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Claim regarding retirement benefit calculation was not a tort claim.

Day on Torts

Although plaintiff labeled his complaint as a tort claim, the gravamen of the complaint was a dispute over “the amount, time and manner of payment of plaintiff’s pension plan benefits.” After plaintiff appealed the decision, an Administrative Law Judge determined that plaintiff was in fact entitled to benefits from defendant.

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A Court-Side Seat: SCOTUS Further Clarifies Alien Tort Statute; Revisiting WOTUS

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environmental and administrative law cases recently decided. The federal government depends on the service of thousands of Administrative Law Judges (ALJs), most of whom are appointed or selected by the head of an agency or internal agency boards. by Anthony B. What follows is a brief account of some of the notable U.S.

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

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Administrative complaints. Two administrative law complaints were constructed in a similar manner and requested the revocation of the Notice of Finalization by the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry that confirmed the content of the construction plan of new coal-fired power plants.

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Practice Area Switcharoo: Become An Expert in Anything

Attorney at Work

For example, an interest in big pharma could lead you to sources about health law, antitrust, mass torts, consumer protection, and science and technology. Just as “administrative law” is an umbrella term for numerous practice specialties, most practice areas comprise multiple niches.

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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. ¶ 174.

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Israel dispatch: Knesset vote to curtail ‘reasonableness doctrine’ would limit judiciary’s power to constrain arbitrary executive decisions

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The reasonableness doctrine is found in Israeli administrative law and allows the court to exercise its power of judicial review on the executive branch of the government. Over time, Israeli courts have continuously developed and refined the reasonableness doctrine through case law , legal scholarship, and comparative legal analysis.

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The court found that the Commission adequately explained its rationale for rejecting the dollar figure adopted by the administrative law judge. The MPF brought a tort case against de Rezende for causing the deforestation of 2,488.56

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