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JUNE 26, 2021

The European Parliament on Thursday officially endorsed the Climate Law (also known as the European Green Deal ), with member states voting 442-203 to transform the legislation’s political commitment into a legal one. The law “gives European citizens and businesses the legal certainty and predictability they need to plan for the transition to climate neutrality,” according to a press release. “This is the law of laws, because it will discipline us in the years to come,

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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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JURIST

JUNE 26, 2021

The UK Supreme Court delivered a judgement on Friday which overturned the convictions of four defendants who blockaded an East London arms fair. The main legal question before the Court concerned the relationship of criminal law with the rights to freedom of expression and freedom of peaceful assembly, as covered by Articles 10 and 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights respectively.

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JUNE 26, 2021

“High School SCOTUS: A Breakdown of Mahanoy Area School District v. BL.” A contributor to the blog “ High School SCOTUS ” has posted this video discussion on YouTube.

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JURIST

JUNE 26, 2021

On Thursday, China’s Ministry of Commerce announced that China has filed a complaint against Australia in the WTO. China’s WTO complaint concerns anti-dumping and countervailing duties imposed by Australia on Chinese railway wheels, wind towers and stainless steel sinks. This is the latest stage of an escalating trade conflict between Australia and China.

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JURIST

JUNE 26, 2021

The U.S. Supreme Court held in a 6-3 ruling on Friday that small oil refineries that received an exemption from the Renewable Fuel Program (RFP) could continue to receive extensions of that exemption even if they had a lapse in the exemption the previous year. The RFP requires most domestic refiners to blend certain amounts of renewable fuels, such as ethanol, into the transportation fuels that they refine.

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JUNE 26, 2021

“5th Circuit Grants Qualified Immunity to Cops Who Ignited a Suicidal, Gasoline-Drenched Man by Tasing Him; The appeals court concluded that the officers’ use of force was reasonable in the circumstances”: Jacob Sullum had this post online at Reason back in February 2021 about a per curiam opinion that a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S.

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JURIST

JUNE 26, 2021

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday in a 6-3 ruling held that Alaska Native Corporations (ANCs) are eligible to receive some of the $8 billion made available to Native American tribes by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. ANCs are companies created by Congress in 1971 and owned by Alaska Natives. In interpreting the CARES Act, the Treasury Department determined that the ANCs are eligible to receive funds that the Act allocates to tribal governments.

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JUNE 26, 2021

“Ideology Shows in Supreme Court Ruling on Union Organizing; If conservative justices oppose judicial activism, what did they just do to a longstanding California labor law?” Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

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LexForti

JUNE 26, 2021

Before initiating any arbitration process, there is a need to understand and figure out whether the subject matter of the dispute is Arbitrable or not. Till this day, the courts as well as tribunal have given multiple opinions about the arbitrability of various disputes. The very important case in which the arbitrability of disputes was specifically discussed in India was the Booze Allen and Hamilton Inc. v.

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JUNE 26, 2021

“Will a pending Supreme Court case doom DOJ’s voting rights lawsuit before it begins?” Ariane de Vogue of CNN has this report.

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JUNE 26, 2021

Chinese Private International Law. Edited by Xiaohong Liu and Zhengyi Zhang. Written with the assistance of a team of lecturers at the Shanghai University of Political Science and Law, this book is the leading reference on Chinese private international law in English. The chapters systematically cover the whole of Chinese private international law, not just questions likely to arise in commercial matters, but also in family, succession, cross-border insolvency, intellectual property, competition

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JUNE 26, 2021

The Bombay High Court issued notice to an Udaipur based-newspaper, the Udaipur Times, in relation to its impermissible reporting on the ongoing trial of a case concerning Dawoodi Bohra community. The bench observed that the newspaper article had editorial comments on the cross-examination, counsel appearing on behalf of defendants, and the presiding judge of the trial.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 26, 2021

For years, we have been discussing the decline of journalism values with the rise of open bias in the media. Now, a newly released report from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford has found something that would have been unthinkable just a few years ago. The United States ranked dead last in media trust among 49 countries with just 29% saying that they trusted the media.

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JUNE 26, 2021

Share When Congress says that a firm can apply for an “extension” of an exemption, is a firm that has allowed its exemption to lapse eligible to apply for the “extension?” That is the question that divided the Supreme Court justices Friday in HollyFrontier Cheyenne Refining v. Renewable Fuels Association. Six justices said yes , while three justices said no.

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JUNE 26, 2021

“Trump-appointed judges obstruct Biden ‘pen and phone’ policies just months into term; Trump judges stymied Biden administration on parts of COVID relief bill, oil and gas leases and more”: Tyler Olson of Fox News has this report.

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