Conflict of Laws

JUNE 7, 2022

This post is an abridged adaptation of my recent article, Private International Law and Substantive Liability Issues in Tort Litigation against Multinational Companies in the English Courts: Recent UK Supreme Court Decisions and Post-Brexit Implications in the Journal of Private International Law. Muir-Watt (ibid) 386).

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 2, 2021

Supreme Court denied fossil fuel companies’ petition for writ of certiorari seeking review of the Ninth Circuit’s decision reversing the district court’s 2018 denial of Oakland’s and San Francisco’s motions to remand their climate change nuisance cases to California state court. Environmental Defense Fund v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 9, 2021

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed without prejudice an appeal of the district court’s denial of a preliminary injunction in cases challenging the Willow project, a major oil development project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.

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