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US Supreme Court rules that federal government can be liable under Fair Credit Reporting Act

JURIST

Kirtz relied on the FCRA for his cause of action, which requires an investigation after receiving notice of a dispute over the completeness or accuracy of any information provided to a consumer reporting agency. Kirtz notified his credit reporting agency, Trans Union, of the incorrect reporting of his loan.

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Supreme Court Upholds Corporate Personal Jurisdiction Laws

Constitutional Law Reporter

After he left the company, Mallory moved to Pennsylvania for a period before returning to Virginia. Mallory filed his lawsuit in Pennsylvania state court. In fact, Norfolk Southern has registered to do business in Pennsylvania in light of its “regular, systematic, [and] extensive” operations there. Bauman , 571 U.S. 915 (2011).

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U.S. Supreme Court Renders Personal Jurisdiction Decision

Conflict of Laws

Supreme Court yesterday upheld the constitutionality of Pennsylvania’s corporate registration statute, even though it requires out-of-state corporations registering to do business within the state to consent to all-purpose (general) personal jurisdiction. This post is by Maggie Gardner, a professor of law at Cornell Law School.

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

SCOTUSBlog

To create the compact, each state passed statutes and, as New York’s bill of complaint indicates is a constitutional requirement for interstate compacts, Congress consented as well. However, in 2018, New Jersey passed a statute to withdraw from the compact, and on Dec. However, the U.S. Disclosure : Goldstein & Russell, P.C.,

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December 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

The companies filed their brief on November 16, arguing that the Fourth Circuit erred by concluding that it was limited to reviewing removal based on the federal-officer removal statute. Religious Order Sought Damages Under Religious Freedom Restoration Act from Pipeline Developer.

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Spooky Torts: The 2022 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

The Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom in Pennsylvania tells customers that, if they come to their Halloween Haunt, “ Fear is waiting for you.” Pennsylvania is a comparative negligence state so contributory negligence by the plaintiffs would not be a bar to recovery. See Pennsylvania General Assembly Statute §7102.

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Spooky Torts: The 2021 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

The Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom in Pennsylvania tells customers that, if they come to their Halloween Haunt, “ Fear is waiting for you.” Pennsylvania is a comparative negligence state so contributory negligence by the plaintiffs would not be a bar to recovery. See Pennsylvania General Assembly Statute §7102.

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