JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 29, 2022
In that case, a journalist with Forbes was sued for harsh characterizations of a lawyer and his practice. Judge Frank Easterbrook wrote that “although the article drips with disapproval of Wilkow’s (and the judges’) conduct, an author’s opinion about business ethics isn’t defamatory under Illinois law.”. Bower, 232 Cal.App.3d
Constitutional Law Reporter
JANUARY 31, 2022
During oral arguments held on January 7, two of the lawyers were forced to participate by phone due to testing positive for COVID-19. The post Justices Hear Oral Arguments in Four Cases appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter. Justice Sonia Sotomayor, a diabetic, also elected to participate remotely.
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JonathanTurley
SEPTEMBER 16, 2023
There are a couple torts that could be raises but neither would be compelling in this circumstance. The second tort is the inclusion upon seclusion. It would be illegal for Gibson to offer sex for money on the street under our prostitution laws. However, this was not a private fact. The Criminal Allegation Daniel P.
JonathanTurley
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
A firm, Lawyers for Civil Rights, in conjunction with the migrant-led nonprofit Alianza Americas, filed the action on behalf of Yanet Doe, Pablo Doe and Jesus Doe who are using pseudonyms for the action “on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated.” YouTube screengrab. ” Gov.
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 torts, there is no duty to rescue rule. Cf: Restatement, Torts, § 322. Indeed, I know of no law requiring an intervention in a violent crime scene anywhere in the country.
JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 9, 2020
The lawsuit strikes me as meritless under governing tort doctrines. Torts cases of defamation often turn common understanding of such expression as jokes or opinion. The lawsuit not only contradicts governing case law but threatens constitutional protections for free speech and the free press in seeking such tort relief.
JonathanTurley
MAY 23, 2021
” What is most interesting about this lawsuit is how it is arguably meritless under both tort and constitutional law. However, there has been little pushback from a host of lawyers who have spent months calling for sanctions against Republican lawyers for filing lawsuits viewed legally or factually meritless.
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