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Motorway neighbours lose council tax claim

  • DMH Stallard LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • December 23 2008

Can the owner of a house next to a motorway apply for a reduction in Council Tax if traffic on the motorway has increased so much that it may have reduced the value of the house?

Court upholds internal investigation privilege

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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  • Canada
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  • January 14 2009

The Supreme Court of British Columbia recently upheld a claim for common law litigation privilege asserted by Canadian National Railway Company (CN) over documents created in the course of carrying out an internal investigation of the collision of two trains

Education law monthly

  • Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
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  • USA
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  • January 7 2009

On December 29, 2008, the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia granted a preliminary injunction on behalf of public school teachers and other school employees to prevent the implementation of a random drug testing policy

Manitoba hunting case sheds light on Métis rights

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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  • Canada
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  • January 14 2009

In the recent decision R. v. Goodon, 2008 MBPC 59, the Provincial Court of Manitoba dismissed a charge of unlawful possession of wildlife against the accused on the basis that he belonged to a Métis community that held an aboriginal right to hunt for food in the area

Second Circuit affirms dismissal of insureds' constructive trust counterclaim over reinsurance bankruptcy settlement proceeds

  • Jorden Burt LLP
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  • USA
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  • January 13 2009

The “Ades” and “Berg” groups of investors (the “Ades Berg Group”), were parties who joined in the bankruptcy proceedings of the Bennett Funding Group, Inc. and related companies (the “Bennett Group”), based on claims that, among other things, the Bennett Group had defrauded them in an investment scheme

Bank must honour agreement

  • DMH Stallard LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • January 12 2009

The outcome of a recent case will be regarded with relief by anyone who is having trouble with their bank an increasing problem as the credit crunch continues

Tillman v. New Line Cinema Corporation, et al.

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
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  • USA
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  • January 7 2009

Plaintiff Chitunda Tillman filed a copyright infringement claim against New Line Cinema, claiming that the film John Q infringed his screenplay titled Kharisma (Heart of Gold) Based on Our True Story

New York Insurance Department issues circular letter regarding late notice legislation, which takes effect on January 17, 2009

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • USA
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  • January 16 2009

“All liability policies” issued or delivered in New York on or after January 17, 2009 will be subject to the recent Legislation promulgated under Chapter 388 of the Laws of 2008 (the “Legislation”

The long arm of the Minister of National Revenue grows another foot - disclosure in eBay Canada

  • Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
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  • Canada
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  • January 15 2009

The Federal Court of Appeal ("FCA") judgment in eBay Canada Ltd. and eBay CS Vancouver Inc. v. M.N.R., 2008 FCA 348 ("eBay") is the latest in a series of decisions extending the power of the Minister of National Revenue ("Minister") to compel disclosure of confidential taxpayer information

Retaliatory discharge claim may not have to be specified in EEOC charge

  • Ogletree Deakins
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  • USA
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  • January 12 2009

Before an individual may file a lawsuit under Title VII or the ADEA, he or she is required to file (or cross-file) a charge of discrimination with the EEOC