LawSites

JULY 12, 2021

If you are wondering where the innovators are in law, look no farther than the Fastcase 50, the annual award doled out by the legal intelligence company Fastcase that honors 50 of the law’s “smartest, most courageous, innovators, techies, visionaries, and leaders.”. Tonya Evans , Professor of Law, Penn State Dickinson Law.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 12, 2021

in which Epic has asked the justices to weigh in on whether a state law that places a cap on punitive damages can provide the kind of fair notice that the Supreme Court has said the Constitution’s due process clause requires, so that a punitive damages award that complies with the law passes constitutional muster. Boardman v.

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Vanguard

MAY 20, 2020

There’s been no protocol for how states should reopen for business during the COVID-19 pandemic , and the same holds true f o r cities and counties within those states. . So how easy is it for a company with 13 offices doing business in 40 states to determine when its employees can return to the workplace? . “

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 20, 2022

A short explanation of relists is available here. Last week’s relists yielded what will likely be the last five cases to be to be argued during the current term. At this Friday’s conference, the Supreme Court will thus begin the process of considering what cases to review next fall during October Term 2022. This week we have five new relists.

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Patently O

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Guest Post by Prof. Jorge Contreras of the University of Utah S.J. Quinney School of Law. Disclosure statement: in 2019, the author served as an expert for HTC in an unrelated, non-U.S. In August 31, 2021, the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled in HTC Corp. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson , 2021 U.S. LEXIS 26250, __ F.4 4 th __ (Fed.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 30, 2023

However, the CoL General Editors will preserve the Repository’s final state as first entry to the CoL Materials. Today, we are on the eve of the HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention’s entry into force. Final Update of 29 August 2023: New entries are printed bold.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 8, 2021

This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider cases and statutes about suing various government entities, ranging from two counties to a state governor to the United States itself. Broadly speaking, sovereign immunity protects states from suit. In Polk County, Wisconsin v. The en banc U.S.

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LawSites

OCTOBER 28, 2021

In an initiative intended to provide better access to and visibility for the insights and commentary published on legal blogs, LexBlog , a company that provides professional blogs and turnkey digital publishing solutions for law firms and legal organizations, has launched the Open Legal Blog Archive. State Bar of Texas with Texas Bar Today.

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LawSites

OCTOBER 28, 2021

In an initiative intended to provide better access to and visibility for the insights and commentary published on legal blogs, LexBlog , a company that provides professional blogs and turnkey digital publishing solutions for law firms and legal organizations, has launched the Open Legal Blog Archive. State Bar of Texas with Texas Bar Today.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 6, 2017

Each month, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP (APKS) and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. and non-U.S. climate litigation charts. If you know of any cases we have missed, please email us at columbiaclimate at gmail dot com. A divided D.C.

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Conflict of Laws

APRIL 20, 2022

HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention Repository. In preparation of the Conference on the HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention on 9/10 September 2022, taking place on campus of the University of Bonn, Germany, we are offering here a Repository of contributions to the HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention. Update of 20 April 2022: New entries are printed bold.

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Conflict of Laws

APRIL 4, 2023

In preparation of the Conference on the HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention on 9/10 June 2023, taking place on campus of the University of Bonn, Germany, we are offering here a Repository of contributions to the HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention. Please also check the “official” Bibliography of the HCCH for the instrument.

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Patently O

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Stroud is General Counsel at Unified Patents – an organization often adverse to litigation-funded entities. [1] 1] He is also an adjunct professor at American University Washington College of Law. Patent assertion finance today is a multibillion-dollar business. [2] 2] Virtually nonexistent in the patent space in the U.S.

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Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 11, 2022

Rescheduled: “The HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention: Prospects for Judicial Cooperation in Civil Matters between the EU and Third Countries” – Conference on 9 and 10 September 2022, University of Bonn, Germany. Please email us if you miss something in it, we will update immediately…. Update of 12 January 2022: New entries are printed bold.

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

In preparation of the Conference on the HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention on 9/10 September 2022, taking place on campus of the University of Bonn, Germany, we are offering here a Repository of contributions to the HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention. Please email us if you miss something in it, we will update immediately…. Explanatory Reports.

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Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Rescheduled: “The HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention: Prospects for Judicial Cooperation in Civil Matters between the EU and Third Countries” – Conference on 9 and 10 September 2022, University of Bonn, Germany. Please email us if you miss something in it, we will update immediately…. Update of 7 December 2021: New entries are printed bold.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 31, 2022

HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention Repository. In preparation of the Conference on the HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention on 9/10 June 2023, taking place on campus of the University of Bonn, Germany, we are offering here a Repository of contributions to the HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention. Update of 31 August 2022: New entries are printed bold. Bibliography.

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

In preparation of the Conference on the HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention on 9/10 June 2023, taking place on campus of the University of Bonn, Germany, registration now open , we are offering here a Repository of contributions to the HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention. Please also check the “official” Bibliography of the HCCH for the instrument.

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 21, 2022

HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention Repository. In preparation of the Conference on the HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention on 9/10 June 2023 , taking place on campus of the University of Bonn, Germany, we are offering here a Repository of contributions to the HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention. Update of 7 June 2022: New entries are printed bold. Bibliography.

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Conflict of Laws

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention Repository. In preparation of the Conference on the HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention on 9/10 June 2023, taking place on campus of the University of Bonn, Germany, we are offering here a Repository of contributions to the HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention. Update of 28 September 2022: New entries are printed bold.

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Attorney at Work

APRIL 15, 2022

Catherine Tang (@attorneycat) is a business and trademark lawyer licensed in California and Wisconsin. Which apps and connectivity tools do you use to stay productive and focused — and are they working? Having entered the second quarter of 2022, more than a few of us are wondering whether to upgrade our productivity toolbox.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JANUARY 13, 2021

If you know of any cases we have missed, please email us at columbiaclimate@gmail.com. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 141. FEATURED CASE. Ninth Circuit Said NEPA Review for Offshore Drilling Project Should Have Considered Greenhouse Gas Emissions Associated with Foreign Oil Consumption. Bernhardt , No.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 19, 2023

This week, we highlight cert petitions that ask the court to consider, among other things, what level of First Amendment scrutiny applies to a state law governing slogans that appear alongside candidates’ names on the ballot. Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The US Supreme Court declined Tuesday to hear an appeal from a group of attorneys associated with former president Donald Trump, led by Sidney Powell, against sanctions placed upon them for allegedly abusing the Michigan state legal system in their 2020 election fraud lawsuit. The case, Powell v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

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. and non-U.S. climate litigation charts. If you know of any cases we have missed, please email us at columbiaclimate@gmail.com. FEATURED CASE.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 22, 2023

” This effort includes dozens of FBI agents and other agency employees who worked with social media companies to bar or suspend accounts. This is very similar to the effort on the other grants through offices like the State Department’s Global Engagement Center and the National Endowment for Democracy.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 29, 2022

Oklahoma and 18 other states write that data from colleges where race-conscious admissions is banned show that schools can maintain diversity and academic competitiveness without it. At bottom, ‘diversity’ as articulated by its proponents is too amorphous to constitute a compelling state interest that satisfies the Equal Protection Clause.”.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 8, 2021

In Baltimore’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies, Supreme Court Held that Appellate Review of Remand Order Extends to All Grounds for Removal. The Court declined to review the companies’ other grounds for removal, finding that the “wiser course” was to allow the Fourth Circuit to address them in the first instance.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 7, 2021

States and Coal Company Sought Review of D.C. The first petition was filed by West Virginia and 18 other states that had intervened to defend the repeal and replacement rule, known as the Affordable Clean Energy rule. The states argued that the Supreme Court’s stay of the Clean Power Plan while it was under review by the D.C.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 9, 2021

Second Circuit Rejected New York City’s State Law Climate Claims Against Oil Companies. Second Circuit Rejected New York City’s State Law Climate Claims Against Oil Companies. If you know of any cases we have missed, please email us at columbiaclimate@gmail.com. Creative Commons, NYC Manhattan Skyline. FEATURED CASE.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Bankruptcy Court Said California City and Counties Could Not Sue Coal Company for Climate Change Impacts. The plaintiffs alleged that Peabody (and a number of other fossil fuel companies) caused greenhouse gas emissions that resulted in sea level rise and damage to their property. and non-U.S. climate litigation charts.

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The Crime Report

JULY 22, 2021

Sixteen Texas lawyers, including four former State Bar of Texas presidents, have filed a complaint urging bar regulators to suspend or permanently disbar Texas Attorney General Warren Kenneth Paxton Jr. Texas AG Warren Kenneth Paxton Jr. from practice. Harrington.

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