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More Information on the ‘Quiet’ Launch of a New Legal Research Service by LexisNexis Parent RELX

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Virgin Islands, and four-dozen metropolitan, county and specialty bar associations, for a total number of users of more than 1 million lawyers, out of an estimated 1.3 He described the service as a basic research service with cases, statutes, administrative materials and court rules. million lawyers in the country.

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Three American Samoans, in ask for birthright citizenship, answer Gorsuch’s call for a chance to overturn Insular Cases

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People born in the other territories — Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands — do have birthright citizenship through an act of Congress, but not under the Constitution.). Fitisemanu writes that courts look to English common law to interpret terms not defined in the Constitution.

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RCD Holdings Ltd v LT Game International (Australia) Ltd: Foreign jurisdiction clauses and COVID-19

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LT is a company incorporated in the Virgin Islands and registered in Australia as a foreign company. Finally, the court ruled for the defendant and dismissed the plaintiffs’ claim. The contract was signed in Australia. Its Clause 10 provides. “ Governing Law.

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Reschedule Watch: Birthright citizenship and torts to members of the armed forces

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Under a series of cases the Supreme Court decided over 100 ago, known as the Insular Cases, people born in unincorporated U.S. People born in the other territories — Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands — do have birthright citizenship by act of Congress.) citizenship.

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Application of Singapore’s new rules on service out of jurisdiction: Three Arrows Capital and NW Corp

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The wide-reaching effect of a previous Court of Appeal decision on the interpretation of gateway (n) which covers a claim brought under statutes dealing with serious crimes such as corruption and dug trafficking and ‘any other written law’ is also yet to be grasped by litigants. [5] 21] Order 8 rule 1(3) is missing the first option.

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International tech litigation reaches the next level: collective actions against TikTok and Google

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In an earlier blogpost we reported that the Amsterdam District Court ruled that it had international jurisdiction under the Brussels I-bis Regulation and the GDPR. The settlement addressed issues very similar to those raised in this case, as explicitly outlined in the agreement.