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Applying Mexican Law in U.S. Courts? Mexico v Smith & Wesson

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Asser Institute for International & European Law, The Hague Mexico’s ongoing transnational litigation against the firearms industry in U.S. courts is raising important questions of private international law, in particular as regards the application of Mexican tort law in U.S. On appeal in the U.S. and in respect to U.S.

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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

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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 (Update #92): FEATURED CASE. and non-U.S. Here are the additions to the U.S. Murray Energy Corp.

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Spooky Torts: The 2022 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

Here is my annual list of Halloween torts and crimes. Halloween has everything for a torts-filled holiday: battery, trespass, defamation, nuisance, product liability and more. However, my students and I often discuss the remarkably wide range of torts that comes with All Hallow’s Eve.

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Spooky Torts: The 2021 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

Here is my annual list of Halloween torts and crimes. Halloween has everything for a torts-filled holiday: battery, trespass, defamation, nuisance, product liability and more. A tort action for intentional infliction of emotional distress is likely to fail. The next scary moment is likely to be in the form of a torts complaint.

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In a first for climate nuisance claims, a Hawai‘i State Court allowed Honolulu to proceed with its case against fossil fuel companies

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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.” Citing Massachusetts v. More recently, states and municipalities have asserted claims under consumer protection laws.).

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Tufts University Student Dies in Hot Dog Eating Contest

JonathanTurley

The contest apparently occurred in the town of Somerville, Massachusetts on private property with the Lacrosse team called the Jumbos. ” In any Tufts litigation, the first question is whether any waivers were signed. Conversely, participation is voluntary and these individuals assume the risks of such contests.

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State “Climate Superfund” Bills: What You Need to Know

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In the first months of 2024, legislators in four states— Maryland , Massachusetts , New York , and Vermont —have pushed for legislation that would collectively require large fossil fuel producers and refiners to pay for hundreds of billions of dollars of state-level climate adaptation infrastructure.

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