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California federal judge dismisses Saudi Arabia analyst’s lawsuit against Twitter

JURIST

A federal California court Tuesday dismissed Ali Al-Ahmed’s lawsuit against Twitter Inc. US Judge Edward Chen for the US District Court for the Northern District of California ruled that Al-Ahmed’s amended complaint’s causes of action were time-barred and improperly pled. for suspending his account.

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No cause of action against employers for take-home COVID

At the Lectern

Responding to questions asked by the Ninth Circuit about California law, the court’s unanimous opinion by Justice Carol Corrigan precludes an action alleging a construction worker’s wife contracted COVID from her husband due to his employer’s failure to abide by government health orders at the beginning of the pandemic.

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Ninth Circuit Reaffirms That Parties Can Contractually Shorten Statute of Limitations Period for Copyright Infringement Claims

The IP Law Blog

The Ninth Circuit recently addressed the issue of whether parties can contractually agree to shorten the statute of limitations period for bringing a copyright infringement claim. Normally, the statute of limitations for a copyright violation is three years. In an unpublished opinion in the case, Evox Productions, LLC v.

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I See Dead People…Filing Lawsuits In New York

The IP Law Blog

New York’s post mortem right-of-publicity statute recently came into effect. Because the statute addressed privacy concerns that dissipated at death, such rights did not extend post mortem. written consent” can sue for an injunction and damages. The postmortem right attached to a “performer” does not expire.

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New York sues New Jersey over compact governing Port of New York and New Jersey

SCOTUSBlog

To create the compact, each state passed statutes and, as New York’s bill of complaint indicates is a constitutional requirement for interstate compacts, Congress consented as well. However, in 2018, New Jersey passed a statute to withdraw from the compact, and on Dec. City of Oakland, California v. However, the U.S. Ibarguen v.

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A quest to reclaim a Pissarro masterpiece hinges on the Erie doctrine

SCOTUSBlog

In 1951, it was acquired by a California gallery owner, who sold it to a Los Angeles collector. In 2005, after his petition was denied, Claude sued in federal district court in California, where he had lived since 1980. That question turned on whether California law or Spanish law governed. The full painting.

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Court limits standing in credit-reporting lawsuit

SCOTUSBlog

Ramirez came in a dispute that arose when a California man, Sergio Ramirez, attempted to buy a car. Although Congress has sometimes passed statutes that give someone a “cause of action” when a federal law has been violated, Kavanaugh wrote, that is not enough, by itself, to give a plaintiff the right to sue in federal court.

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