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Supreme Court limits homeowners’ ability to sue their lenders in tort

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Balancing “the interests of homeowners in default against those seeking affordable home loans,” the Supreme Court in Sheen v. ” The court settles a conflict in Court of Appeal case law and notes a similar divide in federal district court rulings.

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Three Supreme Court cases lead to California Lawyer of the Year honors

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One of the three CLAY award Supreme Court decisions is Guardianship of Saul H. 5th 827 — “ Helping a teen boy escape El Salvadorian gangs and become a lawful resident.” 5th 93 — “ Missed break premiums count as wages, State Supreme Court rules.” 2022) 13 Cal.5th 2022) 13 Cal.5th

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China Adopts Restrictive Theory of Foreign State Immunity

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Ayer Chair in Business Law and Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law at UC Davis School of Law. On September 1, 2023, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress promulgated the Foreign State Immunity Law of the People’s Republic of China (FSIL) (English translation here ). In 2005, China signed the U.N.

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Trump’s steel tariffs, UNC affirmative action, and Maine’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate

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The law further provides that if the president “determines … to take action to adjust imports of an article and its derivatives, the President shall implement that action by no later than the date that is 15 days after the day on which the President determines to take action.”. Issues : (1) Whether the Supreme Court should overrule Grutter v.

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Balenciaga’s Bondage Bears: Company Sues Over the Inclusion of Supreme Court Opinion in Ad Campaign

JonathanTurley

The filing is particularly interesting because it focuses not as much on the BDSM or bondage bears being marketed by Balenciaga, but the inclusion the image of a child pornography court ruling. Hiding in plain sight a Supreme Court case involving a federal child porn law… Stop sexualizing kids to sell your ugly overpriced crap.

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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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. South Dakota Federal Court Granted Preliminary Injunction Against Enforcement of Laws Targeting Pipeline Protesters. and non-U.S. Jewell , No.

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June 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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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. She also was persuaded that Congress had ratified the lower appellate court decisions holding that there was a narrower scope of review. and non-U.S.

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