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Tag Archives: Civil Practice

No jurisdiction to rule on attorney ethics complaint

The circuit court correctly ruled that it lacked jurisdiction to hear appellant’s ethics complaint against an attorney. Overview Appellant Spanos filed an ethics complaint in circuit court, seeking to have Taylor’s law license revoked. “Spanos asserted that the circuit court ...

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No long-arm jurisdiction in medical malpractice case

Where appellant, a Virginia resident, sought to exert long-arm personal jurisdiction over a North Carolina medical center, the trial court properly granted the center’s motion to dismiss. The medical center did not purposefully avail itself of the privilege of doing ...

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No jurisdiction to rule on attorney ethics complaint

The circuit court correctly ruled that it lacked jurisdiction to hear appellant’s ethics complaint against an attorney. Overview Appellant Spanos filed an ethics complaint in circuit court, seeking to have Feinmel’s law license revoked. “Spanos asserted that the circuit court ...

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COVID-19 emergency orders tolled statutes of limitations

Where the circuit court ruled that the statute of limitations barred appellant’s personal injury claims against appellee, an emergency order related to the COVID-19 pandemic tolled all statutes of limitations, not just those that would have expired during a discrete ...

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‘Tester’ has standing to sue over reservation websites

Because a “tester” did not need to show an intention or need to actually book rooms at hotels in order to establish informational injury-based Article III standing to sue for alleged ADA-website violations, the district court erred in dismissing her ...

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