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Arkansas Senate approves bill banning gender-affirming care for trans minors

JURIST

” The bill also establishes a private cause of action in which an individual may “assert an actual or threatened violation of this subchapter as a claim in a judicial or administrative proceeding and obtain compensatory damages, injunctive relief, declaratory relief, or any other appropriate relief.”

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I See Dead People…Filing Lawsuits In New York

The IP Law Blog

Its previous right-of-publicity laws were an extension of its statutory right of privacy which provided that “any person whose name [or likeness] is used within [New York] for advertising [or trade] purposes without. News, public affairs, and sports programs are also exempt from the statute.

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False Patent Marking as False Advertising: Overcoming Dastar

Patently O

The briefs also discuss, to a limited extend, patent law’s false marking statute, 35 U.S.C. § INTA argues that the existence of the false marking statute, which prohibits deceptively marking an unpatented article as patented, supports the notion that false claims about patent protection are actionable under the Lanham Act.

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Pay for Play: Will Student Athletes Receive Hundreds of Millions of Backpay in Antitrust Suit?

Fordham Law News

The lawsuit filed by Prince and House has three causes of action. [6] 14] The other three classes seek monetary damages, and they are broken up by sport. [15] 15] There is a proposed football and men’s basketball class, women’s basketball class, and other sports class. [16]. 25, 2022), [link]. [12] 12] Drew T.

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

Conflict of Laws

Julia H örnle, Professor of Internet Law, CCLS, Queen Mary University of London [1]. By contrast, courts in California and Canada have found a contractual jurisdiction and applicable law clause invalid as a matter of public policy in order to allow a class action privacy claim to proceed against Facebook. [6]

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An Urban Meyer Kick Could Cost The Jacksonville Jaguars Millions

Above The Law

Josh Lambo is suing the Jacksonville Jaguars on a single cause of action. The post An Urban Meyer Kick Could Cost The Jacksonville Jaguars Millions appeared first on Above the Law.

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Spooky Torts: The 2022 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

The plaintiff also brought criminal charges against the defendant’s son arising from this incident and the defendant’s son pleaded guilty to assault in the third degree (Penal Law § 120.00 [2]). In the United States, the original tortfeasor is liable for such injuries caused by negligent rescues. LEXIS 78. “On

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