Court Rules Drafting Litigating Tort 
Paralegal Bootcamp
JANUARY 4, 2024
WHAT IS A LITIGATION PARALEGAL? A litigation paralegal is someone who works under the supervision of an attorney who practices in criminal or civil litigation. A litigation paralegal assists the attorney with many case management duties, from the complaint through the trial and the appeal. Draft pleadings and discovery.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
Starting in 2017, cities, counties, and states across the United States have filed claims (see here and here ) in state courts against fossil fuel companies seeking redress for the climate harms their products have caused. Many of these cases asserted nuisance and other tort law claims.
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Conflict of Laws
MAY 26, 2021
As was briefly announced earlier on this blog , on 29 January 2021, the Dutch Court of Appeal in The Hague gave a ruling in a long-standing litigation launched by four Nigerian farmers and the Dutch Milieudefensie. Oil spill in Nigeria and litigation in The Hague courts. Human rights litigation and Rome II.
Conflict of Laws
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
In two prior posts ( here and here ), I discussed a draft of the FSIL (English translation here ). In this post I analyze the final version of the law, noting some of its key provision and identifying changes from the draft, some of which address issues that I had identified. This provision also follows the U.N.
Conflict of Laws
JUNE 29, 2023
More importantly, the court considered the requirement of a “real connecting link” in the context of Art. The court ruled that in unfair competition law disputes of contractual nature the establishment of such a link must be based on the content of the measure sought, not merely its effects. 7(1) of the Brussels Ibis Regulation.
Conflict of Laws
AUGUST 3, 2023
The EU Sustainability Directive and Jurisdiction The Draft for a Corporate Sustainable Due Diligence Directive currently contains no rules on jurisdiction. Instead, we address a gap in the Draft Directive, namely the lack of any provisions on jurisdiction.
JonathanTurley
FEBRUARY 5, 2022
According to the Daily Mail , Palin’s counsel questioned Times’ reporter Elizabeth Williamson , who wrote the first draft of the article. The Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press.
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