SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 2, 2023

At the same time, the dispute also raises broader questions about whether and when it is appropriate to resolve mass tort cases – that is, lawsuits brought by a group of people who have been harmed in a similar way, such as in a plane crash or by a defective product – through the bankruptcy system. And in Sept. In any event, the U.S.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Starting in 2017, cities, counties, and states across the United States have filed claims (see here and here ) in state courts against fossil fuel companies seeking redress for the climate harms their products have caused. Many of these cases asserted nuisance and other tort law claims.

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 18, 2023

The UK Supreme Court ruled that the cause of action in the aftermath of the 2011 Bonga offshore oil spill accrued at the moment when the oil reached the shore. The jurisdiction and applicable law in the specific case of Bonga spill litigation have been closely followed inter alia by Geert van Calster here.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 21, 2022

The decision has significant implications for future climate litigation claims in Australia. Prior to this decision, the Sabin Center’s Network of Peer Review Scholars on Climate Litigation held a webinar on the Sharma case. The webinar covered the background of the case as well as the 2021 decision which was now reversed.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 2, 2021

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. June 15, 2021). June 16, 2021). On June 14, 2021, the U.S. June 14, 2021). and non-U.S. Louisiana v.

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 29, 2023

For litigants embroiled in cross-border litigation, the anti-suit injunction has become a staple in the conflict of laws arsenal of common law courts. In fact, Kea had originally advanced a cause of action for abuse of process, claiming that the alleged fraud was an abuse of process of the Kentucky Court.

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Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 10, 2022

Given the power of Big Tech Companies, their enormous financial resources, cross-jurisdictional reach and their global impact on users’ privacy, there are two main litigation challenges for successfully bringing a privacy claim against Big Tech. 3] Secondly, the challenge is how to finance mass claims, involving millions of affected users.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 1, 2021

In government-facing litigation, the government’s petition in Becerra v. We finish with good old private litigation. CVSG: 5/25/2021. CVSG: 5/25/2021. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit failed to appropriately reweigh the aggravating factors against the mitigating ones. CVS Pharmacy Inc. Pivotal Software v. Cummings v.

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

In my torts class, I teach defamation and often discuss the California retraction law. The jurisdictional question was a poison pill finding for the litigation. and “without an allegation of special damages, the [AC] does not allege a legally sufficient cause of action [for defamation] under California law.”

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. By Margaret Barry and Korey Silverman-Roati. and non-U.S. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 139.

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 22, 2022

Wagner: European Conflict of Law 2021: The Challenge of Digital Transformation. This article provides an overview of developments in Brussels in the field of judicial cooperation in civil and commercial matters from January 2021 until December 2021. In its judgment of February 2021, the Landgericht Frankfurt a.M.,

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