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Consent
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Listeria Blog
Peregrina Cheese Inc. To Remain Open Under Consent Degree With FDA; Recalls Everything Its Made Since March 17, 2009
Brooklyn’s Peregrina Cheese Inc. and the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York have entered into a 16-page Consent Degree with many requirements---including the recall of all food…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Consumers’ explicit consent required in the UK before personal details disclosed to third parties
The UK Advertising Standards Authority (“ASA”) recently upheld a complaint under the UK Committee of Advertising Practice Code (“CAP Code”) which requires UK marketers to obtain the explicit consent of…
TortsProf Blog
Scope of Consent
Modern iteration of the fact pattern used regularly for discussing scope of consent in intentional torts: $6.75 million for undisclosed herpes. Plus the plaintiff got to keep the gift BMW.(via…
EvidenceProf Blog
Minnesota Girl, Take 2: Former Minnesota Football Player Tries To Present Sexologist’s Testimony In Sexual Assault Trial
By Colin Miller
Earlier I wrote about the sexual assault trial of former University of Minnesota football player Dominic Jones. As I noted, Jones is accused of engaging in sexual acts with a…
TortsProf Blog
Consent Gets Media Attention
Here. One man's estate is suing another estate for a death in a three-day sadomasochism session gone very wrong. As you can imagine, the key issue is the scope of…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Miss. Gov. Barbour Signs Abortion Ban Into Law
From the AP/SunHerald (South Mississippi):A bill designed to eventually outlaw and criminalize abortion in Mississippi was signed into law by Gov. Haley Barbour Thursday.The measure will ban nearly all abortions…
British Columbia Insurance Blog
In order to obtain coverage from an uninsured motorist insurer, the owner of the vehicle must rebut the presumption that their vehicle was operated with their consent
The Court found that the owner of a van which struck the Plaintiff during a robbery failed to rebut the statutory presumption that the van was being operated with the…
TortsProf Blog
Speaking of the Scope of Consent (Updated)
By the way, the NCAA rules for football [PDF] do not have any sort of disclaimer of relevance to civil liability comparable to the NFL's.Also, your host's fantasy football team,…
TortsProf Blog
Scope of Consent
My Torts classes this term have just finished our section on consent, including a discussion of the scope of consent to contact in sports being limited by the safety rules…
ContractsProf Blog
Katz on the Limits of Consent
The idea of "consent" is one of the cornerstones of classic contract theory. Contractual obligations, according to the classic account, rest on their voluntary assumption by a party, who consents…