JURIST

MAY 13, 2022

This rushed, desperate attempt came in the aftermath of a draft US Supreme Court decision leaked earlier this month that would overturn the seminal case of Roe v Wade (1973). The leak and the threat of a Roe reversal has prompted demonstrations both for and against the decision all over the world, including Canada.

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Conflict of Laws

APRIL 4, 2023

329-402 Badr, Yehya Ibrahim “The Hague 2019 Convention for the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judicial Decisions: A Comparative Study”, International Journal of Doctrine, Judiciary, and Legislation (IJDJL) 2 (2021), pp. 1 of December 2018 (available here ) Nygh, Peter; Pocar, Fausto “Report of the Special Commission”, HCCH Prel.-Doc.

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Conflict of Laws

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

In two prior posts ( here and here ), I discussed a draft of the FSIL (English translation here ). In this post I analyze the final version of the law, noting some of its key provision and identifying changes from the draft, some of which address issues that I had identified. Russia and China long adhered to the absolute theory.

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

329-402 Badr, Yehya Ibrahim “The Hague 2019 Convention for the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judicial Decisions: A Comparative Study”, International Journal of Doctrine, Judiciary, and Legislation (IJDJL) 2 (2021), pp. 1 of December 2018 (available here ) Nygh, Peter; Pocar, Fausto “Report of the Special Commission”, HCCH Prel.-Doc.

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Conflict of Laws

APRIL 26, 2023

It contains the following articles: D McClean, “The transfer of proceedings in international family cases” There is general agreement that jurisdiction over issues concerning children or vulnerable adults should lie with the court of their habitual residence.

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Conflict of Laws

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

This is exemplified by the decisions of the Higher Regional Court of Cologne for the international service of process. But an exception is made in cases where an Austrian decision for costs can be executed in the country of residence of the plaintiff. Mandl: Apparent and virtual establishments reflected through Art.

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Conflict of Laws

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Update of 28 September 2022: New entries are printed bold. Judgments Convention: Revised Draft Explanatory Report”, HCCH Prel.-Doc. Brexit and the Future of Private International Law in English Courts”, Oxford 2022. A Guide to Global Private International Law”, Oxford 2022, forthcoming. Explanatory Reports.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 31, 2022

Update of 31 August 2022: New entries are printed bold. Judgments Convention: Revised Draft Explanatory Report”, HCCH Prel.-Doc. Brexit and the Future of Private International Law in English Courts”, Oxford 2022. A Guide to Global Private International Law”, Oxford 2022, forthcoming. Explanatory Reports.

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LawSites

APRIL 19, 2022

I built a document automation app online to help people fight their tickets for free using a recent court decision that had come down in Manhattan. There were two other court decisions from just outside of the city that were persuasive as well. It was document automation. Read it here.

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Conflict of Laws

APRIL 20, 2022

In preparation of the Conference on the HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention on 9/10 September 2022, taking place on campus of the University of Bonn, Germany, we are offering here a Repository of contributions to the HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention. Update of 20 April 2022: New entries are printed bold. 1 of December 2018 (available here ).

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 21, 2022

Update of 7 June 2022: New entries are printed bold. Judgments Convention: Revised Draft Explanatory Report”, HCCH Prel.-Doc. Brexit and the Future of Private International Law in English Courts”, Oxford 2022. A Guide to Global Private International Law”, Oxford 2022, forthcoming. Explanatory Reports. Bibliography.

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Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 11, 2022

Rescheduled: “The HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention: Prospects for Judicial Cooperation in Civil Matters between the EU and Third Countries” – Conference on 9 and 10 September 2022, University of Bonn, Germany. Update of 12 January 2022: New entries are printed bold. Judgments Convention: Revised Draft Explanatory Report”, HCCH Prel.-Doc.

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Conflict of Laws

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

In preparation of the Conference on the HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention on 9/10 September 2022 , planned to be taking place on campus of the University of Bonn, Germany, we are offering here a Repository of contributions to the HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention. Judgments Convention: Revised Draft Explanatory Report”, HCCH Prel.-Doc.

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

In preparation of the Conference on the HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention on 9/10 September 2022, taking place on campus of the University of Bonn, Germany, we are offering here a Repository of contributions to the HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention. Update of 16 February 2022: New entries are printed bold. Nygh, Peter; Pocar, Fausto.

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Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Rescheduled: “The HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention: Prospects for Judicial Cooperation in Civil Matters between the EU and Third Countries” – Conference on 9 and 10 September 2022, University of Bonn, Germany. Judgments Convention: Revised Draft Explanatory Report”, HCCH Prel.-Doc. Garcimartín Alférez, Francisco; Saumier, Geneviève.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 18, 2022

On June 15, 2022, the Prague Municipal Court, a first instance administrative court, decided in favor of the plaintiffs in the first Czech strategic climate case ( Klimatická žaloba ?R This blog post provides a preliminary analysis of the decision and discusses some interesting remarks made by the court.

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 7, 2022

The first issue of the Journal of Private International law for 2022 was released yesterday. Surprisingly, the Court localises the damage resulting from misinformation on the secondary financial markets at a single place, that where the financial instruments in question were listed.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Federal Court Found Flaws in New Climate Change Analysis for Wyoming Oil and Gas Leases. The federal district court for the District of Columbia ruled that the U.S. Second, the court concluded that BLM should have calculated and considered total greenhouse emissions, instead of merely relying on comparisons of yearly emission rates.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

AUGUST 2, 2023

Supreme Court struck down the Biden Administration’s student loan forgiveness program. In 2022, as the COVID–19 pandemic came to its end, the Secretary invoked the HEROES Act to issue “waivers and modifications” reducing or eliminating the federal student debt of most borrowers. In Biden v. Nebraska , 600 U.S. _ (2023), the U.S.

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Patently O

JULY 24, 2023

by Dennis Crouch The Federal Circuit recently affirmed a district court decision in United Therapeutics Corp. 2022-2217, 2023-1021 (Fed. The court also dug into the details to find that the treatment improved Group 2 PH hemodynamics (the studied marker of improvement) even if it also increased mortality of those patients.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 28, 2023

It is in this broader context that the decision of the Supreme Court of Namibia in Digashu v. GRN (SA 7/2022 and SA 6/2022) [2023] NASC (16 May 2023) decided that same-sex marriages concluded abroad should be recognised in Namibia and that the failure to do so infringes the right of the spouses to dignity and equality.

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JURIST

JUNE 14, 2022

The US House of Representatives Tuesday passed a bill which would provide additional security measures for Supreme Court justices’ families. The Supreme Court Police Parity Act of 2022 passed in a 396-27 vote and will now go to President Joe Biden’s desk for final approval. Wade leaked.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Federal Court in Rhode Island Allowed Failure-to-Adapt Claims to Proceed. The federal district court for the District of Rhode Island for the most part denied a motion to dismiss a citizen suit asserting that Shell Oil Products US and other defendants (Shell) failed to prepare a terminal in Providence for the impacts of climate change.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 9, 2021

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of New York City’s lawsuit seeking climate change damages from oil companies. The Second Circuit’s decision largely followed the reasoning of the district court’s 2018 decision. DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS. Creative Commons, NYC Manhattan Skyline.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Share The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Thursday in what is shaping up to be the biggest election case since its ruling nearly 25 years ago in Bush v. Although the question comes to the court in a case from Colorado, the impact of the court’s ruling could be much more far-reaching. 6, 2021, attacks on the U.S.

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JURIST

APRIL 26, 2022

A Kansas district court Monday struck down a Republican-drawn congressional map and declared the Kansas Constitution prohibits political gerrymandering. The judge ordered legislators to draft another map. The proposed congressional map would have made it harder for the state’s only Democrat to win reelection next year.

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