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Showing posts with label civil procedure. Show all posts
Showing posts with label civil procedure. Show all posts
Friday, March 1, 2024

State high court simplifies anti-SLAPP, draws picture

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Notwithstanding the merits of anti- SLAPP statutes—I've opined plenty , including a catalog of problems —the Supreme Judicial Court of ...
Monday, February 20, 2023

Judge teaches, supports professional development by encouraging appearance of junior attorneys

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In multi-district civil antitrust litigation over turkey prices, a federal magistrate judge in Illinois in the fall issued an unusual order...
Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Court sentences 'Hotel Rwanda' activist to 25 years; U.S. plaintiffs serve Greek airline in civil action

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Paul Rusesabagina ( NDLA : Creator: Erik Mårtensson/TT | Credit: TT Nyhetsbyrån CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 ) Real-life "Hotel Rwanda" protago...
Monday, February 8, 2021

UK court: Long arm of GDPR can't reach California*

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Image my composite of Atlantic Ocean by Tentotwo CC BY-SA 3.0 and "hand reach" from Pixabay by ArtsyBee , licensed *[UPDATE, ...
Thursday, October 15, 2020

Court: Family of elder-care resident may use rare 'bill for discovery' to investigate how broken foot occurred

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In an unusual case last week, the Massachusetts Appeals Court allowed a "bill for discovery" to proceed despite its arguable inco...
Wednesday, October 14, 2020

Trump supporter vs. MSNBC's Joy Reid heats up for round 2, following reversal on free speech issues

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It looks like the two-year-old defamation case by Trump supporter Roslyn La Liberte against MSNBC personality Joy Reid is about to heat up. ...
Monday, April 6, 2020

Colorful U.S. case of baroness, Swiss bank makes waves in international jurisdiction, student note reports

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Swiss banks in Geneva. Photo by torange.biz CC BY 4.0 . Spencer K. Schneider , my eminently able teaching and research assistant, has p...
Friday, April 3, 2020

Commonwealth wins two in tort: one, bad presentment; two, no duty to juvenile assaulted in contractor custody

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The Commonwealth prevailed in two tort suits under the Massachusetts Tort Claims Act at the end of February.  One case, a slip-and-fall, was...
Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Anti-SLAPP is not all it's cracked up to be

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John Oliver this week on Last Week revisited the defamation lawsuit he drew against HBO from Bob Murray and Murray Energy.  The piece brings...
Wednesday, October 9, 2019

Info reg round-up: French feud, global injunction, foreign discovery, and literal grains of paradise

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I've lately been swamped by developments in global information regulation.  Here's a round-up of highlights with links to read more....
Wednesday, September 11, 2019

Teachable torts, Patriots edition: Civil complaint against Antonio Brown

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Antonio Brown in 2014 (by Brook Ward CC BY-NC 2.0 ) New England news is afire today over the civil lawsuit filed against NFL Patriots ...
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Tuesday, August 13, 2019

Student prevails in part in UMass Amherst due process disciplinary case in First Circuit

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Last week the First Circuit held in favor of a student accused of a violent assault; however, the court largely upheld as constitutional th...
Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Mass. tort opinion journeys down coal hole of history

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A narrow decision from the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) today is important for keeping alive plaintiff personal injury claims ...
Sunday, January 27, 2019

Court dismisses prolonged suit against Government over 2009 Ft. Hood mass shooting

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From the Defense Department : "Jeffrey and Sheryll Pearson look at the portrait of their son, Army Pfc. Michael Pearson, before the...
Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Singapore Supreme Court rejects civil process torts

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In August, the Singapore Supreme Court refused to adopt the tort of abuse of process and refused to extend the tort of malicious prosecution...
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