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Denial of Natural Justice as a Defence to Enforcement of a Chinese Judgment in Australia

Conflict of Laws

Yin deposed that he was not served with any documents in connection with the Chinese proceedings. The Australian court considered a forum statute that would give effect to foreign decrees if they would be recognised under the law of the domicile. The Court of Appeal’s decision turned on the available evidence.

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Sheriff’s Office Has Been Destroying Records Of Alleged Officer Misconduct For Years

The Crime Report

JPSO attorney Danny Martiny said the agency could not comment because of pending litigation. It is incumbent upon the agencies themselves to comply with these statutes.”. The records will not be deleted if litigation has been filed against an employee, or if the court orders certain records to be preserved, according to the policy.

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The Nuclear Option: States Could Take Over College Admissions

JonathanTurley

Long before the opinion was released, universities were already sensing that the use of race in admissions was coming to an end after decades of intense litigation. He told students : “I’ll give you an example from our law school, but if ever I’m deposed, I’m going to deny I said this to you. Taxpayers are not a captive audience.

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Second Circuit Refutes Allegations Involving Law Clerk in Mediaite, Above the Law, and Other Publications

JonathanTurley

Those earlier sources relied upon by sites like Mediaite could find themselves the subject of discovery if this now goes to litigation. Clanton would face some challenges in pursuing any litigation. First, it is not clear that she asked for corrections under the common “retraction statutes” in various states.

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Each month, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP (APKS) and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. Vermont Court Said Former Attorney General Could Be Deposed on Use of Private Email Account.

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Yes, Trump Can Pardon Himself But He Should Not Do So

JonathanTurley

From bribery statutes to constitutional provisions, legal experts routinely and unfailingly conclude that Trump or his family can be prosecuted or impeached for an endless array of misdeeds. Indeed, for much of history, kings were deposed in a lethal, not a legal, sense.