JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Despite this history, a new decision out of the High Court is still shocking in its implications for further attacks on free speech. The court ruled that newspapers and television stations that post articles on social media sites like Facebook are liable for other third party comments on those posts. 47 U.S.C. § 230(e)(3).

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

2255, which allows victims of child pornography to bring a civil cause of action. The district court agreed with the defendants and dismissed the complaint with prejudice. Mr. Elden appealed that dismissal to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal. Days before Christmas 2023, the Ninth Circuit issued its opinion in Elden v.

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Conflict of Laws

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

courts cannot exercise personal jurisdiction and thus cannot apply U.S. laws extraterritorially even when Congress wants them to. The Helms-Burton Act (one of the laws about which China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs complains) is an example of this. Supreme Court has held that U.S. law in significant ways.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

The litigation over last year’s lettuce recall has only just started due to the statute of limitations. The cases from injuries last year are just now being filed under the statute of limitations, but it has been another bumper crop of Thanksgiving torts. Some things are happily left out of the courts.

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