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(Accident attorney tampa) Bonner v. Perry

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(U.S. 6th Cir., Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure) In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action based on alleged sexual harassment by a prison official, the dismissal of the complaint on statute of limitations grounds is affirmed, where a prior Sixth Circuit decision held that the Kentucky statute of limitations for Section 1983 purposes was one year.

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(Tampa bankruptcy attorney) US v. Park Place Assocs., Ltd.

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(U.S. 9th Cir., Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Law) In an action seeking to confirm an arbitration award against the United States, the confirmation of the award is vacated, where the U.S. had not waived its sovereign immunity with respect to claims brought against it in the District Court, and thus the District Court lacked jurisdiction to confirm the award.

Tur v. YouTube, Inc.

(U.S. 9th Cir., Civil Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Per Curiam) In a copyright infringement action that Plaintiff voluntarily dismissed, Defendant’s appeal from the denial of summary judgment is dismissed, where the appeal was moot because the fact that the resolution of the order might have preclusive effect in another action did not create subject matter jurisdiction.

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(Tampa florida lawyer) In re Sony BMG Entm’t

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(U.S. 1st Cir., Civil Procedure, Copyright, Cyberspace Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Media Law) In an action related to a copyright infringement trial, petition challenging an order permitting gavel-to-gavel webcasting of a hearing in a civil case is granted and the matter remanded where a district court judge does not have the authority to permit webcasting of a civil matter. The ruling forbidding enforcement of the order is based on the fact that the court erred in its broad interpretation of Local Rule 83.3, and that both the Judicial Conference of the United States and First Circuit Judicial Council support a narrow interpretation of the rule and have passed policies against the broadcasting of civil court proceedings.

In re Kubin

(U.S. Fed. Cir., Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent) In a patent action relating a classic biotechnology invention, Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences decision rejection plaintiff’s patent application is affirmed where the Board did not err in rejecting plaintiff’s claims as obvious under 35 U.S.C. sec. 103(a), as plaintiff’s methodology in the patent was essentially the same as the methodologies and teachings in prior patents and scientific works.

World Fin. Group, Inc. v. HBW Ins.
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Fin. Serv., Inc.

(Cal. App., Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Trade Secrets) In an action involving trade secrets and confidential information, trial court’s denial of defendant’s Anti-SLAPP motion to strike the complaint filed against them by plaintiff is affirmed where defendants failed to meet their burden of proof to show plaintiff’s complaint was based on defendant’s protected activity arising out of acts done in furtherance of their free speech rights.

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