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A Critique On The Territorial Jurisdiction Of Courts In India

LexForti

Furthermore, the aforementioned provision also stipulates that the suit may also be filed before the court within the local limits of the opponent, wherein a part or the whole of the cause of action is witnessed to arise. Where part or whole of the cause of action arises. In the case of A.B.C. Laminart Private Limited v.

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Nirvana Stuck in Lawsuit Over Nevermind Album Cover

The IP Law Blog

2255, which allows victims of child pornography to bring a civil cause of action. Mr. Elden will now have an opportunity to litigate whether the Nevermind album cover is in fact child pornography and whether he is entitled to at least some amount of damages as a result for distribution of the album after 2011.

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How to Criticize U.S. Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (Part I)

Conflict of Laws

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. Congress clearly intended its cause of action for trafficking in confiscated property to discourage non-U.S. companies from investing in Cuba.

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TURKEY TORTS (2020)

JonathanTurley

The litigation over last year’s lettuce recall has only just started due to the statute of limitations. Indeed, this year saw repeated warnings of aggressive wild turkeys during mating season causing accidents and injuries. The result is a horn of plenty for litigators. Of course, some accidents have happy endings.

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Carter Page Files $75 Million Lawsuit Against The FBI, Comey, McCabe, and Others

JonathanTurley

Here are the counts: FIRST CAUSE OF ACTION FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE ACT (OCTOBER 21, 2016 FISA WARRANT – ORIGINAL) (Against All Individual Defendants). SECOND CAUSE OF ACTION FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE ACT (JANUARY 12th, 2017 FISA WARRANT – FIRST RENEWAL) (Against All Individual Defendants).