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Court rules federal immunity law does not shield Turkish bank from U.S. prosecution

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But the court left the door open for the bank to press a different immunity argument in the lower courts. Federal prosecutors in New York indicted the bank in 2019 on charges that it had participated in a multi-year scheme to launder billions of dollars stemming from the sales of Iranian oil and natural gas, in violation of U.S.

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In mostly humdrum order list, court adds no new cases to its docket

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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.

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Depp-Heard Verdict Contains Relatively Rare Defamation-by-Counsel Liability

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The massive verdict in favor of actor Johnny Depp yesterday constitutes a rare victory of a public figure under the difficult New York Times v. Even with the reduction of the $5 million in punitive damages to $350,000 under the statutory state cap for punitive damages, Depp was technically awarded $10,350,000.

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Australia High Court Delivers Major Blow to Free Speech In Defamation Ruling

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Despite this history, a new decision out of the High Court is still shocking in its implications for further attacks on free speech. The court ruled that newspapers and television stations that post articles on social media sites like Facebook are liable for other third party comments on those posts. punitive damages.

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Final Update: Repository HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention

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847-880 (available here ) Brannigan, Neil “Resolving conflicts: establishing forum non conveniens in a new Hague jurisdiction convention”, Journal of Private International Law 18 (2022), pp. Implementing the Hague Judgments Convention”, New York University Law Review 97 (2022), pp. 187-214 Coco, Sarah E. 8 (2021), pp.

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Update: HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention Repository

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“The 2005 Hague Choice of Court and the 2019 Hague Judgments Conventions versus the New York Convention – Rivals, Alternatives or Something Else?”, The Value of a New Judgments Convention for U.S. Litigants”, New York University Law Review 94 (2019), pp 1210-1243. Coco, Sarah E. Cong, Junqi. Kasem, Rouzana.

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Update: Repository HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention

Conflict of Laws

847-880 (available here ) Brannigan, Neil “Resolving conflicts: establishing forum non conveniens in a new Hague jurisdiction convention”, Journal of Private International Law 18 (2022), pp. Implementing the Hague Judgments Convention”, New York University Law Review 97 (2022), pp. 187-214 Coco, Sarah E. 8 (2021), pp.