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US appeals court partially revives lawsuit claiming viewpoint discrimination against anti-abortion protesters

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The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday reversed the dismissal of a lawsuit against the District of Columbia alleging that it selectively enforced its defacement ordinance against anti-abortion protesters but not Black Lives Matter (BLM) protesters in the summer of 2020.

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India: Supreme Court Holds That A Decree Or A Recovery Certificate Constitutes A Fresh Cause Of Action For IBC Proceedings - Khaitan & Co

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Shivakumar Reddy and Anr, (Civil Appeal 1650 of 2020) has inter alia held that a final judgement. The Supreme Court in its recent decision in Dena Bank (now Bank of Baroda) v C.

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December 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Trade Groups Proceeding with Narrower Challenge to 2016 Refrigerant Management Rule; NRDC and States Challenge 2020 Rescission of Portion of Rule. The court also declined to vacate BLM’s leasing decisions and instead enjoined BLM from issuing drilling permits for the leases while it responds to the court’s decision. WildEarth Guardians v.

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Australia High Court hears submissions on Cambridge Analytica data breaches

JURIST

The Australian Information Commissioner commenced the action against Facebook in the Federal Court in 2020 for data breaches committed in 2014 and 2015, which has been appealed to the High Court. As the case commenced in 2020, Facebook may be penalized under the previous regime.

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Texas sues Planned Parenthood, demands repayment of $10M in Medicaid funding

JURIST

The Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act (TMFPA) was passed in 1995 to establish a cause of action for false claims under the Medicaid program. However, the injunction was overruled by the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit court in November of 2020, and Planned Parenthood was once again terminated from the program.

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Tennessee Supreme Court Agrees to Review Comparative Fault Issue in Negligent Misrepresentation Case

Day on Torts

The issue: Whether the affirmative defense of comparative fault is applicable to a negligent misrepresentation cause of action in which the conduct of the plaintiff constituting the basis for that defense also pertains to the justifiable reliance element of the negligent misrepresentation cause of action?

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Lawsuit By Former Legal Tech Exec Says She is Owed Over $1M In Stock and Was Sexually Harassed

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She says that she and Dwayne Hermes came up for the idea for ClaimDeck in 2019 and that it was incorporated in 2020. In December 2020, Diaz-Roa alleges, the defendants awarded her compensation in the form of options to purchase 58,825 shares of ClaimDeck stock, or about 10% of its total shares. .”

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