Day on Torts

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The homeowner who had hired the roofing company had entered into a separate contract with DSS, an equipment company, and rented scaffolding from them. After discovery, DSS filed a motion for summary judgment, which the trial court granted. Plaintiff then amended his complaint to assert claims against DSS as well.

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 27, 2024

So historically, the rules on service would authorise ‘service out’ when there was an appropriate connection between the subject matter of the claim and the court’s territory. Defendants in any other foreign country are captured by the rules of the forum court. See Agar v Hyde , CLR 572 [16].

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Day on Torts

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Goodall had contracted with a construction company to build the sidewalk, which was substantially completed in September 2006. Note: Chapter 41, Section 7 and Chapter 89, Sections 1 and 6 of Day on Torts: Leading Cases in Tennessee Tort Law has been updated to include this decision. internal citation omitted).

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 30, 2021

Since Foster v Driscoll [1929] 1 KB 470, common law courts have recognised that contracts made with the intention to commit a criminal offence in a foreign state are unenforceable, even if the contract contemplated an alternative mode or place of performance.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Concepcion , Justice Antonin Scalia wrote for the majority that the Federal Arbitration Act requires lower courts to “place arbitration agreements on an equal footing with other contracts.” Although the district court ruled that Sundance had waived its arbitration argument by not making it earlier, the U.S. In Morgan v.

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Day on Torts

MARCH 12, 2021

The trial judge in this case specifically found defendant to be a credible witness, and the Court ruled that “[g]iving due deference to the trial court’s credibility determination, the record supports the trial court’s conclusion that [plaintiff] failed to prove that [defendant] intentionally misrepresented the amounts owed.”.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

JANUARY 4, 2024

The paralegal is the team member who is searching the case database for potential evidence (emails, text messages, memos, contracts, etc.) All of the work that a litigation paralegal does is usually tied to a deadline set by the court rules or the judge. Prepare for depositions, mediations, and arbitrations. What does that mean?

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Day on Torts

AUGUST 12, 2021

WTMG is a governmental entity under the definitions in the Governmental Tort Liability Act. According to plaintiff, this was enough to show that defendant was not an employee of WTMG, but the Court disagreed. Next, the Court looked at whether defendant received the same benefits as other employees.

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 29, 2023

Coester-Waltjen: Non-Recognition of “Child Marriages“ Concluded Abroad and Constitutional Standards The Federal Supreme Court raised the question on the constitutionality of one provision of the new law concerning “child marriages” enacted by the German legislator in 2017. 13 ss 3 no 1 EGBGB). 7(1) of the Brussels Ibis Regulation.

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Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 12, 2020

Given the importance of some of such cases, the CPL empowers Chinese courts the jurisdiction over actions involving contract disputes or disputes over property rights against a non-resident defendant if certain conditions are satisfied. Article 265 of the CPL prescribes the following: [11].

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 19, 2021

Historically, Nigerian courts have always exercised jurisdiction over a defined subject matter within a clearly specified territory as provided for under the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) (the “Constitution”). A common example is a breach of contract claim. [4] Hans Mehr (Nigeria) and Anor.

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Conflict of Laws

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

To determine whether an act is commercial, “a PRC court shall undertake an overall consideration of the act’s nature and purpose.” Convention, the FSIL deals separately with employment contracts (Article 8) and intellectual property cases (Article 11). It is unclear if Chinese courts applying the FSIL will reach the same conclusion.

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Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 13, 2022

It is also claimed that TikTok’s terms and conditions violate the Unfair Contract Terms Directive (UCTD – 93/13/EEC) and the relevant provisions of the Dutch Civil Code. International jurisdiction of the Amsterdam District Court. The claims against non-EU based TikTok entities.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 30, 2021

The focus is on the question how tort claims are connected if the contracting partners have agreed on confidentiality terms, in particular under a non-disclosure agreement. In case the agreement of the parties is ruled by the laws of a Non-European state, it is doubtful whether the harmonized European trade secret law is applicable.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 3, 2023

Such agreements concluded in advance of any occurred damage are conceivable between individual links of the value chain, such as between employees and subcontractors (in employment contracts) or between different suppliers along the chain (in purchase and supply agreements). EU law does not expressly prohibit such derogation.

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 19, 2021

Eichel: Choice of Court Agreements and Rules of Interpretation in the Context of Tort or Anti-trust Claims. In its rulings CDC (C-352/13) and Apple Sales (C-595/17) the ECJ gave a boost to the discussion on the range of choice of court agreements vis-à-vis antitrust claims. 1 Brussels Ia Regulation/Art.

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Patently O

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

ten years ago—at least in part due to longstanding common law rules on champerty, maintenance, [3] and patent law’s relative high risk—today third-party litigation funding (TPLF) [4] undergirds about 30% of all patent litigation, by conservative estimates. [5] 604C (2021); Nonrecourse Civil Litigation Advance Contracts, Ohio Rev.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

The filing is particularly interesting because it focuses not as much on the BDSM or bondage bears being marketed by Balenciaga, but the inclusion the image of a child pornography court ruling. The company, however, could face some significant legal challenges over its own role in the campaign.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

The court, which did not address the plaintiffs’ arguments regarding alleged inadequacies in the climate change-related analyses, found that the plaintiffs failed to demonstrate a likelihood of success on the merits or that they would suffer irreparable harm. Ministry of Economic Affairs (Taipei Administrative Court).

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

In addition, the court found that the company had failed to show that the alleged RICO violations proximately caused injury to its business or property. The court also dismissed defamation and related state tort claims. On October 4 , the federal district court for the Northern District of California vacated the U.S.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 10, 2024

The alleged bribes in contracts in the Indian territories would have constituted impeachable offenses, but Belknap had already left office. The courts have long recognized that presidents are allowed to establish priorities in the enforcement of federal laws, even when those priorities tend to lower enforcement for certain groups or areas.

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