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Dismissal of Defamation and False Light Claim under Tennessee Public Participation Act partially reversed.

Day on Torts

M2021-00878-COA-R3-CV, 2022 WL 4490980 (Tenn. 28, 2022), plaintiff was a real estate professional involved in some capacity with Durham Farms, which was a large residential community. Having found that the TPPA applied, the Court moved on to considering whether plaintiff had shown a prima facie case for each element of his two claims.

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Supreme Court to decide Prop. 22 challenge and another SB 1437 resentencing case [Updated]

At the Lectern

Resentencing prima facie case. Reyes , one of many cases concerning possible resentencing under Senate Bill 1437 (more about today’s Reyes decision later [ update : here ]), the court agreed to take on yet another SB 1437 case, People v. Delgadillo (2022) 14 Cal.5th 22 challenge. COVID insurance.

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Jury Instructions and Objective Indicia of Nonobviousness: Federal Circuit Grants New Trial in Inline Plastics v. Lacerta

Patently O

The case, Inline Plastics Corp. 2022-1954 (Fed. These instructions explain the relevant law, legal standards, and how the jury should apply the law to the facts of the case when reaching a verdict. Lacerta Group, LLC , No. 27, 2024), involved patents relating to tamper-resistant and tamper-evident food containers.

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

Day on Torts

E2021-01513-COA-R3-CV, 2022 WL 16559447 (Tenn. 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. In Reiss v. Rock Creek Construction, Inc. , quoting Tenn.

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Supreme Court on Patent Law: November 2023

Patently O

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. 1713 (2022). See Amgen, Inc. Sanofi, 142 S.

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New rules on service outside Australia for the Federal Court of Australia

Conflict of Laws

The Federal Court Legislation Amendment Rules 2022 (Cth) (‘Amendment Rules’) came into force on 13 January 2023. Leave to serve turned on three conditions: the court had subject matter jurisdiction, the claim was of a kind mentioned in the rules, and the party had a prima facie case for any or all of the relief claimed: FCR r 10.43(4).

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Denial of Natural Justice as a Defence to Enforcement of a Chinese Judgment in Australia

Conflict of Laws

The agreement was seemingly contrary to Chinese law, which may have contributed to the clandestine character of communications underlying the agreement; see [30]. As such, the court shall enter default judgment according to the law. … Here, the Chinese Judgment was assessed according to the common law principles.