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• Argentina: Supreme Court Agrees to hear Gay Marriage Case

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 158
  Supreme Court Justice Carlos Fayt said the highest tribunal is currently analyzing a ruling on the possible legalization of same-sex marriages, as the first gay wedding, scheduled for today, had been suspended following a court injunction. Alex and José María, two leaders of the gay community, were ...
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• Cert. grant in Morrison v. National Australia Bank: Is there federal subject-matter jurisdiction over "foreign-cubed" securities class action?

  
  Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog — Authority: 430
  Today the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Morrison v. National Australia Bank Ltd. (08-1191). The questions presented are: 1) Do anti-fraud provisions of U.S. securities laws extend to transnational frauds when (a) foreign-based parent company conducted substantial business in United...
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• Brevard County Florida: Domestic Violence Ignored

  
  Family Court Crisis-Abusers Getting Custody..!! — Authority: 144
  Note: Cross posted from [wp angelfury] A Human Rights Issue-Custodial Justice . Permalink Brevard County Florida: Domestic Violence Ignored Less than two weeks ago in Brevard County, there was a SWAT team standoff involving father Christopher Lynch holding his wife and children hostage ( see If ...
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• Brevard County Florida: Domestic Violence Ignored

  
  Battered Women, Battered Children, Custody Abuse — Authority: 144
  Note: Cross posted from [wp angelfury] A Human Rights Issue-Custodial Justice . Permalink Brevard County Florida: Domestic Violence Ignored Less than two weeks ago in Brevard County, there was a SWAT team standoff involving father Christopher Lynch holding his wife and children hostage ( see If ...
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• Prosecuting American War Crimes

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 176
  Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed "great regret" in August that the U.S. is not a signatory to the International Criminal Court (ICC). This has fueled speculation that the Obama administration may reverse another Bush policy and sign up for what could lead to the trial of Americans for war crimes in The ...
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• The 14 Amendment and American Progress Since The Civil War

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 506
  The 14 amendment to the constitution was born directly of post-civil war reconstruction and reformation. In an attempt to prevent racial discrimination and slavery from ever becoming a codified part of American life in the future, the 14 amendment was adopted on July 9, 1868. It also had the purpose of making the ...
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• Declaratory Judgment Action is dismissed for lack of actual controversy

  
  Delaware Patent Litigation Report — Authority: 120
  Microsoft Corporation v. Webxchange Inc. , C.A. No. 09-484-JJF, October 30, 2009. Farnan, J.   Defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction is granted. The patents-in-suit are directed to methods and systems for enabling transactions on a web or other networks.  Related ...
  1 week ago

• Breaking News -- Delhi HC on jurisdiction and the Banyan Tree case

  
  SPICY IP — Authority: 429
  A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court today made some key observations on jurisdictional issues in matters where the cause of action lies in that nebulous space called the World Wide Web. The judgement comes on a referral made by a Single Judge of the court last year in the Banyan Tree Case, which Kruttika had ...
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• Now in Congress: The Federal Courts Jurisdiction and Venue Clarification Act

  
  Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog — Authority: 430
  H.R. 4113 was introduced last week in the U.S. House of Representatives. It would amend sections of the U.S. Code dealing with: Diversity jurisdiction (28 U.S.C. 1332) Removal and remand (28 U.S.C. 1441 & 1446) Venue (revisions to 28 U.S.C....
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• De Minimis Sales Do Not Create Specific Jurisdiction

  
  Chicago IP Litigation Blog — Authority: 461
  Guiness World Records Ltd. v. John Doe, d/b/a World Records Academy , No. 09 C 2812, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Oct. 20, 2009) (Shadur, Sen. J.) Judge Shadur granted defendant World Records Academy’s (Academy”) Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(2) motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction in this trademark dispute ...
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• Creditor Jurisdiction Overseas – Jonny

  
  How to Get Out of Debt - Free Help — Authority: 155
  “Dear Steve, Moved overseas to New Zealand a couple years ago. Went overseas with about $8000USD in credit card debt. I’ve tried to pay it off but a couple “life accidents” with employers have left me at about the same amount. I’m setled in the South Pacific and have no intention of returning to the US to ...
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• Hollister v Soetoro – Hemenway lead attorney now. Berg, Joyce, Bauer request leave of case.

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 176
  Notice Filed Hollister v Soetoro I. JURISDICTIONAL STATEMENT A. The Basis for the District Court’s Subject Matter Jurisdiction The District Court had jurisdiction pursuant to the Federal Interpleader Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1335. Alternatively Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 22 and diversity under 28 U.S.C. § 1332 ...
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• Even More on Costs and “Sufficient Reason” to Sue in the BC Supreme Court

  
  ICBC Personal Injury Claims Lawyer Erik Magraken | Victoria & Vancouver Island BC — Authority: 125
  Further to my previous posts on this topic , reasons for judgement were released today considering whether to award a Plaintiff Supreme Court Costs in an ICBC Claim where the judgement amount was within the Small Claims Court’s jurisdiction. In today’s case ( Mohamadi v. Tremblay ) the Plaintiff was awarded ...
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• Chandigarh cyber cafes raided, many found flouting rules

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Chandigarh, Nov 20 (IANS) The Chandigarh police Friday conducted surprise raids at various cyber cafes in this union territory and found over a dozen cafes were not keeping proper records of the customers.“Surprise raids, under the supervision of the sub-divisional magistrate (south), were conducted today at cyber ...
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• Is the FCC Becoming the Federal Cloud Commission?

  
  Technology Liberation Front — Authority: 563
  Hmmm… What am I missing? I cannot lay my finger on a single line in the Communications Act of 1934, the Telecommunications Act of 1996, or any statute in between that gives the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) the authority to regulate cloud computing .  And yet, like any good stickler for jurisdictional ...
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• N.C. authorities want to know where Shaniya Davis was killed

  
  Entertainment News, Sports News, Celebrity News, African American Culture & Community News and Events - Bilal Ali Productions — Authority: 154
  Authorities in North Carolina said Wednesday that they will need to determine where the killing of a 5-year-old girl occurred before additional charges are filed in the case. The body of Shaniya Davis, who was reported missing in Fayetteville last week, was found Monday beside a road near Sanford, which is about 30 ...
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• N.C. authorities want to know where Shaniya Davis was killed

  
  Entertainment News, Sports News, Celebrity News, African American Culture & Community News and Events - Bilal Ali Productions — Authority: 154
  Authorities in North Carolina said Wednesday that they will need to determine where the killing of a 5-year-old girl occurred before additional charges are filed in the case. The body of Shaniya Davis, who was reported missing in Fayetteville last week, was found Monday beside a road near Sanford, which is about 30 ...
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• What, No Ticker-Tape Parade?

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 176
  Why is the Obama administration transferring Khalid Sheik Mohammed, who proudly proclaims himself the mastermind of the September 11 attacks, to a federal district court in New York? Has the defendant tired of the tropical breezes at Guantanamo? Would a change of scenery to the urban reaches of lower Manhattan improve ...
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• Puerto Rican Teen Brutally Slain in Alleged Hate Crime

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 158
  The body of a nineteen year-old boy was found decapitated, dismembered, and partially burnt in the Puerto Rican city of Cayey on Friday in what some suspect is an anti-gay bias crime.The Puerto Rico-based newspaper Primera Hora reported on Tuesday that a suspect has been arrested and two vehicles have been seized for ...
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• Premature Notice of Appeal Held in Abeyance Until Ripe; Date of Order Is Date It Is Entered on SJIS

  
  Alabama Appellate Watch — Authority: 120
  Two common procedural issues - what happens when a notice of appeal is filed prematurely and what is the effective date of an order - were addressed in Landry v. Landry, [Ms. 2080171, 2080372] (Ala. Civ. App. Nov. 6, 2009). In Landry , the trial court disposed of an action involving a petition to modify child ...
  2 weeks ago

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