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US Supreme Court hears oral arguments in commercial arbitral tribunals case

JURIST

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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Who’s Afraid of Punitive Damages? – Conference in Augsburg, Germany

Conflict of Laws

It evidently has not stopped claimants from seeking enforcement of punitive damage awards in other civil law legal systems. Concluding the first panel (and day) of the conference, Rachel Mulheron (Queen Mary University) shared her insights into “Punitive Damages in English Law”. While the Court of Appeal in John v.

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Judge rules MLB owes minor leagues compensation for unpaid wages

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The Northern District Court of California Tuesday ruled that Major League Baseball (MLB) violated Arizona and Florida state minimum wage laws when not paying minor leaguers during spring training, instructional leagues, or extended spring training. Chief Magistrate Judge Joseph C.

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The Characterization and Applicable Law of Cultural Objects in Conflicts of Laws: Is a Mummy a Person or a Property?

Conflict of Laws

The Chinese court classified the statue as a cultural property and applied the choice of law over movable properties provided in Article 37 of Chinese Private International Law ( lex rei sitae). In contrast, from the Dutch art collector’ perspective, the golden statute containing a mummy is a property not a person.

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Explained: Validity of Stamp Paper [6 Months or 3 Years?]

LexForti

These are often called as, Court Fee Stamp Papers. These Stamp Papers are used to avoid Cash Transactions in the Court. A case might not get admitted, if court fees is not paid properly. However in many cases, parties relies on Delhi High Court Judgment of Dr. Poornima Advani v. Supreme Court in the case of Govt.

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Out now: the Swiss IPRG in English

Conflict of Laws

1294 (1990), 1295 , “Translation of Legal Texts: Three English Versions of the Swiss Federal Statute on Private International Law”). Indeed, a civil law codification usually “contains many legal terms which either do not exist in common law jurisdictions or have different connotations in the case of literal translations”.

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The Chinese villages win a lawsuit in China to repatriate a Mummified Buddha Statue hold by a Dutch Collector —What Role has Private International Law Played?

Conflict of Laws

By Zhengxin Huo, Professor of Law, China University of Polit’l Science and Law; Associate Member of International Academy of Comparative Law; Observer of the UNESCO 1970 Convention. Against this background, the lawsuit before the Chinese court is more important in terms of legal analysis. Email: zhengxinh@cupl.edu.cn.

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