Conflict of Laws

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Conventions & Instruments On 1 November 2023, Canada deposited its instrument of ratification of, and Kyrgyzstan its instrument of accession to, the 2007 Child Support Convention. On 7 November 2023, the 1961 Apostille Convention entered into force for China. At present, 48 States and the European Union are bound by the Convention.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The Permanent Bureau is pleased to announce that a colloquium on Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), titled “CODIFI Edition 2023 – CBDCs”, will be held online on Thursday 5 October 2023, following the mandate of the Council on General Affairs and Policy (CGAP) at its 2023 meeting ( C&D No 17 ). CEST), respectively.

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InHouseBlog

JANUARY 2, 2024

As we head into 2024, let’s recap some great resources for in-house counsel that made a large impact in 2023: Sterling Miller’s “Ten Things” Blog : With a keen eye and impressive wit, Sterling Miller provided a tremendous number of informative and useful resources for in-house counsel in 2023. Let us know !

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FDA Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Lenz, Principal Medical Device Regulation Expert — On September 6, 2023, FDA announced its latest efforts to modernize the 510(k) process, outlining FDA’s latest improvements to strengthen the 510(k) Program and announcing release of three draft guidance documents. Baumhardt, Senior Medical Device Regulation Expert & Adrienne R.

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Patently O

DECEMBER 10, 2023

22-CV-04376-HSG, 2023 WL 7739816 (N.D. 15, 2023) Docket No. This demonstrated the claim was drafted in a result-oriented or functional manner focused on the principle itself. by Dennis Crouch Western Digital Techs., Viasat, Inc. , In a recent decision, Judge Haywood (N.D.Cal.)

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 6, 2023

Conventions & Instruments On 1 February 2023, the 1980 Child Abduction Convention entered into force for Botswana. On 17 February 2023, Azerbaijan deposited its instrument of accession to the 1965 Service and 2007 Child Support Conventions. The deadline for the submission of applications is 31 March 2023 (18:00 CEST).

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Conflict of Laws

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The third issue of 2023 of the Rivista di diritto internazionale privato e processuale (RDIPP, published by CEDAM) was just released. Finally, it proposes a draft of two new provisions to be implemented in the currently discussed review of the Brussels I a Regulation. Finally, the following book review by Francesca C.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

According to the 2023 Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), immigration has rapidly increased in Iceland since the 1990s. It is reported that in the middle of 2023, foreign citizens made up roughly 18 percent of the Icelandic population compared to the 2 percent reported in the mid-1990s.

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FDA Law Blog

MAY 4, 2023

Cato — On May 2nd, FDA released a new draft guidance with recommendations for decentralized clinical trials (DCTs) for drugs, biologics, and devices. This draft guidance builds on recommendations that FDA initially developed early in 2020, in response to the COVID-19 challenges (see our blog post on these recommendations here ).

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JURIST

MARCH 1, 2023

In March 2023, ICHREE is expected to deliver an oral report to the UN concerning its work. The call to reject Ethiopia’s draft resolution came after Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonnen’s February 15, 2023 announcement that Ethiopia would present a resolution calling for the dissolution of ICHREE.

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FDA Law Blog

JANUARY 22, 2024

OCs recent 2023 Annual Report—covering the fiscal year from October ’22 to September ’23—puts some meat on the bones of those issues and describes how OC touches almost every area of enforcement that CDER undertakes. Select Graphics and Charts from Office of Compliance 2023 Annual Report ( here and here )

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Broadcast Law Blog

APRIL 29, 2023

The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau issued the first of its Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) audit letters for 2023 to randomly selected radio and television stations. The deadline for the selected stations to upload responses to their FCC-hosted online public inspection file is June 8, 2023. GHz) band for next-generation wireless services.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 7, 2023

The Sabin Center for Climate Change Law posted its Winter/Spring 2023 Semi-annual Report, which includes a summary of the Center’s key activities between January and June 2023. More than forty pro bono law firms are at work drafting additional model laws as part of this Legal Pathways to Deep Decarbonization (LPDD) project.

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JURIST

MARCH 4, 2024

The draft law was registered in December 2023 and has been adopted by lawmakers with some amendments. The National Assembly, France’s first house of parliament, approved the draft law in January by a vote of 493-30. France’s parliament voted Monday to include the right to abortion in the Constitution of France.

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JURIST

MARCH 15, 2024

The proposed law seeks to “put an end to judicial processes and sentences” against anyone who took part in the Catalan independence campaign that took place between November 1, 2011 and November 13, 2023. The government estimated that more than 400 people will be affected.

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Conflict of Laws

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The third issue of the Journal du Droit international-Clunet of 2023 was released in July. The abstract reads as follows: A draft of a French private international law code project was presented to the Minister of Justice in March 2022. It contains three articles and many case notes. Sylvette Guillemard (Université Laval).

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 14, 2023

The Institute Prize is open to anyone 40 years of age or under as of deadline date who submits a doctoral dissertation or long essay (minimum of 150 pages) drafted in French or English on the subject of international commercial law, including arbitration. Rules and deadlines concerning the next Prize edition in 2023 are finally out.

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FDA Law Blog

APRIL 14, 2022

MDUFA V would be applicable to fiscal years 2023 through 2027. FDA published in the Federal Register a draft version of its MDUFA V commitment letter , which outlines FDA’s updated performance goals in reviewing device applications and planned process improvements.

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Broadcast Law Blog

MAY 14, 2023

Reports for those stations are due to be uploaded to each station’s online public inspection file by June 1, 2023, the fourth anniversary of the June 1, 2019 filing deadline for those stations’ last license renewal application. The fine stemmed from the 2019 displacement of the station from Channel 31 to Channel 10.

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FDA Law Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2023

By Philip Won & Véronique Li, Senior Medical Device Regulation Expert — As we recently blogged , FDA released three draft guidance documents to help enhance the predictability, consistency, and transparency of the 510(k) program. One of these documents focuses on “ Evidentiary Expectations for 510(k) Implant Devices.”

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JURIST

APRIL 11, 2024

The government’s draft law “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine on Improving Certain Issues of Mobilization, Military Registration and Military Service” was submitted by the Cabinet of Ministers to the Ukrainian Parliament Verkhovna Rada on December 25 , 2023. It was later returned to the government for revision.

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Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The third issue of the Revue critique de droit international privé of 2023 will be released shortly. The doctrinal part of the volume is entirely devoted to the reflections arising from the symposium held at Université de Tours on January 6, 2023 about notarial practice in international in family property law in the Ukrainian context.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 10, 2023

Now, they have to establish permanent solutions, with the help of recommendations drafted by a bipartisan committee that has been meeting for the past year. . Lawmakers responded to the ruling by temporarily making drug possession a simple misdemeanor.

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FDA Law Blog

MAY 23, 2023

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a draft update to its Compliance Policy Guide (CPG) for FDA staff on the Agency’s enforcement of major food allergen labeling and cross-contact. The draft CPG directs FDA field staff to examine possible food product adulteration due to labeling related to allergen cross-contact.

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Mondaq

APRIL 8, 2022

The agency published draft guidance on its verification system expectations of supply chain trading partners. In the past few weeks, the FDA has continued to focus its attention on supply chain issues.

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LawTechnologyToday

MARCH 1, 2023

Rich, easy-to-use features allow attorneys and paralegals to quickly draft responses, add objections, text or email clients and obtain electronic signatures directly from our platform. CiteRight CiteRight helps litigation teams save, organize, share, cite, and assemble case law — so they can draft faster and spend more time on what matters.

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Parasec

JULY 6, 2023

The grace period for that fee waiver is scheduled to expire on July 1, 2023, at which time the original formation/qualification fees will be reinstated. If Carney signs, the effective date of the fee increases will be August 1, 2023. If you need assistance with an entity formation, please reach out to our team at parasec@parasec.com.

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JURIST

APRIL 5, 2024

The European Parliament similarly expressed its concern in December 2023 over the role of “state actors in artificially creating and facilitating irregular migration,” while Russia denied such accusations and called it regrettable. The Ministry of Interior published the draft bill for opinion on March 15.

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FDA Law Blog

MAY 8, 2023

Javitt — FDA recently published a long-awaited draft guidance aimed at reducing the need for prior FDA authorization of modifications to artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML)-enabled device software functions (ML-DSFs). The draft guidance follows the December 2022 enactment of the Food and Drug Omnibus Reform Act of 2022 (FDORA).

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Conflict of Laws

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

ZVglRWiss 122 (2023) no. Phänomenologie und zivilrechtliche Einordnung von Kryptowährungen und anderen Kryptowerten Dörte Poelzig und Moritz Kläsener ZVglRWiss 122 (2023) 252–268 Crypto assets have been the subject of lively discussion in German civil law literature for several years now. Such rules have been developed in the U.S.,

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The third issue of the Journal of Private International Law for 2023 has just been published. The article concludes that the courts have not applied the reciprocity principle in a consistent manner.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 14, 2023

Following a sitting of the Latvian Cabinet of Ministers on Thursday, the new draft order “On Suspension of Operation of Border Crossing Points on the State Border of the Republic of Latvia – Russian Federation” was released.

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Conflict of Laws

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

HCCH Asia Pacific Week 2023 – Access to Justice and Sustainable Development: The Impact of the HCCH in an Inter-Connected World , was successfully held from 11 to 14 September 2023 in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), China. The HCCH celebrated its 130th Anniversary during the HCCH Asia Pacific Week.

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JURIST

AUGUST 5, 2023

The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023 was introduced over privacy concerns voiced by opposition leaders, who argued that the bill should be submitted to the Lok Sabha’s Standing committee for an in-depth review. A draft of the current bill was shared for consultation in December 2022.

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Chugh LLP

JANUARY 27, 2022

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will open its initial H-1B cap registration period for fiscal year 2023 on March 1, 2022 at 12 PM Eastern Time (ET) through March 18, 2022 at 12 PM ET. Employers should work closely with their immigration attorney to draft, review, and sign each H-1B cap registration.

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Patently O

MARCH 23, 2023

Dish Network (D.Utah 2023) Earlier in March 2023, a Utah jury sided with the patentee ClearPlay – find that Dish Network infringed two “clean movie” patents used to to skip the naughty bits of a video program. The court ordered DISH to prepare a draft order for his signature that adopts the rational from its briefing.

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Conflict of Laws

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The latest amendments to the Civil Procedure Law in 2023, referred to as the new CPL, involve 26 amendments, including 14 modified articles and 15 new additions. Further, in contrast to the previous draft amendment, the new CPL expands the scope of jurisdiction by appearance from the defendant to all parties involved.

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