JURIST

MARCH 7, 2024

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed a bill into law Wednesday night shielding in vitro fertilization (IVF) providers from legal liability, moments after it was passed by the legislature. The legislative effort to protect IVF providers from litigation followed criticism resulting from the Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 17, 2020

A judge for the US District Court for the Middle District of Alabama dismissed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the state’s COVID-19 mask mandate. Parties, causes of action, injuries, causation, and redressability should be specific and match. The court found that the complaint was a “shotgun complaint.”

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 8, 2024

Since 1986, bankruptcy cases in Alabama or North Carolina have been administered by trustees appointed by the judicial branch, while all other cases have been administered by the U.S. But the Alabama and North Carolina trustees had charged much less than fees charged in other states, with the deficit coming out of the judiciary budget.

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Strictly Business

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Similarly, all states, excluding Alabama and South Dakota, have adopted legislation requiring businesses to notify individuals if their personally identifiable information has been subject to a security breach. In addition, companies have been held liable for failing to adhere to their privacy policies.

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Laws Government Litigation Litigating 52

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Alabama Federal Court Dismissed Challenge to TVA Environmental Review of Rate Changes for Distributed Energy. Maui asserted causes of action for public nuisance, private nuisance, strict liability failure to warn, negligent failure to warn, and trespass. Oceana, Inc. Ross , No. 1:12-cv-00041 (D.D.C.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 30, 2022

People are seeking the closure of the houses located in Summertown, Tennessee and Huntsville, Alabama. The retailer filed a motion for partial summary judgment as to plaintiffs’ cause of action for failure to warn. The trial court granted the motion and dismissed the actions against the manufacturers.

Tort 36

Tort Litigation Litigating Manufacturing 36

JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 31, 2021

People are seeking the closure of the houses located in Summertown, Tennessee and Huntsville, Alabama. The retailer filed a motion for partial summary judgment as to plaintiffs’ cause of action for failure to warn. The trial court granted the motion and dismissed the actions against the manufacturers.

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