Law 360

Delaware's Court of Chancery on Friday stayed a North Carolina public water authority's suit to void asset transfers in what the authority termed a toxic pollution liability "shell game" by DuPont affiliates and successors, after defense attorneys acknowledged omissions in an opposition brief.

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Do or DEI? Federal Judge Finds DEI Policies are Mandatory and Unconstitutional in California Case

JonathanTurley

I also teach critical race theory, alongside other legal theories to my first-year torts students. Those efforts received a boost recently from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, which rejected the free speech claims of North Carolina State University Professor Stephen Porter. The decision in Porter v.

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More on the Validity of the PDVSA 2020 Bonds

Conflict of Laws

Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina School of Law, and Mitu Gulati, the Perre Bowen Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law. Written by Mark Weidemaier, the Ralph M. Stockton, Jr.

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Reschedule Watch: Birthright citizenship and torts to members of the armed forces

SCOTUSBlog

United States , the 1950 Supreme Court case holding that the United States is not liable under the Federal Tort Claims Act for injuries sustained by members of the armed forces while on active duty and resulting from the negligence of others in the armed forces. United States. The case involves the so-called Feres doctrine, after Feres v.

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