Conflict of Laws
MAY 31, 2021
The purpose of this write up is to briefly highlight the confusion on the concept of jurisdiction in Nigerian conflict of laws through the lens of a very recently reported case (reported last week) of Attorney General of Yobe State v Maska & Ano r. (“ Maska” ). [2]. 10] This approach softens the strict territorial jurisdiction approach.
Conflict of Laws
AUGUST 22, 2023
Each case has been reviewed and more details, such as the grounds, the case numbers, and causes of action, have been added. Case analyses have been aggregated under the country tags since 2022, so it is now easier to track down relevant cases, together with their information and analyses, in each country/region report.
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Conflict of Laws
AUGUST 24, 2022
Each case has been reviewed and more details, such as the case numbers and causes of action, have been added. As always, we endeavor to collect all Chinese court decisions involving the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments (“REFJ”), and foreign counterparts concerning the recognition and enforcement of Chinese judgments.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
DECEMBER 21, 2021
In its response to the petition, the Attorney-General for the government claimed an alleged connection between this case and another case filed by the Federal Prosecutor Office before the 7 th Federal Environmental and Agrarian Court of the Judiciary Section of Amazonas ( Federal Prosecutor Office v. The court found that IEA v.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
DECEMBER 11, 2020
A Hawaii court held that the Hawai‘i Environmental Policy Act requires environmental review for commercial taking of aquarium fish and that Department of Land and Natural Resources issuance and renewal of licenses for commercial aquarium collection without environmental review was invalid and illegal. A20-1513 (Minn.
JURIST
FEBRUARY 27, 2021
The bill seeks to restore certain provisions of the federal Voting Rights Act that were gutted by a 2013 Supreme Court decision. It prohibits any sort of voting practice or procedure that would cause the denial or abridgment of the right to vote to any person based on race, color, or membership in a minority language group.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
Federal Court Stayed Remand Order in Minnesota’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Industry, Denied Attorney Fees. The federal district court for the District of Minnesota stayed its order remanding Minnesota’s climate change lawsuit against the fossil fuel industry. City of Hoboken v. Exxon Mobil Corp. , 2:20-cv-14243 (D.N.J.
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