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Account holders sue PayPal for allegedly withholding account funds

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Account holders Thursday filed a class action lawsuit against PayPal in the US District Court for the Northern District of California. Plaintiffs also alleged the tort of conversion, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, and unjust enrichment.

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New York Times Loses Effort to Block Kai Spears Defamation Action

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” As a sports figure, such allegations can have a major impact on his future contracts both with teams and advertisers. We have previously discussed retraction statutes that can limit damages or actions. Spears objected to Times suggesting that he was “involved” in the “fatal January shooting.”

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November 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Oregon Supreme Court Said Public Trust Doctrine Did Not Impose Obligation to Protect Resources from Climate Change. With respect to the scope of the doctrine, the Supreme Court said the public trust doctrine extends both to the State navigable waters and to the State’s submerged and submersible lands. (A FEATURED CASE. Chernaik v.

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The “Royal We” Provision: Newly Released Settlement Favors Prince Andrew as One of Epstein’s “Other Defendants”

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However, such settlements often extend beyond the state of execution and this agreement expressly refers to any actions that Guiffre could bring in “state or federal” courts. While the U.S. Yet, it is not clear that Prince Andrew could not have been a defendant in that action.

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Bankruptcy Court Said California City and Counties Could Not Sue Coal Company for Climate Change Impacts. A federal bankruptcy court in Missouri enjoined San Mateo and Marin Counties and the City of Imperial Beach (the plaintiffs) from pursuing their climate change lawsuits against Peabody Energy Corporation (Peabody). FEATURED CASE.

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