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Supreme Court limits homeowners’ ability to sue their lenders in tort

At the Lectern

It disapproves 2017 and 2020 Third District decisions (the latter is a grant-and hold for today’s case (see here )), a 2016 Sixth District decision, and the 2014 First District, Division Three decision in which Justice Jenkins had concurred. Besides the disapproved 2020 Third District case, there are five other Sheen grant-and-holds.

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The Pros and Cons of Going Solo vs. Large Firm

Paralegal Bootcamp

Looking back to 2020 information, the mean hourly wages for Paralegals and Legal Assistants was $27.22 She worked in larger firms in the downtown Phoenix area for past Presidents of the American Trial Lawyer’s Association, specializing in tort law. Starting incomes may not reflect that, but that is not the end of the story.

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Third Issue of 2020’s Journal of Private International Law

Conflict of Laws

The third issue of the Journal of Private International Law for 2020 features the following articles: M Teo, “Public law adjudication, international uniformity and the foreign act of state doctrine” Should courts, when applying foreign law, assess the validity or legality of foreign legislative or executive acts therein?

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More on the Validity of the PDVSA 2020 Bonds

Conflict of Laws

It conducted a debt swap in which investors exchanged unsecured PDVSA bonds for new ones due in 2020. To sweeten the deal, the PDVSA 2020s were backed by collateral in the form of a 50.1% The Venezuelan Constitution requires legislative approval for contracts in the national public interest. The PDVSA 2020 bonds are in default.

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Review of: PP Penasthika, Unravelling Choice of Law in International Commercial Contracts: Indonesia as an Illustrative Case Study (The Hague: Eleven Publishers 2022)

Conflict of Laws

1] Dr Penasthika’s monograph (‘the monograph’) [2] is one such work that deserves attention for its compelling and comprehensive account of choice of law in international commercial contracts in Indonesia. Chapter Two of this work proceeds to discuss choice of law in international commercial contracts in a global context.

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Dismissal partially reversed based on fraudulent concealment.

Day on Torts

Plaintiff asserted various claims against defendants, including breach of contract, fraud, intentional misrepresentation, and negligence, all of which the trial court dismissed as untimely pursuant to the three-year statute of limitations applicable to claims of injuries to real property.

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Foreign law illegality and non-contractual claims

Conflict of Laws

Since Foster v Driscoll [1929] 1 KB 470, common law courts have recognised that contracts made with the intention to commit a criminal offence in a foreign state are unenforceable, even if the contract contemplated an alternative mode or place of performance. Lyu performed the transfer in China, but received no money in Singapore.

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