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Austria Supreme Court refers Facebook data collection questions to ECJ

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Austria’s Supreme Court of Justice referred four fundamental questions regarding the legality of Facebook’s collection and use of EU customers’ data to the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) on Tuesday. The Court also issued a final judgment on issues it deemed did not require a referral to the ECJ.

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Europe rights court: Turkey liable for freedom of expression right violation

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The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday ruled that the Turkey government violated Article 10 freedom of expression of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) by imposing law on citizens which prosecuted them for insulting the president. The court further stated that in ?orli’s

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Supreme Court of Canada rules police officers cannot sue Crown prosecutors for misfeasance

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The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) on Friday held that police officers cannot sue Crown prosecutors over actions they claim damaged their reputation. In an 8-1 decision, the SCC found that the police cannot sue Crown prosecutors for misfeasance, the wrongful exercise of lawful authority.

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Traveling Judges and International Commercial Courts

Conflict of Laws

International commercial courts —domestic courts, chambers, and divisions dedicated to commercial or international commercial disputes such as the Netherlands Commercial Court and the never-implemented Brussels International Business Court —are the topic of much discussion these days.

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US Supreme Court hears oral arguments in commercial arbitral tribunals case

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The US Supreme Court Wednesday heard oral arguments in ZF Automotive US, Inc. a case concerning federal district courts’ authority to apply a particular statute to private commercial arbitral tribunals. ” The federal district court granted Luxshare’s application, and subpoenas were sent to ZF senior officers.

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Peru dispatch: Constitutional Court ruling on father’s naming rights when mother’s identity unknown to him is a victory for equality

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RENIAC denied the request because, as noted, Peruvian civil code only allowed the unilateral registration of the children when the identity of the father was unknown, not the identity of the mother. For that reason, Ricardo Moran came to the Constitutional Court of Peru.

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Germany top court rules Berlin rent cap is unconstitutional

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The Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe, Germany, ruled Thursday that Berlin’s Rent Cap Act is unconstitutional as it has undermined Germany’s Basic Law. The Constitutional Court stated that the main rationale of striking down the law was procedural and did not comment on the contents of the law.