Cause of Action Contract Court Litigation 
At the Lectern
JULY 6, 2023
Victory Woodworks , the Supreme Court today holds that employers currently can’t be sued for failing to prevent the spread of COVID-19 to employees’ household members. Allowing liability “would impose an intolerable burden on employers and society in contravention of public policy,” the court says. In Kuciemba v.
Conflict of Laws
MAY 31, 2021
In Nigerian judicial parlance, we have become accustomed to the principle that the issue of jurisdiction can be raised at any time, even at the Nigerian Supreme Court – the highest court of the land – for the first time. [1] On this basis the defendant/appellant argued that the court of Yobe State had exclusive jurisdiction.
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SCOTUSBlog
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
Talevski did not reveal a Supreme Court ready to reconsider or overrule a line of cases allowing private suits for damages in federal court under 42 U.S.C. Robbins responded that private litigation is antithetical to the substantial enforcement power and discretion FNHRA accords states and the secretary of health and human services.
SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 8, 2023
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. The court then applied its long-standing two-step analysis to conclude that FNHRA is enforceable through Section 1983.
LawSites
MARCH 21, 2024
Ai.law , a legal technology startup that uses artificial intelligence to generate litigation documents, has added a new module that will draft the complaint to initiate a lawsuit. The product, which is in beta, generates a Microsoft Word document formatted for the federal court system. Any issues likely to be contentious.
LawSites
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
Akin Gump filed a motion asking the court to dismiss Xcential’s counterclaims, arguing that they were barred by the Noerr-Pennington doctrine, a judicially-created doctrine that grants immunity from antitrust laws for legitimate petitioning conduct directed at any branch of government. Superior Court Judge Juliet J.
The IP Law Blog
MARCH 17, 2022
When entering into contracts, parties commonly include forum selection clauses to govern future litigation between the parties. 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. emphasis added).
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