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Australia introduces law to prevent construction of Russian embassy near parliament building

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At a press conference , Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said that the law has been expedited to prevent a formal Russian diplomatic presence near the parliament. The post Australia introduces law to prevent construction of Russian embassy near parliament building appeared first on JURIST - News.

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Finding Light in Dark Places: Specific Obligations for Climate Change and Ocean Acidification Mitigation

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Can the new advisory opinion interpreting the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) move us beyond the lethargy of unmet climate change policy needs ? By accepting the COSIS request, ITLOS boldly advanced the international law of climate change to take full account of its harmful impacts on the marine environment.

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14,000 Words to Win It: Why Medtronic’s Appeal Strategy Backfired

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Teleflex delves into the old pre-AIA law of inventorship and prior art. But, in patent law we also observe the legal fiction that filing a patent application describing the invention in sufficient detail to enable a person skilled in the art to make and use it will also qualify (constructive reduction to practice).

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Landlords Beware: When Tenants Are Sanctioned

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by Pillsbury's Construction & Real Estate Law Team. The listing of Specially Designated Nationals (SDNs) has the potential to impact any American doing business with a named party, including landlords who lease real estate to sanctioned persons. Rozen and Samantha Franks explain how sanctions designations may require U.S.

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Skilled Searcher Test Allows Estoppel for Unknown References

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These standards and procedures are important because they provide clarity on the scope of estoppel and help stabilize the law, particularly given diverging district court rulings on these issues. One interesting aspect of Ironburg is the split 2-1 decision on indefiniteness, which I’ll address in a separate post.

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In the South Carolina countryside, a dispute over “citizen suits” under the Clean Water Act

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But the act prevents these so-called citizen suits if the government is already enforcing the law. Believing that the construction fell under an agricultural exemption to the CWA, the Smiths proceeded without a water-pollution permit. The Clean Water Act allows private actors to sue someone for polluting a water system.

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Put an End to “Progressive” Discipline 

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Jathan Janove As a former labor and employment law attorney, I’ve taken issue with the popular employee disciplinary tool commonly referred to as “progressive discipline.” In this column, I’ll apply these tools in a law firm setting. In my view, it’s a pernicious contradiction in terms. Here’s what I published on this topic with SHRM.

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