Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 21, 2024

The Court held that such a clause does not meet the formal requirements laid down under Article 25 of the Brussels I (recast) Regulation and, hence, is invalid. The clause also allowed the Austrian party to sue in another competent court and was thus asymmetric.

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JURIST

JULY 1, 2021

Notably, the social media giant’s safe harbor protection for the content shared on its platform remains in limbo after its repeated non-compliance with the central government’s new IT Rules of 2021.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Karlen Jonathan Karlen, who is not an attorney, filed a pro se appeal in the Missouri Court of Appeals. His initial filing was deficient in several respects, but after the court gave him several deadline extensions, he ultimately filed an appellate brief and a reply brief. The court was not sympathetic. ” Smith v. .

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Patently O

APRIL 3, 2023

The court also addressed the burden of proof in estoppel cases, with the Federal Circuit holding that it lies with the party seeking the estoppel — a ruling that aligns with traditional practice and the best reading of the statute. Supreme Court in Apple v.

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JURIST

MAY 17, 2023

The case was in the US District Court for the Northern District of California. I am proud our office was able to prove in court that the opioid industry perpetuated this problem. The court ruled that Walgreens dispensed these pills without adequate due diligence.

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Day on Torts

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Where there was material evidence to show that plaintiff met her required due diligence, the jury verdict for plaintiff on her intentional misrepresentation and fraud claim was affirmed. First, the Court of Appeals found that defendant waived his argument that the evidence supporting fraud was not legally sufficient.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 31, 2023

Recently, a Dutch District Court dealt with a case on the recognition of US court decisions on legal parenthood over children born from a high-tech surrogacy trajectory in the US, providing many private international law insights on how to assess such request for recognition.

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OilandGasLawyer

MARCH 2, 2021

The court appointed an attorney ad litem to represent the defendants served by posting who had not appeared or answered. The Court concluded that diligent inquiry had been made and entered judgment awarding foreclosure of the taxing authorities’ liens on the properties and that they be sold under auction.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 9, 2024

In a transformative moment for European and global climate litigation, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled today that the state has a positive duty to adopt, and effectively implement in practice, regulations and measures capable of mitigating the existing and potentially irreversible future effects of climate change.

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Patently O

JANUARY 4, 2024

The two cases were consolidated before the district court, though no joint defense agreement existed between the co-defendants. The Constitutional promises of due process and the right to petition require that the law be available to all people – including corporate defendants and attorneys seeking access the courts.

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Conflict of Laws

APRIL 29, 2024

A recent judgment issued by the Piraeus Court of Appeal provides a clear picture of how the mechanism operates in Greece [Piraeus Court of Appeal, judgment nr. The claimant, a Greek company with its seat in Piraeus, filed an action before the Piraeus Court of First Instance, seeking the award of the total sum of $29,163,200.

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Attorney at Work

JUNE 4, 2022

You just need to take reasonable due diligence to know it is secure. Likewise, Model Rule 1.6(c) Due Diligence. About the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism. These duties we uphold are defined under Supreme Court Rule 799(c). We owe it to our clients, ethically and professionally.

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Day on Torts

MAY 18, 2022

Plaintiff asserted various claims against defendants, including breach of contract, fraud, intentional misrepresentation, and negligence, all of which the trial court dismissed as untimely pursuant to the three-year statute of limitations applicable to claims of injuries to real property. Code Ann. § 28-3-105.) internal citation omitted).

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At the Lectern

MARCH 16, 2023

At yesterday’s Supreme Court conference , a double one, actions of note included: Court allows clemency for one, returns files to be redacted for four others. 2) May a superior court ever set pretrial bail above an arrestee’s ability to pay?” ” In its landmark In re Humphrey (2021) 11 Cal.5th Resentencing.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 22, 2022

2022 was no different, with courts further delineating the procedural dimensions of climate cases and expanding on the responsibilities of stakeholders for climate mitigation and adaption. Courts in the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom have provided oversight of government climate mitigation actions.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 21, 2022

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court in Cassirer v. Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation heard oral argument in a case under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act concerning choice-of-law rules. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in early 2019. The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act’s commercial-activity exception.

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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. Introduction.

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Day on Torts

AUGUST 9, 2021

The trial court found, based on the testimony of the parties, that the purpose of the annuity was to ensure that the mother would eventually qualify for Medicaid benefits. After denying defendant’s motion for summary judgment, the trial court held a bench trial. internal citation and quotation omitted). internal citations omitted).

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 25, 2022

Tax Court has the power to excuse the missed deadline for equitable reasons, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday in a unanimous decision. After the IRS Independent Office of Appeals sustained the levy, Boechler sent a petition one day late to request review in the Tax Court. The case, Boechler v.

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Day on Torts

MARCH 30, 2021

Plaintiff filed a civil action in general sessions court against the driver on March 3, 2017, but the driver had died on December 7, 2016. Plaintiff filed a “re-issued” civil summons in the sessions court on January 31, 2018, which was served on the defendant as the personal representative. Code Ann. § 20-5-103). . §

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Day on Torts

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The trial court agreed, dismissing the action, and the Court of Appeals affirmed. The Court of Appeals agreed with defendants. Plaintiff here argued that the statute of limitations for her claims began to run on different days for different defendants, and this argument was clearly rejected by the Court of Appeals.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

On June 20, 2023, the Spanish Supreme Court handed down its final ruling in the case of Greenpeace v. However, the Supreme Court found that the Spanish Government had complied with the Paris Agreement and the EU legislation. On March 7, 2022, the Supreme Court decided that Greenpeace v. The Case Filing of Greenpeace v.

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Attorney at Work

APRIL 4, 2022

The Model Rules and related comments make clear that a client has a right to terminate your relationship at any time. The Missouri Supreme Court emphasized this point in its landmark case In the Matter of Cupples. For instance, Ohio Supreme Court Ethics Op. Rule of Prof. They cannot be bought, sold, or traded.

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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. Sommerfeld ) The Proposal for a Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence The process towards an EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive is gaining momentum.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

All of this, while also meeting strict deadlines usually set by a judge, a court rule, or a regulation. Online systems for clerks of court. For example, a corporate paralegal might be asked to do some due diligence on foreign corporations that are part of a big merger. Pro Tip from an Attorney. Docketing software.

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

On these facts, in 2016, two French NGOs and 11 former Syrian employees of Lafarge ’s Syrian subsidiary pressed criminal charges in French courts against the French mother company. By its decision of January 16, 2024, the French Cour de cassation (chambre criminelle) ruled partly in favour of the petitioner. Implications.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 8, 2022

Prior to the reform, constitutional environmental protection was developed in the case law of the Constitutional Court. Climate litigation cases that rely on human rights have achieved some success in Europe and beyond and prompted courts to demand increased ambition from governments. 179/2019 ). For example, in Urgenda Foundation v.

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Attorney at Work

JUNE 22, 2022

may seem harsh in tethering a lawyer to a matter when a client’s competency cannot allow for diligent representation. A lawyer can abandon representation only when they’re unable to establish or maintain a lawyer-client relationship imposed by Rule 1.14. Taking Protective Measures.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 11, 2024

The much-awaited European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) Grand Chamber rulings in three key climate cases have arrived, with two ruled inadmissible ( Carême v. States are obliged to use due diligence to keep their GHG reduction targets updated in accordance with appropriate scientific evidence. 548, emphasis added).

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Customs & International Trade Law

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Diaz Trade Law diligently worked with different CBP teams such as the Center of Excellence and Expertise (CEE), the ACE Client Representative and the Entry Team at the local port, to provide resolution to the entry in question. And Xinjiang Zhongtai Chemical Co.

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Patently O

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Elements of the proposal: Restore a first-to-invent system and one-year grace period: “a person shall be entitled to a patent where the inventor is first to conceive of the invention and diligently reduces the invention to practice.” ” Allow for civil actions to demand patent rights from the USPTO in any district court.

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LexForti

JANUARY 21, 2022

I have practiced in the High Court of Delhi under the tutelage of Mr. Pramod Verma. However, the litigant has to undergo a stringent process of due diligence to avail funding. Venkiteswaran [2] , the Court ruled out the contention that the court has no power to award costs against persons who are third-party to a suit.

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Conflict of Laws

JULY 11, 2022

Can the executive of a state withdraw from the International Criminal Court without involving the legislative? Supreme Court. Based on the separation of power, the court refrained itself from arbitrating on diplomatic matters. Foreign Relation Law as international or domestic law? In Animal Science Products, the U.S.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 19, 2022

chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Pryor was on the short list for the Supreme Court under President Donald Trump. The Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press. 157, 168 (1979).

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