SCOTUSBlog

AUGUST 10, 2023

Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit confirming the plan were allowed to stand, it “would leave in place a roadmap for wealthy corporations and individuals to misuse the bankruptcy system to avoid mass tort liability.” 2021, a bankruptcy court in Delaware confirmed the reorganization plan, over the objection of (among others) the U.S.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

In celebration of Thanksgiving, I give you our annual Turkey Torts of civil and criminal cases that add liability to libations on this special day (with past cases at the bottom). Indeed, the torts and crimes recorded this year seem painfully reminiscent of this loathsome year. She also threatened another woman with a carving knife.

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Conflict of Laws

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Thus, the general rule of the place of tort applies equally to corporations and private individuals. [1] I have tackled these (and other) matters in my recent article published in the 45 (3) Delaware Journal of Corporate Law 469-530 (2021) [link]. [1] L 199) 40 (EC), art 4 (1). [2]

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Only when it became a public embarrassment did the Bidens send Major to Delaware. He was then sent away to Delaware with Champ. I have taught torts for three decades, including animal liability. Major was adopted in November 2018 from an animal shelter. He then proceeded to continue to bite agents and staff.

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Fordham Law News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

They all used bankruptcy to try to get out of mass tort claims. [1] 7] The first step is to create a new corporation, usually in a business friendly state like Texas or Delaware. [8] 8] The second step is to then transfer the tort liabilities into the new corporations. [9] 4] This strategy is known as the Texas two-step. [5]

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 19, 2023

Many of us who teach in the areas of tort and constitutional law were uneasy over the impact of a verdict in light of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in New York Times v. Fox was recently hit by damaging rulings by Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric Davis in clearing the path for the lawsuit. Sullivan in the 1960s.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

To paraphrase Hamlet, there is “something rotten” in the state of Delaware. Filings in the Delaware Supreme Court this week were made public in the litigation involving Mac Isaac, the owner of the computer repair shop where Hunter Biden abandoned his now infamous laptop. and it is not the authenticity of this laptop.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 30, 2022

The “one free bite rule” is a commonly misunderstood torts doctrine — suggesting that you are not subject to strict liability until after the first time your dog bites someone. He was then sent away to Delaware with Champ. Under the common law, the Bidens could claim that Major and Champ were entitled to “one free bite.”

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Delaware v. On November 4, the court sua sponte stayed proceedings pending completion of briefing on the anticipated motion to remand in the County of Maui case. District of Columbia v. Exxon Mobil Corp. , 1:20-cv-01932 (D.D.C.): Defendants submitted their opposition to the remand motion on October 15, 2020. BP America Inc. ,

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 12, 2022

Twitter, Inc is incorporated in Delaware, and has various subsidiaries around the world; Twitter International Company , for example, is incorporated in Ireland and responsible as data controller for users that live outside of the United States. ‘Twitter’ is not a monolithic entity. 4] Dow Jones & Co Inc v Gutnick (2002) 210 CLR 575. [5]

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 17, 2023

In the 42-page filing below in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware includes six privacy-related counts. Instead, he claims that the provision is void under a Delaware law setting a period of a year to obtain lawful ownership over abandoned property. The Justice Department seized the laptop over a year ago.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 8, 2021

On May 24, 2021, the mandate issued for the Second Circuit’s judgment affirming dismissal of New York City’s tort law-based case against fossil fuel companies. On May 19, 2021, the federal district court for the District of Delaware heard oral argument on Delaware’s motion to remand. Delaware v. Chevron Corp. BP p.l.c. ,

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 9, 2021

The Biden German Shepherds have been sent back to Delaware after “Major” was involved in a “biting incident” with a White House security officer. If nothing else, it allows me to talk about two of my favorite subjects: dogs and torts. It is often said the every dog gets one free bite in American torts.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Sullivan have long limited tort law where it would undermine the first amendment. ” Finally, there is the potential conflict with the First Amendment similar to the Westboro case on the emotional distress tort action. The Court in cases like New York Times v. Once again, I have no problem with Hill going after her husband.

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