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Choice of law rules and statutory interpretation in the Ruby Princess Case in Australia

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Unsurprisingly, the cruise then spawned an inquiry and a class action against Carnival plc (Carnival) as charterer and operator of the Ruby Princess, and Princess Cruise Lines Ltd, the Bermuda-registered subsidiary and vessel owner. Statute has left little of the common law untouched.

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The Critical Role of Lawyers and Bar Associations in Achieving Net Zero

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And that has implications for tort law, contract law, and property law, because it is less clear in many ways how basic legal principles such as negligence, foreseeability, force majeure, and reasonableness will apply to particular problems. John Kerry, then U.S.

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A tax deadline missed by one day leads to a showdown over equity, jurisdiction – and grammar

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It will also add to the court’s precedent on the interaction between the law of equity and the technicalities of federal statutes. Partly because of the circuit split and partly because of the statute’s lack of clarity, this could be a close case. Department of Veterans Affairs. How can the presumption be rebutted?

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Report from the 2022 Hague Academy Summer Course in PIL

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Arnaud Nuyts , from the Université Libre de Bruxelles, held a Special Course on ‘The Forum for Cyber-Torts’, which is an excellent topic in today’s day and age. He highlighted the diversity of civil cyber-torts, as well as the challenges of locating the torts that are committed on-line.

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University of Illinois (Chicago) Law Professor Sues Over Exam Controversy

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The law school dean, along with other defendants, invoked UIC’s Violence Prevention Plan to convene a Behavioral Threat Assessment Team (“BTAT”) to assess this purported “threat” of imminent physical violence. COUNT II Violation of University of Illinois Statutes. COUNT III Violation of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments.

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Update: Upcoming Hearings on Motions to Dismiss Climate Change Nuisance Cases in California and New York

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There are eight other climate change tort cases pending: six alleging nuisance and a variety of other state common law violations in California courts, one claiming state public nuisance along with other state common law and statutory violations in Colorado, and one claiming state public nuisance and trespass in Washington.

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Cassirer on Remand: Considering the Laws of Other Interested States

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This post is by Carlos Manuel Vázquez , a professor of law at Georgetown Law School. But statutes of limitations often begin to run when the original owner discovers the location of the stolen property. But statutes of limitations often begin to run when the original owner discovers the location of the stolen property.

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