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Balenciaga’s Bondage Bears: Company Sues Over the Inclusion of Supreme Court Opinion in Ad Campaign

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The company, however, could face some significant legal challenges over its own role in the campaign. There is a common legal maxim, Volenti non fit injuria, or “to a willing person, it is not a wrong.”. The campaign led to an immediate global backlash : Alison H.Centofante. AlisonHowardC. “The Balenciaga ad is disgusting.

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Second Circuit Refutes Allegations Involving Law Clerk in Mediaite, Above the Law, and Other Publications

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’ That last line will be discussed shortly, but Mediaite (a site founded by ABC Chief Legal Analyst Dan Abrams) said that it had multiple sources on the story. Remember federal appellate clerkships are very competitive and serve in the legal industry as bona fides of excellence. Reader’s Digest Association , 443 U.S.

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The mining company argued that the district court should not have issued the injunction without hearing legal arguments and factual evidence on the appropriate remedy, and without weighing the mandatory factors for a mandatory injunction. The court also dismissed defamation and related state tort claims. 349-6-16WNCV (Vt.

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