ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Many of these cases asserted nuisance and other tort law claims. The Hawai‘i court, however, found Honolulu’s framing of its claims as traditional tort law claims to be “more accurate.” More recently, states and municipalities have asserted claims under consumer protection laws.).

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SAV Paralegal Services

OCTOBER 30, 2021

litigation, as this court is not that small how it looks. considerations together left no space for hiring lawyers and most people prefer to start litigation on their own. . Paralegals are designed to support litigants through the small claims process. recommended to use a paralegal to draft your claim, defence or motion.

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Conflict of Laws

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

In two prior posts ( here and here ), I discussed a draft of the FSIL (English translation here ). In this post I analyze the final version of the law, noting some of its key provision and identifying changes from the draft, some of which address issues that I had identified. This provision also follows the U.N. but not to “rulings.”

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Conflict of Laws

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

It is that many choice-of-law clauses are drafted in perplexing ways, which leave unclear the extent of protection they offer to investors. Until drafting practices converge on a consistent and coherent model, the choice-of-law question is likely to remain fodder for litigation. Will that court’s decision offer clarity?

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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. Instead, we address a gap in the Draft Directive, namely the lack of any provisions on jurisdiction.

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Conflict of Laws

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

However, no substantial revisions were made to the provisions concerning foreign-related civil litigation. The new law widens the category of disputes previously covered from “contractual disputes or other property rights disputes” to “litigation other than disputes involving personal relationships” (Art. Jurisdiction 2.1 276, para.

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 29, 2023

Lieberknecht: The Okpabi case — Has Human Rights Litigation in England reached its Zenith In its Okpabi decision, the UK Supreme Court continues the approach it developed in the Vedanta case regarding the liability of parent companies for human rights infringements committed by their subsidiaries.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 23, 2023

It was especially fascinating to me to discover here that the Indonesian language is usually a legal requirement for drafting contracts involving Indonesians. Thus, in the Indonesian legal system, there is an interplay of civil law, which is inherited from the Dutch East Indies, adat (customary law), and Islamic law.

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Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 27, 2021

A welcome but not unique initiative (Comparison with the UN draft Treaty). This is the second part of his contribution; a first one on the law applicable to strategic lawsuits against public participation can be found here. Neither Article 6a of Rome II nor the proposal for an EU Directive are isolated initiatives.

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Conflict of Laws

OCTOBER 23, 2023

US customers also waived their rights to litigate in representative proceedings against Carnival (the ‘class action waiver’) ( PJ, [27] ). The US and UK terms and conditions contained exclusive foreign jurisdiction clauses favouring the US and English courts respectively ( PJ, [26], [29] ). Judgment is reserved in the High Court.

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Conflict of Laws

OCTOBER 9, 2021

In her presentation, she focused on tort law. A draft by the European Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee had envisaged giving injured parties the right to choose between four possible applicable legal systems. Inequality could be countered by adequate compensation of the injured parties by the damaging parties.

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 22, 2022

Reimann: Human Rights Litigation Beyond the Alien Tort Claims Act: The Crucial Role of the Act of State Doctrine. The Kashef case currently before the federal courts in New York shows that human rights litigation against corporate defendants in the United States is alive and well. Unlike the Principles, however, Law No.

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 7, 2022

F Rielaender, “Financial torts and EU private international law: will the search for the place of “financial damage” ever come to an end?” The post-Brexit private international law regime and its implications for the viability of tort claims against parent companies are examined.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Monday’s oral argument was the latest chapter in four years’ worth of litigation over the efforts to seek a fresh start in the face of the opioid lawsuits. Both the U.S.

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Conflict of Laws

APRIL 12, 2023

In December 2022, Chinese lawmakers published a draft law on foreign state immunity , an English translation of which has recently become available. China’s draft law on foreign state immunity has important implications for other states, which would now be subject to suit in China on a range of claims from which they were previously immune.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 14, 2024

Chevron , the Second Circuit held that the City of New York could not sue global fossil fuel producers under state tort law for damages caused by fossil fuel emissions outside of its borders. No federal statutes explicitly preempt state Climate Superfund laws, and different U.S. In a 2021 appellate decision, City of New York v.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 4, 2023

VoiceScript Ai.Law Elevator Pitch: Provides AI-generated litigation documents, from pleadings to discovery. We are the first AI-driven platform to focus specifically on drafting litigation documents. The substantial amount of time lawyers spend drafting documents during litigation. What problem do you solve?

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 19, 2021

I’ve discussed the New York public nuisance law aimed at gun manufacturers, a law that doubles down on a failed legal theory using torts as a substitute for direct legislative bans or barriers. New York leaders had forced costly litigation only to pull the law at the last minute to avoid a likely finding of unconstitutionality.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 2, 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. Among the inadequacies found by the court was Ecology’s failure to consider climate change in drafting the permits. and non-U.S.

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

According to the Daily Mail , Palin’s counsel questioned Times’ reporter Elizabeth Williamson , who wrote the first draft of the article. The Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press.

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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. Federal Court Directed Department of Interior to Search for Drafts of Zinke Order Rescinding Moratorium on Coal Leasing Program.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

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. CLIMATE LITIGATION CHART. and non-U.S. If you know of any cases we have missed, please email us at columbiaclimate@gmail.com.

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