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Constitutional Law Reporter
JANUARY 26, 2023
Supreme Court returned to the bench this week to begin their February session. In the most high-profile case of the week, the Court addressed the scope of the attorney-client privilege when an attorney provides both legal and non-legal advice. The Ohio Adjutant General’s Department v. Muth , 491 U.S.
Constitutional Law Reporter
SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
By a vote of 5-4, the justices held that only a plaintiff concretely harmed by a defendant’s violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) has Article III standing to seek damages against that private defendant in federal court. The District Court ruled that all class members had Article III standing on each of the three statutory claims.
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Conflict of Laws
MAY 9, 2023
Written by Zuzanna Nowicka , lawyer at the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights and lecturer at Department of Logic and Legal Argumentation at University of Warsaw In the aftermath of the judgment of the ICJ of 2012 in the case of the Jurisdictional Immunities of the State (Germany v. It is supposed to take place on May 23, 2023.
JonathanTurley
OCTOBER 19, 2021
We also discussed a torts case involving a delay in calling police, but that case involved people who were deemed partially responsible for a death. In 2009, the New York courts ruled that Metro workers were not legally required to assist a woman being raped at a station. In torts, there is no duty to rescue rule.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
APRIL 8, 2022
On February 8, 2022, the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic gave its final approval to the proposed constitutional law A.C.3156-B 3156-B providing environmental protection amendments to Articles 9 and 41 of the Italian Constitution. By Riccardo Luporini, Matteo Fermeglia, and Maria Antonia Tigre. 179/2019 ).
JonathanTurley
MARCH 7, 2021
Meghan just won a case against Associated Newspapers and the ruling by London High Court Judge Mark Warby should be a concern for anyone who values the freedom of the press. Moreover, our tort for the public disclosure of embarrassing private facts has an exclusion for “newsworthy” stories. F-R Publishing Corp.,
JonathanTurley
APRIL 28, 2021
Indeed, he would likely be protected from tort liability. On the rule itself, the Court wrote: Lastly, it is urged that Bigan failed to take the necessary steps to rescue Yania from the water. Cf: Restatement, Torts, § 322. The language of this Court in Brown v. Bigan , 397 Pa. 316, 155 A.2d French, 104 Pa.
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