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Justices side with Puerto Rico’s financial oversight board in public records dispute

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The case involves a strange entity, the Financial Oversight and Management Board, created under a 2016 federal statute, known as PROMESA, to take control of and restructure the deeply mal-administered finances of Puerto Rico. One involves “a statute [that] says in so many words that it is stripping immunity from a sovereign entity.”

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New York sues New Jersey over compact governing Port of New York and New Jersey

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In earlier litigation, the Waterfront Commission sued the New Jersey governor to prevent him from enforcing the law. New York State Department of Tax and Finance. However, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit agreed with the governor that state sovereign immunity barred the suit. O’Donnell & Sons, Inc.

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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shareholders return to the court after Collins

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The court heard one set of these suits in 2020, against the Treasury Department and the agency created as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s conservator, the Federal Housing Finance Agency. They filed a series of lawsuits against the government. Coinbase, Inc.

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Two cases alleging disability-based discrimination

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Issue : Whether the subjective element of the “sham litigation” exception to Noerr-Pennington immunity may be met by an inference from a finding that a challenged lawsuit was objectively baseless, even without evidence that the antitrust defendant actually believed the suit lacked merit or was indifferent to the outcome. M&T Bank.

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Has the Battle Just Begun for Collective Action against Big Tech Companies?

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Given the power of Big Tech Companies, their enormous financial resources, cross-jurisdictional reach and their global impact on users’ privacy, there are two main litigation challenges for successfully bringing a privacy claim against Big Tech. 3] Secondly, the challenge is how to finance mass claims, involving millions of affected users.

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The Nigerian Court of Appeal recently revisits the principles for the grant of Mareva Injunction

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The remedy of a Mareva injunction (or freezing injunction) was developed as a means of curtailing this form of bad litigation tactics by a judgment debtor. i) that he has a cause of action against the defendant which is justiciable in Nigeria: [10] See – Siskina (Owners of Cargo lately laden on borad) v distas Compania S.A

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The Gucci Family Hints at Litigation Again as House of Gucci Hits Theaters

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Gucci family members hinted at potential litigation in connection with the highly-anticipated release of the House of Gucci this past week. The post The Gucci Family Hints at Litigation Again as House of Gucci Hits Theaters appeared first on The Fashion Law.