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Journalists and lawyers sue CIA for spying on them while visiting WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange

JURIST

A group of journalists and lawyers sued the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Monday for illegally spying on them and violating their Fourth Amendment rights under the US Constitution while visiting Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. The group filed the lawsuit in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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DISCO Licenses vLex Library In Move To Combine Legal Analysis with Factual Analysis within Its Platform

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primary law library of cases, statutes, regulations, court rules and constitutions. The e-discovery company DISCO said today it has entered into a long-term license with the international legal research company vLex to obtain access to its U.S.

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August 2023 Update: List of China’s Cases on Recognition of Foreign Judgments

Conflict of Laws

786), the Beijing First Intermediate People’s Court ruled to recognize a German court’s bankruptcy ruling based on the principle of reciprocity. 3, where the Beijing Fourth Intermediate People’s Court ruled to recognize and enforce a trademark judgment of the Korean Supreme Court. 99 Trade Co.

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Plagiarism Police come for Winston & Strawn

Patently O

Although plagiarism is not a cause of action, copyright infringement is – and that serves as the basis of the lawsuit here. Additionally, the Opinion emphasizes lawyers’ duties under other ethics rules regarding competence, diligence, candor to the tribunal, and avoidance of frivolous filings.

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Statute of limitations extended to two years where defendant was given traffic citation after car accident.

Day on Torts

In April 2019, which was more than one year after the accident, plaintiff filed this personal injury action, arguing that instead of being subject to the standard one-year statute of limitations for personal injury claims, the statute of limitations for this case was extended to two years by virtue of Tenn. Code Ann. § 28-3-104(a)(2).

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Wrong defendants in certificate of good faith caption should have resulted in dismissal.

Day on Torts

The Court explained: Claimant’s complaint filed in the Claims Commission is a separate and independent action from the complaint against the other parties filed in circuit court. The Court continued its analysis by pointing out that one of its prior decisions supported dismissal in this case. In Dotson v. State , No.

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TPPA Petition to Dismiss Could Not Be Filed After Plaintiff Took Voluntary Dismissal.

Day on Torts

Looking to other caselaw analyzing what qualifies as a counterclaim under Rule 41.01, the Court explained: [W]e conclude that Defendant’s TPPA Petition to dismiss and request for attorney fees and sanctions would be considered a counterclaim within the meaning of Rule 41.01. internal citations and quotations omitted).

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