Conflict of Laws

JUNE 28, 2023

It is cross-posted at Transnational Litigation Blog. Supreme Court yesterday upheld the constitutionality of Pennsylvania’s corporate registration statute, even though it requires out-of-state corporations registering to do business within the state to consent to all-purpose (general) personal jurisdiction. Washington (1945).

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 23, 2018

Climate change nuisance litigation is entering a new and dynamic phase. The decisions on these motions could influence pending and future litigation in the same vein – lawsuits seeking damages, compensation or abatement funds to alleviate the costs borne by local governments to adapt to climate change impacts. By Michael Burger.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

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. Federal Court in Washington Upheld Forest Restoration Plan. By Margaret Barry and Korey Silverman-Roati. and non-U.S.

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Conflict of Laws

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Washington (1945) and the requirement of “minimum contacts.” Congress clearly intended its cause of action for trafficking in confiscated property to discourage non-U.S. courts apply a presumption against extraterritoriality to limit the reach of federal statutes. Supreme Court’s decision in International Shoe Co.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 1, 2021

Washington , 19-333 , involves whether a state can compel a floral designer to arrange flowers to celebrate same-sex weddings. In government-facing litigation, the government’s petition in Becerra v. We finish with good old private litigation. Washington , 19-333. Arlene’s Flowers Inc. Dignity Health, Inc. Cummings v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

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. Supreme Court Invited Solicitor General to Weigh in on Wyoming and Montana’s Case Against Washington for Denying Port Access for Coal.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 16, 2024

Justice John Paul Stevens set out a two-part test for courts to review an agency’s interpretation of a statute it administers. If it has not, the court must uphold the agency’s interpretation of the statute as long as it is reasonable. In the Supreme Court, the fisheries are represented by former U.S.

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