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Colorado Supreme Court strikes down child sexual abuse law that allowed lawsuits over abuse from decades ago

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The Supreme Court of the State of Colorado struck down the state’s Child Sexual Abuse Accountability Act (CSAAA) on Tuesday, ruling that the law violates the state constitution and is “unconstitutionally retrospective.” M árquez authored the opinion of the court. ” Justice Monica M.

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Hawai‘i court allows lawsuit against state transportation department for failing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

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The First Circuit Court of the State of Hawai’i Thursday rejected a motion to dismiss by the Hawai’i Department of Transportation to dismiss a lawsuit alleging the department is violating the state constitution by failing to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

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August 2023 Update: List of China’s Cases on Recognition of Foreign Judgments

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The 2020 update and 2022 update were also posted on Conflictoflaws.net. Please note that in In re DAR (2022) Jing 01 Po Shen No. 786), the Beijing First Intermediate People’s Court ruled to recognize a German court’s bankruptcy ruling based on the principle of reciprocity. 99 Trade Co.

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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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Application of Singapore’s new rules on service out of jurisdiction: Three Arrows Capital and NW Corp The Rules of Court 2021 (‘ROC 2021’) entered into force on 1 April 2022. Among other things, ROC 2021 reformed the rules on service out of jurisdiction (previously discussed here ).

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New rules on service outside Australia for the Federal Court of Australia

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The Federal Court Legislation Amendment Rules 2022 (Cth) (‘Amendment Rules’) came into force on 13 January 2023. Among other things, they amend the Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) (‘FCR’) by repealing division 10.4, The Amendment Rules replace the old division 10.4

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Wrong defendants in certificate of good faith caption should have resulted in dismissal.

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E2021-00881-COA-R9-CV, 2022 WL 1117453 (Tenn. April 14, 2022), plaintiff filed an HCLA claim against several defendants, including the State of Tennessee as the employer of Dr. Landry, who was allegedly negligent. On appeal, that ruling was reversed. The Court of Appeals began by looking at Tenn. State , No. Code Ann. §

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County not immune from suit where sheriff’s deputy failed to investigate death threats.

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M2020-01448-COA-R3-CV, 2022 WL 1210462 (Tenn. April 25, 2022), plaintiff was shot multiple times by her estranged husband in August 2018. The County filed a motion to dismiss based on the GTLA discretionary function exception and/or the public duty doctrine, which the trial court granted, but the Court of Appeals reversed.

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