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SCOTUS | Whether Philadelphia’s refusal to contract with a Catholic agency for providing foster care services unless they agree to certify same-sex couples as foster parents violates the First Amendment?

Supreme Court of The United States: While looking into the question that whether the city of Philadelphia violated the First Amendment by

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[Custodial death] SL SC | Violation of Constitution provisions; lawful heirs/ dependents entitled to institute proceedings for the infringement of rights

Supreme Court of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: Full Bench of P. Padman Surasena, Janak De Silva and M.A. Samayawardhena,

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SL SC | Decision-maker owes a duty to Court to disclose reasons for decision; Art. 12 (1) of Constitution found to be violated

Supreme Court of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: Full Bench of P. Padman Surasena, Janak De Silva and Mahinda Samayawardhena,

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Amul Dairy secures major win in a trademark infringement case in Federal Court of Canada

Federal Court of Ontario (Canada): In an Intellectual Property battle the Bench of Alan S. Diner, J., had granted major win to

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SCOTUS | Assignor estoppel applies only when assignor’s claim of invalidity contradicts explicit or implicit representations he made in assigning the patent

Supreme Court of The United States: While deciding the patent dispute between Minerva Surgicals and Hologic Inc., the Court made certain significant

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Are expert accountants tortiously liable for negligent professional advice? UK SC holds Grant Thornton liable for causing £26.7m loss to Manchester Building Society

Supreme Court of United Kingdom: The 7-Judges Bench comprising of Lord Reed, President Lord Hodge, Dy. President, Lady Black. Lord Kitchin, Lord

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“America’s public schools are nurseries of democracy”- SCOTUS rules in favour of student suspended for her off-campus improper Snapchat posts criticising the school

Supreme Court of The United States: The Court by an overwhelming majority of 8:1 held that a student’s suspension from school’s cheerleading

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[Clinical Negligence] | What is the scope of medical practitioner’s duty of care? Is he liable for “coincidental injury” not within scope of his duty?

UPDATE: Appeal preferred by the respondent against this decision before the UKSC has been unanimously dismissed.[Khan v. meadows, [2021] UKSC 21, decided

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Whether Nestlé and Cargill will be liable for child slavery? SCOTUS decides in 8-1 majority ruling

Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS): In 8-1 majority, Thomas, J., announced the judgment of the Court and delivered the opinion

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[Archive] Too Sugary – Is that why Subway’s Bread was excluded from the definition of ‘Bread’? Ireland SC

Ireland, Supreme Court: Full bench of Clarke C.J. and O’Donnell, Mac Menamin, Charleton and O’Malley, JJ., made a very significant observation that

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Is Facebook’s login notification system an ‘autodialer’ as per Telephone Consumers Protection Act? Read what SCOTUS had to say

Supreme Court of The United States (SCOTUS): On April 1st, the 9 Judge Bench of the Court while looking into the allegations

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Consent v. Capacity to consent for sexual act; Supreme Court of Canada clarifies link between the two

Supreme Court of Canada: The Bench of Wagner C.J. and Abella, Moldaver, Karakatsanis, Côté, Brown, Rowe, Martin and Kasirer JJ., clarified the

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Supreme Court of Florida upholds Vertical Integration requirement for Medical Marijuana and affirms caps on licensees

Supreme Court of Florida: The 7-Judges Bench of Candy, CJ. Polston, Labarga, Muniz Couriel, Grosshans and Lawson, JJ., upheld the Vertical Integration

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In the copyright infringement dispute between Performing Right Society and Qatar Airways, UK Court allows extended disclosure limited to outward-facing advertising

The High Court of Justice: The instant claim was brought by Performing Right Society Ltd. against Qatar Airways for global copyright infringement.

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United Kingdom | Jeremy Corbyn libel action – whether his words were statement of a fact or an opinion

UK Court of Appeal : The three-judge bench of Sir Geoffrey Vos, Master Of The Rolls; Dame Victoria Sharp, President Of The

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Federal Court of Canada upholds validity of Pfizer’s pneumococcal vaccine patents; Two Formulation patents held invalid

Federal Court of Canada: The Bench of Gagné, Associate CJ., upheld the validity of one pneumococcal vaccine patents pertaining to Prevnar 13

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Kenya HC| “President cannot be both player and umpire in the same match”; Basic Structure of the Constitution is sacrosanct, and the President has no authority under the Constitution to initiate changes to it

High Court of Kenya: While deliberating upon constitutional petitions challenging the Building Bridges Initiative (hereinafter BBI) and the resulting controversial Constitution of

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Canada SC| Aboriginal people located outside Canada too can claim Aboriginal Rights under the Canadian Constitution

Supreme Court of Canada: In the instant matter, the bench of Wagner C.J. and Abella, Moldaver, Karakatsanis, Côté, Brown, Rowe, Martin and

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Pennsylvania SC nullifies “no- hire” provisions that are ancillary to a services contract between business entities, as such provisions impair job mobility of non-parties to the contract .

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania: While deliberating upon the question that whether no-hire, or “no poach,” provisions that are ancillary to a services

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Pak SC comes down heavily on virginity tests. Holds that dragging sexual history of the rape survivor in a case, by making observations about her body, is unconstitutional

Supreme Court of Pakistan: In a significant decision, the 3 Judge Bench of the Court comprising of Manzoor Ahmad Malik, Mazhar Alam

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SCOTUS | Whether Philadelphia’s refusal to contract with a Catholic agency for providing foster care services unless they agree to certify same-sex couples as foster parents violates the First Amendment?

[Custodial death] SL SC | Violation of Constitution provisions; lawful heirs/ dependents entitled to institute proceedings for the infringement of rights

SL SC | Decision-maker owes a duty to Court to disclose reasons for decision; Art. 12 (1) of Constitution found to be violated

Amul Dairy secures major win in a trademark infringement case in Federal Court of Canada

SCOTUS | Assignor estoppel applies only when assignor’s claim of invalidity contradicts explicit or implicit representations he made in assigning the patent

Are expert accountants tortiously liable for negligent professional advice? UK SC holds Grant Thornton liable for causing £26.7m loss to Manchester Building Society

“America’s public schools are nurseries of democracy”- SCOTUS rules in favour of student suspended for her off-campus improper Snapchat posts criticising the school

[Clinical Negligence] | What is the scope of medical practitioner’s duty of care? Is he liable for “coincidental injury” not within scope of his duty?

Whether Nestlé and Cargill will be liable for child slavery? SCOTUS decides in 8-1 majority ruling

[Archive] Too Sugary – Is that why Subway’s Bread was excluded from the definition of ‘Bread’? Ireland SC

Supreme Court of Florida upholds Vertical Integration requirement for Medical Marijuana and affirms caps on licensees

In the copyright infringement dispute between Performing Right Society and Qatar Airways, UK Court allows extended disclosure limited to outward-facing advertising

United Kingdom | Jeremy Corbyn libel action – whether his words were statement of a fact or an opinion

Federal Court of Canada upholds validity of Pfizer’s pneumococcal vaccine patents; Two Formulation patents held invalid

Kenya HC| “President cannot be both player and umpire in the same match”; Basic Structure of the Constitution is sacrosanct, and the President has no authority under the Constitution to initiate changes to it

Canada SC| Aboriginal people located outside Canada too can claim Aboriginal Rights under the Canadian Constitution

Pennsylvania SC nullifies “no- hire” provisions that are ancillary to a services contract between business entities, as such provisions impair job mobility of non-parties to the contract .

Pak SC comes down heavily on virginity tests. Holds that dragging sexual history of the rape survivor in a case, by making observations about her body, is unconstitutional

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