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Court rules against plaintiff seeking emotional distress damages for discrimination

SCOTUSBlog

Share The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled 6-3 against a plaintiff seeking emotional distress damages for alleged violations of certain federal anti-discrimination laws. Premier Rehab Keller PLLC , the court applied the contract-law inquiry to hold that Cummings could not recover damages for emotional distress.

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Court endorses private Section 1983 enforcement of spending clause enactments

SCOTUSBlog

Section 1983 provides a cause of action against any person acting under color of state law who deprives a person of “rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws” of the United States. Nothing in FNHRA hints that Section 1983 actions would thwart congressional intent.

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Specific Performance of Contract : Enforcing Contractual Rights

LexForti

Is there a way to enforce the original terms of the contract? The answer is ‘yes,’ and the solution lies in a powerful legal remedy known as ‘Specific Performance.’ Specific Performance is a unique legal concept in Indian Contract Law that allows you to enforce the exact terms of a contract.

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Be Careful Not to Unintentionally Bargain Away the Right to File IPRs

The IP Law Blog

The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has generally recognized that parties can bargain away these rights, including through forum selection clauses in contracts. To govern certain disputes after the expiration of the Covenant Term, the MCA further stated: [T]he Parties agree that all Potential Actions arising under U.S.

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Post-Default Creditor’s Right to Assign, License and Enforce Patent does not Disturb Patentee’s Separate Right to Sue Infringers

Patently O

Lack of any exclusionary rights against the defendant means the plaintiff has not suffered a legal injury and therefore lacks constitutional standing to sue for infringement. The court also rejected Zebra’s contention that Main Street’s non-exclusive ability to license the patent stripped IT its exclusionary rights.

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Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) 2/2022: Abstracts

Conflict of Laws

It gives information on newly adopted legal instruments and summarizes current projects that are presently making their way through the EU legislative process. It also refers to the laws enacted at the national level in Germany as a result of new European instruments. While the court left the decision between lit. a and lit.