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Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Energy Law: Month in Review - May 2024

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Welcome to Dorsey’s Energy Law: Month in Review. We provide this update to our clients to identify significant developments in the previous month. ...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Communications Decency Act Does Not Bar Claims Against Social Media Companies Due To Mass Shooting

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A New York State trial court has held, in Patterson et al. v. Meta Platforms, Inc. et al., that the Communications Decency Act (CDA) does not preclude, as a matter of law, claims asserted against various social media...more

Marshall Dennehey

Federal Court Denies Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment After Further Analysis of “Corporate Liability”

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Jarka v. Holland, No. CV1301912GCTJB, 2023 WL 4551472 (D.N.J. Jul. 14, 2023) - This matter involved a collision between a train and a tractor-trailer. The plaintiff moved for summary judgement with respect to the defendants’...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Decentralized Autonomous Organizations: Piercing the Digital Veil

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A complaint filed in federal court will test the boundaries of protection from liability for individuals behind decentralized autonomous organizations. On May 2, 2022, a putative class action was filed in the US District...more

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Recent Hong Kong Court decision on a bank’s liability on its employee’s fraudulent conducts

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What happens when a Bank’s customer loses money due to a fraud perpetrated by an employee of the Bank? What, if any, remedies does the defrauded customer have against the Bank?...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Flying with COVID-19: Navigating Potential Passenger Claims Against Airlines

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On March 16, 2020, a U.S. carrier was held before takeoff at JFK International Airport in New York after a passenger alerted flight attendants that they were exposed to someone who had tested positive for coronavirus. The...more

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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Holds That Employers Have Duty to Protect Their Employees’ Data

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Dittman v. UPMC, 196 A.3d 1036 (Pa. 2018).  The Pennsylvania Supreme Court holds that employers have a legal duty to use reasonable care to safeguard sensitive personal information of their employees when the employer chooses...more

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Vedanta: UK Supreme Court takes the “straitjacket” off claims against parent companies in the English Courts

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On 10 April 2019, the UK Supreme Court handed down its judgment in Vedanta Resources PLC and anor. v Lungowe and others [2019] UKSC 20; a long awaited decision on parent company liability and the jurisdiction of English...more

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