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US Supreme Court hears oral arguments in commercial arbitral tribunals case

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a case concerning federal district courts’ authority to apply a particular statute to private commercial arbitral tribunals. The US Supreme Court Wednesday heard oral arguments in ZF Automotive US, Inc. Luxshare, Ltd. , In August 2017, Luxshare, Ltd. Luxshare) purchased business units from ZF Automotive US, Inc. (ZF)

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Judge rules MLB owes minor leagues compensation for unpaid wages

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However, in March 2018, Congress enacted the Save America’s Pastime Act (“SAP”) which amended the Fair Labor Standards Act to exempt baseball players from the statute’s minimum wage and overtime requirements.

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

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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”.

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

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As to the legal nature of the Buddha Mummy Statue in dispute, from the Chinese villagers’ perspective, the mummy contained in the golden statute is a person or God, instead of a property. In contrast, from the Dutch art collector’ perspective, the golden statute containing a mummy is a property not a person. Gold or God?

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

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Laws relating to economic activities should be viewed with greater latitude than laws touching civil rights such as freedom of speech, religion etc. Fiscal / taxation statutes must be interpreted strictly and literally; reasons of hardship given for belated applications do not warrant any relaxation. Union of India.

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Legalities of Third-Party Funding in India: The Road Ahead

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India does not recognize Classic third-party funding agreements, although such agreements are not expressly prohibited by India, as there are no precedents or Statutes to address this concern. Indian Arbitration law does not contain any provision related to TPF.

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