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Australia High Court hears submissions on Cambridge Analytica data breaches

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The High Court of Australia Tuesday began hearing submissions that a Facebook app tied to the Cambridge Analytica scandal contravened national privacy laws. As the case commenced in 2020, Facebook may be penalized under the previous regime. ” If prosecuted, the penalty for repeated privacy breaches incurs a penalty of $2.2

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Proper analysis for petition to dismiss under Tennessee Public Participation Act (TPPA).

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Rock Creek Construction, Inc. , 1, 2022), plaintiffs filed suit against defendant construction company related to defendant’s construction of plaintiffs’ residential home, and defendant filed a counterclaim, which was the claim at issue in this appeal. The Court of Appeals quoted Tenn. In Reiss v.

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Supreme Court on Patent Law: November 2023

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by Dennis Crouch The Supreme Court is set to consider several significant patent law petitions addressing a range of issues from the application of obviousness standards, challenges to PTAB procedures, interpretation of joinder time limits IPR, to the proper scope patent eligibility doctrine. Mangrove Partners Master Fund (No. Fortinet (No.

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Dismissal Based on Lack of Foreseeability Reversed.

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6, 2020), plaintiffs were the decedent’s children, who had died while working as a plumber on a construction project. Focus Designs filed a motion to dismiss, which the trial court granted, finding that plaintiffs had not shown that the injury was foreseeable. Southland Constructors , No. M2019-02060-COA-R3-CV (Tenn.

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Court strikes a blow for sentencing discretion under provision in federal firearm statute

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Share People given consecutive sentences under the federal law that imposes penalties for the use of a firearm in relation to a crime of violence or drug trafficking may now be entitled to a new sentencing hearing, thanks to the Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling Friday in Lora v. United States.

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Obviousness and Pharmaceutical Method of Treatment Claims

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by Dennis Crouch In April 2024, the Federal Circuit issued a significant decision vacating a district court’s judgment that Janssen Pharmaceuticals’ dosing regimen patent claims were nonobvious. The case involved Janson’s U.S. Overall, this is a bad case for pharmaceutical formulary patents. Janssen Pharms.,