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Union Pacific Wants Attys Axed From Contamination Row

Law 360

Freight rail operator Union Pacific asked a California federal judge this week to disqualify Allen Matkins attorneys representing the defendants in its contamination lawsuit, alleging that actions taken by their colleagues who previously represented the company exposed the lawyers to confidential information in violation of procedural law.

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China formally arrests Australian journalist after 6 months of heavily-criticized detention

JURIST

Cheng was detained by Chinese authorities in August under Residential Surveillance at a Designated Location (RSDL), provided for by China’s Criminal Procedure Law. They can be restricted from accessing lawyers, have their location withheld, and be subjected to intense interrogation or torture.

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University of Bologna Summer School on Transnational Jurisdiction

Conflict of Laws

The Faculty of the Summer School is composed of experts from different jurisdictions, focusing on several aspects of private international and procedural law. Michele Angelo Lupoi, who teaches Civil Procedural Law and European Judicial Cooperation at the University of Bologna. The Director of the School is Prof.

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New edition: Hess’ Europäisches Zivilprozessrecht

Conflict of Laws

Just over ten years after the first edition of Europäisches Zivilprozessrecht (European Civil Procedure) by Burkhard Hess (director Max Planck Institute for Procedural Law, Luxembourg) a second – even more voluminous and impressive – edition was published early 2021.

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Peru dispatch: corruption allegations made by arrested ex-advisor to dismissed Prosecutor throw new light on an old issue

JURIST

This case exposed a corruption network made up of judges, prosecutors, lawyers, businessmen and politicians who operated mainly in the port of Callao, although their activities extended nationwide. As preventive rules we find: Law No.

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The Power of Paralegal Mentors – An Interview with Ashley Stasiewich

Paralegal Bootcamp

Ashley’s a member and mentor, as you heard, of the Alberta Association of Professional Paralegals and an associate member of the Edmonton Law Office Managers Association. My background is primarily working in criminal law, and I typically work in a very small firm, and your lawyer is always off at court. All right, Dennis.

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Arizona asks court to approve “Kafkaesque” treatment of due-process claim from man on death row

SCOTUSBlog

g), explaining that Lynch constituted a significant change in the law. Justice Clarence Thomas posed the first question, asking Cruz’s lawyer, Neal Katyal, whether there was even a federal issue for the court to decide given that Arizona was simply applying state procedural law. This time, he pointed to Rule 32.1(g),

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