ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 27, 2023

As the frequency and number of climate change cases continue to rise, a robust body of legal precedent is forming, shaping a well-defined field of climate law. The Report builds upon previous reports from 2017 and 2020 , providing a comprehensive update on the current state of, and trends in, climate change litigation worldwide.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Today, the Sabin Center published an end-of-year report on the state of climate change litigation in 2023. and Global Climate Litigation databases, the report provides examples that offer insights into emerging themes, evolving legal strategies, and the pulse of climate litigation.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 4, 2024

States’ inadequate responses to the climate crisis have driven the rise of litigation cases against national and sub-national governments. Next week’s judgments from the European Court of Human Rights in its first climate cases will be another significant factor to shape this field – so watch this space for more analysis to come!

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Paralegal Bootcamp

JULY 24, 2023

However, it’s essential to understand that the kind of litigation paralegal role you choose will influence your job satisfaction. This is because some paralegals might prefer a corporate setting as an in-house paralegal, while others might thrive in a law firm setting working in civil litigation or other commercial litigation.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 19, 2023

Communications with litigation funders will not effect a waiver of work product protection, assuming the parties take common-sense precautions such as signing a non-disclosure agreement.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

OCTOBER 21, 2022

I currently work for a reputable litigation firm that specializes in bankruptcy, business disputes, real estate, and family law. It is mostly litigation, and it is always busy at my firm! Every day looks a little different for me, depending on how busy our week is, but here is a day in the life of a litigation paralegal.

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CARET Legal

MARCH 20, 2024

For instance, if you prepare a brief that exceeds the word limit set by the appellate court, it can result in the dismissal of the appeal. Reviewing Trial Court Proceedings For complex cases, such as patent litigation, the task of reviewing trial court proceedings can be quite intensive.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MARCH 17, 2023

Technology is an integral part of any business, including law firms and legal departments. However, litigation technology can be tricky to understand. Using Litigation Technology Effectively Litigation technology can be tricky, but learning how to use it effectively is worth it and important for a litigation paralegal.

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LawSites

APRIL 1, 2024

Called Litigation Footprint, it provides a visual overview of the federal and state courts across the country in which a party has litigated, derived from the litigation histories of parties in over 27 million cases filed in 94 federal district courts and over 1,300 state courts in 34 states and the District of Columbia.

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 13, 2024

Ekaterina Aristova (Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, University of Oxford) is the author of the ‘ Tort Litigation against Transnational Corporations: The Challenge of Jurisdiction in English Courts ’ (OUP 2024), which has just been published in the Oxford Private International Law series.

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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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LawSites

MARCH 19, 2024

InfoTrack may be one of the fastest growing yet least known legal technology companies in the United States. You may know it more through its brands, including ServeNow for finding process servers, One Legal for California court filing, LawToolBox for court calendaring, and the Legal Talk Network group of legal podcasts.

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HowAppealing

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The post “Supreme Court Case on State Legislatures Could Open Litigation Floodgates; The justices will hear arguments next month on a legal theory that could transform federal elections — and, experts said, lead to countless lawsuits” appeared first on How Appealing.

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JURIST

JUNE 27, 2023

There have been several legal cases brought by citizens of the Niger Delta region along with climate activists against Shell’s pollution of the area and their responses to these disasters. The post Nigeria oil spill at Shell facility threatens livelihoods amid ongoing litigation appeared first on JURIST - News.

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Conflict of Laws

APRIL 5, 2024

On 20 and 21 June, a conference dedicated to Stratetic Litigation, organized by Christiane von Bary (LMU Munich) and Tobias Lutzi (University of Augsburg), will take place at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Munich, Germany. More information can be found on this flyer. Please this link to register for the event.

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Fordham Law News

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Over the last decade, commercial litigation funding has become an essential tool for plaintiffs to pursue meritorious legal claims. [1] 2] While most lawyers believe that litigation funders enable plaintiffs with meritorious legal claims access to justice, some remain skeptical. [3]

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Conflict of Laws

APRIL 9, 2024

Parallel proceedings in international commercial litigation between the courts of different countries have long been discussed and explored, for which the Brussels I Regulation in the EU provides a good model for solution although it is still a problem at the global level and an obstacle for the Hague Jurisdiction Project.

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HowAppealing

JUNE 26, 2021

“Judicial Notice (06.26.21): #FreeBritney; Blockbuster Supreme Court decisions, a big-ticket litigation finance deal, and other legal news from the week that was.” ” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

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Law 360

JUNE 22, 2023

Supreme Court's elimination of the constitutional right to abortion hit like an earthquake last summer, uprooting long-standing reproductive rights, triggering state laws curbing abortion access and flooding courts with litigation. A year later, legal battles promise further shake-ups to the abortion landscape.

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Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 1, 2022

Professor Zhe ng Sophia Tang (Wuhan University) will speak on “Smart Court in Cross-Border Litigation”. About the topic: Smart courts integrate modern technology in the court proceedings to improve the efficiency of trial. You can find more details here. . She is a barrister, an arbitrator and a mediator. . .

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben proposes the preliminary legal opinion procedure — seeking a court's opinion on a disputed legal standard at the outset, rather than the close, of discovery — as a useful resource-preservation tool for legally complex, discovery-intensive litigation.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 21, 2023

Credit: Tobias Reich, Unsplash The Sabin Center’s Global Climate Change Litigation Database currently lists over 2000 cases. And what do they say about the future of climate litigation in the country? The country also has a strong tradition of public interest litigation , with roots in the anti-apartheid struggle.

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JURIST

JUNE 12, 2022

million settlement for legal fees to the Center for Reproductive Rights and law firms who challenged the state’s abortion restrictions on doctors in June Medical Services LLC et al v. million “for attorneys’ fees, expenses, or costs arising from the initiation and prosecution of the Litigation.”

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JURIST

MARCH 16, 2024

The Supreme Court of Canada clarified on Friday the scope of judicial review for tribunal decisions, holding that judicial review is available even when a statutory right to appeal from tribunal decisions is limited to pure questions of law. The court refused to accept her application as it was time-barred.

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JayS.Rothman&Associates

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

In California State court, the discovery process plays a crucial role in litigation, serving the purpose of ensuring fairness, facilitating the exchange of information, and promoting efficient case resolution. A court reporter creates a transcript. These can seek information about facts, witnesses, or other relevant details.

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CourtTechBulletin

JANUARY 11, 2022

Providing legal information in layman’s terms on court websites. Since the start of the pandemic, courts across the country have adapted their processes to allow for remote and virtual proceedings. Thursday, January 20, 3:00 pm ET Addressing the digital divide. Communicating scheduling changes. Managing the waiting room.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 28, 2022

On March 30, 2022, the Brazilian Supreme Court, the most important judicial body in the country, will hear seven cases, and all of them are environmental cases. Two climate litigation cases are included on the docket on March 30th: PSB et al. Photo by Nathalia Segato (Unsplash). Brazill (on Amazon Fund) (ADO 59).

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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. The decision, formally communicated to the parties on July 27, marks a pivotal moment in climate litigation. However, the Supreme Court found that the Spanish Government had complied with the Paris Agreement and the EU legislation.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Pre/Dicta , a litigation analytics platform that predicts how federal court judges will rule, is expanding to cover new motion types and also to predict litigation timelines. It will also now predict timelines for key litigation events. Pre/Dicta founder Dan Rabinowitz calls it finding their doppelgangers.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Tokyo’s High Court found the government of Japan not liable Tuesday for damages related to the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster and associated mass evacuations, leaving responsibility solely with plant operator the Tokyo Electric Power Co. There is also a 2022 court case that found TEPCO executives personally liable.

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JURIST

MARCH 7, 2024

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed a bill into law Wednesday night shielding in vitro fertilization (IVF) providers from legal liability, moments after it was passed by the legislature. The legislative effort to protect IVF providers from litigation followed criticism resulting from the Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling.

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LawSites

APRIL 11, 2024

While the last few years have brought an abundance of new and innovative legal tech products to market, the fact of the matter is that not every new product will succeed. Let’s revisit five of the most momentous legal tech fails of the last 10 years. Let’s revisit five of the most momentous legal tech fails of the last 10 years.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 5, 2023

Do defendants and the court have the right to ask who is funding a particular patent litigation? The party must identify the third-party funder and whether the third-party funder has the right to approve litigation or settlement decisions. The district court then issued a memorandum outlining its concerns.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The post further explores the potential implications of this clarification for climate litigation, while highlighting the key provisions that underscore the responsibilities of states in safeguarding children’s rights within the ever-evolving environmental landscape. Argentina et al. ).

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JURIST

APRIL 29, 2022

The European Union’s top court Thursday ruled that the consumer protection association may bring representative action against Big Tech over infringements of laws protecting personal data. While finding the consumer body’s action to be well-founded, the German court had expressed doubts about its admissibility.

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Conflict of Laws

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

It considers the post-Brexit landscape and the implications in cross border private proceedings before the English courts and suggests how the legal landscape should be developed. Comprehensive and rigorous, this is required reading for scholars of both competition litigation and private international law.

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LawTechnologyToday

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Laurie Berg, a court reporter in New Hampshire, reminded me that in 2014 she received certification for a new software program for introducing exhibits electronically. Litigators are obliged to maintain a deposition schedule absent the familiar setting of a conference room. In the spring, litigation was quiet for a month or two.

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