JURIST

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Amnesty International on Monday accused Meta, the parent company of Facebook, of contributing to human rights abuses against the Tigrayan community in Ethiopia, stemming from an armed conflict between forces aligned with Ethiopia’s federal government and forces affiliated with Tigray’s regional government.

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LexForti

JANUARY 21, 2022

This article discusses the scope and growth of litigation finance in India. Concept of Litigation Finance. In other words, the third party has a vested interest in the outcome of judicial or arbitral adjudication but is a stranger to the litigant’s claim itself. Legal Evolution of Third Party Litigation Funding in India.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 8, 2022

The post also illustrates the positive impact the reform is likely to have on climate litigation initiatives in Italy. Adopting a comparative perspective, we draw on constitutional frameworks and recent climate litigation cases in other European jurisdictions. What does the reform bring about? In Neubauer, et al. In Neubauer, et al.

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FDA Law Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Gonzalez — The annual Enforcement, Litigation, and Compliance Conference put on by the Food and Drug Law Institute (“FDLI”) took place in Washington this week. On Day 2 of the conference, HPM’s Anne Walsh moderated a fascinating conversation about due diligence investigations relating to FDA-regulated industries. By Steven J.

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 7, 2022

This post is an abridged adaptation of my recent article, Private International Law and Substantive Liability Issues in Tort Litigation against Multinational Companies in the English Courts: Recent UK Supreme Court Decisions and Post-Brexit Implications in the Journal of Private International Law. Muir-Watt (ibid) 386).

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

By applying Article 8 of the Rome I regulation , it decided that the employment relationship between Lafarge and the Syrian workers was governed by Syrian law, so that, French law not being applicable, the conditions for application of Article 223-1 of the French Criminal Code were not met. Implications.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 11, 2022

This blog post highlights takeaways from the resolution and its significance for climate litigation. Impact on climate litigation. The resolution has the potential to have a significant impact on both pending and future climate litigation petitions within the IASHR. This transition has already led to climate litigation.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 26, 2024

Switzerland is a striking example of the Paris effect: the influence of the non-binding collective goals of the Paris Agreement (PA) on the interpretation of domestic constitutional law or international human rights law in climate litigation. 8 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Reinforcing the procedural limb of Art. 8 ECHR (para.

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LawTechnologyToday

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Julie Saltman is the CEO and co-founder of Standd, an AI-native due diligence and deal review platform, which eliminates friction and creates clarity throughout the deal process, so everyone around the table can focus on building the relationships that are critical to success. What projects have you been focused on recently?

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Foley Hoag LLP

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

To understand what the concept might entail, let’s take a step back and talk about two other models for data management: compliance and governance. It is a sensible, resource-sensitive model that helps ensure a diligent organization will not run afoul of current laws.

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The IP Law Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Intel was required by the 2012 license agreement to follow certain procedures, and the Federal Circuit found Intel acted with diligence in doing so. The Federal Circuit made clear that it did not conclude that the license defense was meritorious.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 29, 2023

Photo by Mathias Reding on Unsplash Climate change litigation has finally reached the world’s highest court. The rules governing written proceedings are quite flexible. The UNGA adopted resolution (A/77/L.58) 58) by consensus.

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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. Climate change and related human rights litigation is undoubtedly of increasing importance in private international law.

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Paralegal-Edu.Org

APRIL 26, 2024

Yet, behind every successful attorney stands a diligent and indispensable ally: the paralegal. Trial Support and Litigation Assistance When cases are prepared for the trial and during the cases in the courtroom, paralegals show incredible support to the attorneys.

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LLRX

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Costa describes how her colleagues work diligently as guardians of the record in a challenging, stressful job capturing the spoken word in high-profile events, providing verbatim, accurate, official transcripts for Congressional hearings, in deposition rooms, at trials, arbitrations, and for captioning services used by media organizations.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

In this commentary, we recall the background of the case, provide context to the Tribunal’s decision, and shed light on the case’s takeaways for global climate litigation. The Tribunal’s use of Aarhus to broadly interpret standing is a promising development for climate litigation in other States parties to this Convention.

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Broadcast Law Blog

MAY 6, 2023

NAB thus urges the FCC to lighten this burden by clarifying that the foreign sponsorship identification diligence requirements do not apply to advertisements for commercial products and/or services of any length or format or to leases involving religious programming or locally produced and distributed programming.

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InHouseBlog

JANUARY 23, 2023

. “For some academics, researching, writing, editing and publishing a scholarly piece of work can take months, if not years, of painstaking effort, diligent commitment and rage-inducing frustration. Released Nov. 30, ChatGPT, a chatbot created by OpenAI and “is fine-tuned from a model in the GPT-3.5 Or should they fear it?

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Strictly Business

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The purchase agreement is typically drafted by the buyer’s counsel after the letter of intent has been signed and the buyer has done enough due diligence to feel confident that it wants to pursue the transaction. Miscellaneous provisions – this can include things like governing law and venue (i.e.,

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Constitutional Law Reporter

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Arellano appealed, arguing that his award’s effective date should be governed by an exception in §5110(b)(1), which makes “[t]he effective date of an award of disability compensation. . §5110(a)(1), the VA assigned an effective date of June 3, 2011—the day that the agency received his claim—to Arellano’s disability award.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 11, 2024

Conscious of the “subsidiary” role of the ECtHR and the need to respect democratic decision-making by states in line with the separation of powers, the Court emphasized the discretion or “margin of appreciation” enjoyed by state governments (paras. sectoral) showing how the longer term goals will be met. Switzerland had accepted 1.5,

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 17, 2024

As neither House of Parliament has raised an objection by 17 May 2024, [1] the way seems to be paved for the Government’s ambitious plans to have the HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention [2] implemented and ratified by the end of June 2024. [3] 34] However, registration within one jurisdiction (e.g.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Maria Antonia Tigre, Global Climate Litigation Fellow, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law. The Commission also held that all businesses are responsible for undertaking due diligence to ensure that they are not violating human rights and providing remediation where abuses occur. Introduction. Recommendations of the Commission.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 10, 2024

While the ECtHR continues “ to treat remedies as an afterthought ”, it provided the applicants (and others) guidance on how to continue exerting pressure on the Swiss government at the domestic level. This decision will undoubtedly lead to more litigation before the Court.

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InHouseBlog

JULY 29, 2023

Due Diligence. The next step is for the Buyer to do legal, accounting/financial and business due diligence on the Target. Business due diligence will typically include calls and possibly meetings between the Buyer and the Target’s key customers and suppliers, which will usually be arranged by the Target or its investment bank.

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InHouseOps

JULY 25, 2022

This is a new offering that can be ideal for lawyers handling the same type of matters repeatedly, like employment disputes or M&A due diligence. When an organization is set up for use of pre-built NLP AI models, it can get through the basic due diligence much faster, leaving more time to focus on higher value input.

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The Process Street

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Predictive analytics AI algorithms can be used to predict case outcomes, sentencing decisions, and litigation strategies based on historical data and patterns. Sentiment analysis Monitoring and analyzing public sentiment on social media and other platforms to understand public opinion on government policies and initiatives.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 31, 2022

Critically, however, the former President’s counsel explicitly prohibited government personnel from opening or looking inside any of the boxes that remained in the storage room, giving no opportunity for the government to confirm that no documents with classification markings remained.” However, that is the point.

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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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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

On September 23, 2022, the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) delivered a landmark decision in Daniel Billy and others v Australia (Torres Strait Islanders Petition) finding that the Australian Government is violating its human rights obligations to the indigenous Torres Strait Islanders through climate change inaction.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 6, 2023

When all of Trump’s litigation finally comes to a close several years from now, it will be this civil lawsuit among all the other lawsuits that will be the most damaging to the former president. First, this lawsuit is “personal” for Trump and strikes at his very heart and soul as cold and dark as they are. That is real estate’.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Hodges ,” in which the court held that the 14th Amendment protects the right of same-sex couples to marry, “that Americans who do not hide their adherence to traditional religious beliefs about homosexual conduct will be ‘labeled as bigots and treated as such’ by the government.” The court denied Trevino v. Palmer without comment.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Paralegals in the UK are not regulated, so there is no set level of education set by a governing body that you need to meet in order to get hired. All of that has been in the profession for a long time know that very little gets handed to you on a silver platter in law – you have to work diligently for it. Education/Certification.

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LawSites

MARCH 17, 2022

Reveal , a global provider of e-discovery technology, announced the release of Reveal 11, which it said is a major enhancement to its AI-powered on-premise and SaaS platform, which can be used to support litigation, investigations, compliance, antitrust, data privacy and other matters.

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Fordham Law News

APRIL 21, 2021

1] In the absence of an international authority with universal jurisdiction over the resolution of international commercial disputes, the only recourse is reliance upon state-based jurisdiction, i.e., litigation, or arbitration. [2] 7] As such, arbitration arises from a contract. [8]

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Conflict of Laws

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The remedy of a Mareva injunction (or freezing injunction) was developed as a means of curtailing this form of bad litigation tactics by a judgment debtor. The take away of Haladu is that an applicant that wants to obtain a Mareva injunction in Nigeria has to be thorough, hardworking, and diligent in its case. 12] (2021) 13 NWLR (Pt.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 9, 2021

Each month, Arnold & Porter 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. In addition, the court concluded that FOIA obligated DOI to take additional steps to search Zinke’s government-issued phone.

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