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In a first for climate nuisance claims, a Hawai‘i State Court allowed Honolulu to proceed with its case against fossil fuel companies

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Starting in 2017, cities, counties, and states across the United States have filed claims (see here and here ) in state courts against fossil fuel companies seeking redress for the climate harms their products have caused. Many of these cases asserted nuisance and other tort law claims.

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Why does it worth hiring a Paralegal for your Small Claims matter.

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litigation, as this court is not that small how it looks. considerations together left no space for hiring lawyers and most people prefer to start litigation on their own. . The forms required are simple and there is plenty of information available on how to start the action. It has a monetary jurisdiction to consider.

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Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) 2/2022: Abstracts

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Reimann: Human Rights Litigation Beyond the Alien Tort Claims Act: The Crucial Role of the Act of State Doctrine. The Kashef case currently before the federal courts in New York shows that human rights litigation against corporate defendants in the United States is alive and well. Unlike the Principles, however, Law No.

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. Among the inadequacies found by the court was Ecology’s failure to consider climate change in drafting the permits. and non-U.S.

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