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Standing
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Securities Law Prof Blog
Reuveni on Extraterritoriality of the Securities Laws
Extraterritoriality as Standing: A Standing Theory of the Extraterritorial Application of the Securities Laws, by Erez Reuveni, United States Second Circuit Court of Appeals, was recently posted on SSRN. Here…
NC Legal Landscapes
Case Law Update — Standing and Spot Zoning
By Tom Terrell
Last week the N.C. Court of Appeals issued a new zoning decision in Musi v. Town of Shallotte. Musi brought to light two problems that have plagued land use jurisprudence for decades and…
inversecondemnation.com
Latest HAWSCT Decision In “Ceded Lands” Case: Standing? Yes, Ripe? No.
Remember the "ceded lands" case? The one where the U.S. Supreme Court held 9-0 that the U.S. had absolute fee simple title to the ceded lands, and that the Apology…
West Virginia Business Litigation
Wal-Mart’s “Dead Peasant” Insurance Policies Are Focus of Proposed Class Action
Last month I wrote about litigation initiated by Wal-Mart against several insurance companies regarding “dead peasant,” or corporate-owned, life insurance policies purchased by Wal-Mart on 350,000 of its employees. But…
Energy & Environmental Law Blog
5th Circuit – Greenhouse Gas Case Moves Forward
By Kristin Watt
On Friday, October 16, 2009, the 5th Circuit ruled that plaintiff landowners had standing under Mississippi tort common law to assert causes of action for negligence, private and public nuisance,…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Decision of interest: Prudential limitation on standing bars U.S. lawsuit by non-resident aliens harmed abroad
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
In a decision that is already generating controversy, Chief Judge Royce Lamberth of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has granted the defendants' motion to dismiss in…
NC Legal Landscapes
Case Law Update – Legal Standing and Quasi-Judicial Sausage
By Tom Terrell
Earlier this week the North Carolina Court of Appeals decided two companion cases with the same name, each arising from the same development in Polk County. McMillan et. al.…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Disabled Class Members Lack Standing to Sue Disney for Segway Use
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
In this decision from the Middle District of Florida, Judge Presnell dismissed a 23(b)(2) class action brought by disabled individuals who have been battling Disney for the right to use…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Stand in the Place Where You Live: Standing decision from Brooklyn
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Back in March, Judge Korman issued an opinion ordering the FDA to allow 17-year-olds access to Plan B (the "morning after pill"). 603 F.Supp.2d 519 (E.D.N.Y. 2009). Following that ruling,…
Proskauer on Privacy
Proskauer Litigation Team Helps Secure Dismissal of Speculative Identity Exposure Claims Against BNY Mellon
Where the only harm alleged is mere "speculation as to a possible risk of injury," a claim cannot survive a 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss, according to a District of Connecticut…