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Germany top court rules Berlin rent cap is unconstitutional

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The Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe, Germany, ruled Thursday that Berlin’s Rent Cap Act is unconstitutional as it has undermined Germany’s Basic Law. The rent cap was enacted in February 2020 as an attempt by the local government to stifle rent hikes and gentrification. It froze rental rates for 1.5

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Guest Post: Climate Litigation in Japan: Citizens’ Attempts for the Coal Phase-Out

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Civil law cases. Civil lawsuits were filed in Sendai in 2017 and Kobe in 2018 by citizens against corporations that planned to build new coal-fired power plants. a group of citizens submitted a civil law complaint requesting an injunction to stop the construction and subsequent operation of two coal-fired power plants.

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Climate Litigation in Japan: What to Expect in 2025

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First Climate Case Brought by Youth in Japan On August 6, 2024, 16 Japanese young people filed a civil law case– Youth Climate Case Japan for Tomorrow –against 10 major thermal power companies claiming a violation of Articles 709 and 719 of the Civil Code (Tort).

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Merrick Garland orders DOJ to expedite review of hate crimes and data collection

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According to the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism , anti-Asian hate crimes surged by 145 percent in 2020. Garland highlighted the alarming rise in hate crimes and hate incidents against members of the Asian-American and Pacific Islander communities since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Tatlici v. Tatlici: Malta Rejects $740 Million U.S. Defamation Judgment as Turkish Case Looms

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1] The Florida courts awardissued on 8 January 2020 in a defamation suit filed by Mehmet Tatlici against his half-brotherwas deemed procedurally deficient and substantively incompatible with Maltas public policy, particularly due to its lack of reasoning and its chilling effect on free expression. [2] Ugur Tatlici , Case No.

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5 Top legal podcasts in the UK you should be listening to

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It covers different aspects of public and civil law in the UK. The guests include law professors, legal specialists, and professionals. 5) More From Law. However, many law firms across the. Simply Law Jobs releases its 2020 year in review. It began running in 2017 and has been going strong ever since.

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The Chinese villages win a lawsuit in China to repatriate a Mummified Buddha Statue hold by a Dutch Collector —What Role has Private International Law Played?

Conflict of Laws

By Zhengxin Huo, Professor of Law, China University of Polit’l Science and Law; Associate Member of International Academy of Comparative Law; Observer of the UNESCO 1970 Convention. The Court, thereafter, held the hearings on 26 July and 12 October of 2018 respectively, and publicly pronounced the judgement on 4 December 2020.

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