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No cause of action against employers for take-home COVID

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Responding to questions asked by the Ninth Circuit about California law, the court’s unanimous opinion by Justice Carol Corrigan precludes an action alleging a construction worker’s wife contracted COVID from her husband due to his employer’s failure to abide by government health orders at the beginning of the pandemic.

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Students Sue California Lutheran University For Slander Over College Skit

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Students at California Lutheran University have filed a federal defamation lawsuit against the school for defamation and false light after the school denounced softball players and coaches as racists for a college skit. ” There are 13 claims: FIRST CAUSE OF ACTION FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT.

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November 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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California v. California v. California Federal Court Entered Final Judgment Vacating Repeal of 2016 Waste Prevention Rule After Wyoming Federal Court Vacated 2016 Rule. On October 29, 2020, the federal district court for the Northern District of California entered judgment vacating the 2018 final rule rescinding the U.S.

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Presence as a basis for International Jurisdiction of a Foreign Court under Nigerian Private International Law

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This basis requires that a significant connection exist between the cause of action and the foreign court. Such a connection could include the fact that the cause of action arose in the jurisdiction of the foreign court, or that jurisdiction was the place in which the contractual obligation was to be performed.

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