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

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Share This week we highlight cert petitions (and one original action ) that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, whether New Jersey can withdraw from its Waterfront Commission Compact with New York concerning governance and law enforcement over the Port of New York and New Jersey.

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I See Dead People…Filing Lawsuits In New York

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New York’s post mortem right-of-publicity statute recently came into effect. 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.

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Justices to review standing requirements for suits based on misleading securities registration statements

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In response to the catastrophic stock-market declines that set off the Great Depression, Congress enacted, along with a variety of other statutes, the Securities Act of 1933. A direct listing, approved by the New York Stock Exchange in the last decade, works differently.

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Update: Upcoming Hearings on Motions to Dismiss Climate Change Nuisance Cases in California and New York

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Keenan of the Southern District of New York will hear oral argument on the motions to dismiss filed in City of New York v. a case in which New York City alleges these same companies’ same activities constitute a public nuisance and trespass under New York State law. BP P.L.C. ,

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Venue over Foreign Defendant; and Seeking Rehearing before Mandamus

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as well as claims under the Lanham Act (false advertisement & product disparagement) and under New York State Law (product disparagement, tortious interference, etc). But, instead of suing in New York, AudioEye sued in W.D. AudioEye sued accessiBe for patent infringement (US10423709, et al.) Kockum Industries, Inc.,

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A quest to reclaim a Pissarro masterpiece hinges on the Erie doctrine

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It eventually travelled to New York and then to Saint Louis, Missouri, where it remained until 1976. In support of this argument, the museum points to both the text of the statute and the circumstances of its enactment: Congress removed foreign states from ordinary diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C.

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Condé Nast Says Models Are “Inhibiting Free Speech” in Vogue Runway Lawsuit

The Fashion Law

On the heels of the high fashion retailer and the magazine publisher pushing back against the models’ claims in respective motions to dismiss, and a New York federal court stripping down the case, Condé Nast is trying to get the rest of the case – including the plaintiffs’ right of publicity and unjust enrichment claims – tossed out. .

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