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Government immunity narrowed for non-tort claims

At the Lectern

Santa Clara County, which operates a plan, had asserted that a separate statutory scheme — the Government Claims Act — immunizes it from reimbursement lawsuits when the provider doesn’t have a contract with the plan. California State Lottery Com. ” (Link added.) ” (Link added.) .” 1998) 68 Cal.App.4th

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Account holders sue PayPal for allegedly withholding account funds

JURIST

Account holders Thursday filed a class action lawsuit against PayPal in the US District Court for the Northern District of California. PayPal also allegedly violated the Electronic Funds Transfer Act and the California Business & Professions Code.

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Christmas Torts: The 2020 Listing Of Holiday Mishaps and Madness

JonathanTurley

’Tis the season for the Christmas tort. Thus, each year we gather for the posting of the annual list of Christmas torts and crimes. This year’s Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center had its own inter-species tort when an owl was found in a tree driven from upstate New York. So blame it on my contracts colleagues.

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States Expand Non-Disclosure Bans For Workplace Discrimination

The Crime Report

The expansion comes following years of reform introducing restrictions that prevent companies from creating contracts that restrict victims of sexual misconduct or harassment from coming forward.

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Ninth Circuit sends economic loss rule question to the Supreme Court in case against Uber

At the Lectern

The Ninth Circuit yesterday asked the Supreme Court to resolve a question of California law that will decide a federal action against Uber arising from the alleged improper launch of the company’s ridesharing platform in Argentina. Asked and answered: California Supreme Court responses to Ninth Circuit questions.

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Australia’s statutist orthodoxy: High Court confirms the extraterritorial scope of the Australian Consumer Law in the Ruby Princess COVID-cruise case

Conflict of Laws

She asserted claims in tort and under the Australian Consumer Law ( ACL ) in schedule 2 to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) ( CCA ) against companies behind the ship: Carnival plc and its subsidiary, Princess Cruise Lines Ltd (together, Princess ). The case has an obvious cross-border flavour. The ship is registered in Bermuda.

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Students Sue California Lutheran University For Slander Over College Skit

JonathanTurley

Students at California Lutheran University have filed a federal defamation lawsuit against the school for defamation and false light after the school denounced softball players and coaches as racists for a college skit. ” There are 13 claims: FIRST CAUSE OF ACTION FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT. SECOND CAUSE OF ACTION FOR SLANDER.