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Supreme Court Rules Federal Agencies Can Be Sued Under Fair Credit Reporting Act

Constitutional Law Reporter

Kirtz , 601 U.S. _ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a consumer may sue a federal agency under 15 U.S.C. §§ 1681n and 1681o for failing to comply with the terms of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). As Justice Gorsuch explained, the Court has found a clear waiver of sovereign immunity in just two situations.

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Inventorship Correction Affirmed for Patent on Intermodal Container for Transporting Gaseous Fluids

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by Dennis Crouch In a recent nonprecedential decision, the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court ruling ordering the correction of inventorship for U.S. 286 (“no recovery shall be had for any infringement committed more than six years prior to the filing of the complaint or counterclaim for infringement in the action.”)

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Supreme Court Clarifies When Public Officials Can Be held Liable for Social Media Activity

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Freed , 601 U.S. _ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that public officials may be held liable for their social media activity in certain circumstances. The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed. The Sixth Circuit Court ruled that Freed was not liable because he maintained his Facebook page in his personal capacity.

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Application of Singapore’s new rules on service out of jurisdiction: Three Arrows Capital and NW Corp

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3] This objective of this reform was to render it ‘unnecessary for a claimant to scrutinise the long list of permissible cases set out in the existing Rules in the hope of fitting into one or more descriptions.’ [4] 21] Order 8 rule 1(3) is missing the first option. 1] [2024] SGHC 21. [2] 7] [2024] SGHC 21 [46]. [8]

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December 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The appellate court also found that even if the trial court erred, the error was harmless because the State proved both acts beyond a reasonable doubt. Hawaii Court Ruled that Commercial Aquarium Fishing Required Environmental Review. The Court also ordered EPA to pay Thomas’s court costs. Zepeda , No.

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