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Ninth Circuit Reaffirms That Parties Can Contractually Shorten Statute of Limitations Period for Copyright Infringement Claims

The IP Law Blog

The Ninth Circuit recently addressed the issue of whether parties can contractually agree to shorten the statute of limitations period for bringing a copyright infringement claim. Normally, the statute of limitations for a copyright violation is three years. In an unpublished opinion in the case, Evox Productions, LLC v.

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Justices puzzled by interaction of state-secrets privilege and federal surveillance statute

SCOTUSBlog

Fazaga , a lawsuit filed by three Muslim Americans alleging that the FBI and its agents discriminated against them based on their religion during a surveillance program in southern California. The post Justices puzzled by interaction of state-secrets privilege and federal surveillance statute appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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Supreme Court, once again, rejects California treatment of arbitration

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As it has so many times before, the Supreme Court rejected California’s treatment of arbitration under California law, in this case California’s Private Attorneys General Act. The California state courts (predictably) rejected that waiver as inconsistent with PAGA. Disclosure : Goldstein & Russell, P.C.,

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Justices to consider whether litigation should move forward in trial court while appellate courts review obligation to arbitrate

SCOTUSBlog

Ordinarily in these cases, the customer files a lawsuit (often, as here, a class action), and the business immediately files a motion asking the court to stay litigation and refer the matter to arbitration. The case before the justices arises from two separate disputes with Coinbase. Its argument is simple and linear.

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Supreme Court will decide which statute of limitations applies in malicious prosecution actions against attorneys

At the Lectern

Statute of limitations. Vannucci to decide which statute of limitations applies in a malicious prosecution action against an attorney who sued the plaintiff, the one-year period of Code of Civil Procedure section 340.6 California (1967) 386 U.S. The court granted a pro per’s petition for review in Escamilla v.

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When Pigs Litigate: How Pork Law Will Predict Abortion And Gun Jurisprudence

Above The Law

The post When Pigs Litigate: How Pork Law Will Predict Abortion And Gun Jurisprudence appeared first on Above the Law. We could have avoided this whole issue if everyone became a vegan.

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California Dreaming Part 4: The Court Tells California to Keep on Dreaming

FDA Law Blog

Intended to target “reverse payment” settlement agreements, in which a brand company pays a first-filer ANDA holder to delay launch, the California law shifts the burden of proof to the drug sponsors to demonstrate that any Paragraph IV settlement agreement is not an antitrust violation. The case was dismissed without prejudice.

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