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Access to Justice Requires Access to Law. So Why Aren’t the Advocates of Each More Closely Aligned?

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Yet when Malamud and his organization Public.Resource.Org , sought to publish the official statutes of the state of Georgia, the state sued him , accusing him in its court filing of engaging in “terrorism.” Arkansas, Idaho, Mississippi, New Mexico and Tennessee all do as well, according to Malamud. “If Public.Resource.Org, Inc.

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Spooky Torts: The 2022 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

Courts regularly exclude injuries associated with the exercise of free speech or artistic expression. in the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego, alleged negligence and assault. However, Superior Court Judge Katherine Bacal granted a motion to dismiss based on assumption of the risk. Again, the court agreed.

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Spooky Torts: The 2021 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

Courts regularly exclude injuries associated with the exercise of free speech or artistic expression. in the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego, alleged negligence and assault. However, Superior Court Judge Katherine Bacal granted a motion to dismiss based on assumption of the risk. Again, the court agreed.

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The CISG Applies to Hong Kong and Mainland China Now: Shall Macau Follow Suit?

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Chi is now working as a legal counsel at the Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration (SCIA) and the South China International Arbitration Center (Hong Kong) (SCIAHK). Contrary to international tribunals and the Court of Appeal of Singapore’s confirmative and liberal stances, Chinese government and commentators said no. [7]

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Spooky Torts: The 2023 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

On June 15, 2023, the court issued the ultimate judgment not only on the torts claims but perhaps the state of our politics. Louis, a Missouri court was faced with a claim from Carly Munoz who in 2019 sent to Six Flags’ Fright Fest with her cousin. Again, the court agreed. In another June 2023 decision in Munoz v.

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Daddy Dearest: Hunter Forced to Appear in Arkansas in Fight Over His Child’s Name and Support

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On Monday, Hunter Biden will finally make it to Arkansas. Despite Joe Biden long campaigning against deadbeat dads , his son refused to acknowledge that he was the father of Navy Joan and, after a court forced him to confirm his paternity through DNA testing, he continued to fight support for his child. Yet, the DNA did not lie.