JURIST
NOVEMBER 23, 2023
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Tuesday became the first US appeals court to propose a new rule requiring lawyers to certify that they either did not use generative artificial intelligence (AI) programs, like Chat GPT, to draft filings or that humans reviewed AI-generated material.
Conflict of Laws
AUGUST 29, 2023
Torts such as online defamation, accidents involving self-driving vehicles, and other technological acts involving a foreign element have heightened the possibility of cross-border torts. Considering the complexities associated with cross-border torts, the European Union (EU) has enacted the Rome II Regulation.
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Paralegal Bootcamp
JANUARY 4, 2024
Three primary areas of case management responsibility include: Draft pleadings and discovery. Draft pleadings and discovery. Draft pleadings and discovery. Many attorneys also rely on the paralegal to do the first-round draft of pleadings that will be filed with the court. Assist at trial. What does that mean?
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. The Hawai‘i Circuit Court’s decision.
Conflict of Laws
OCTOBER 3, 2022
courts interpret choice-of-law clauses. That paper contains a detailed discussion of the most common interpretive issues—whether the clause selects the tort laws of the chosen jurisdiction in addition to its contract laws, for example—that arise in litigation. Several years ago, I published a paper that examined how U.S.
Conflict of Laws
JANUARY 2, 2023
On 30 December 2022, China’s Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress issued the “Civil Procedure Law of the People’s Republic of China (amendment draft)”. The amendment draft extends special jurisdiction rules to cover “disputes relating to property right or interest, and right or interest other than property” (Art.
JonathanTurley
MARCH 7, 2021
Meghan just won a case against Associated Newspapers and the ruling by London High Court Judge Mark Warby should be a concern for anyone who values the freedom of the press. Moreover, our tort for the public disclosure of embarrassing private facts has an exclusion for “newsworthy” stories. F-R Publishing Corp.,
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