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Guest Post: Climate Litigation in Japan: Citizens’ Attempts for the Coal Phase-Out

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The Supreme Court of Japan may soon weigh in on a growing field of climate litigation in Japan against coal-fired power plants. On May 6, 2022, the Citizens’ Committee on the Kobe Coal-Fired Power Plant filed an appeal to Japan’s Supreme Court in Citizens’ Committee on the Kobe Coal-Fired Power Plant v. Civil law cases.

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GWU Adjunct Law Professor Loses Worker’s Compensation Case

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Hdeel Abdelhady , who teaches part-time in the areas of international trade and Islamic law, sued the university for a variety of torts, including allegations that counsel for the university made overtures to an administrative judge about securing a federal judgeship. Id That claim failed and the D.C. See Abdelhady v.

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