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Court OKs Tesla Board’s Deal to Repay Nearly $1 Billion

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The court-approved settlement requires Teslas directors including chair Robyn Denholm, Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison and former 21st Century Fox CEO James Murdoch to return roughly $277 million in cash and $459 million in stock options to the company. Tesla CEO Elon Musk did not receive compensation in his role as a director.

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Is it Worth it to Become a Litigation Paralegal?

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However, it’s essential to understand that the kind of litigation paralegal role you choose will influence your job satisfaction. This is because some paralegals might prefer a corporate setting as an in-house paralegal, while others might thrive in a law firm setting working in civil litigation or other commercial litigation.

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US federal appeals court denies rehearing in case that may limit private organizations’ ability to file lawsuits under Voting Rights Act

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The US Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals declined Tuesday to rehear with the full Eighth Circuit panel of judges a prior appeals court decision curtailing private organizations’ ability to sue under section two of the Voting Rights Act for alleged racial gerrymandering in redistricting decisions.

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Tort Litigation against Transnational Companies in England

Conflict of Laws

This post is an abridged adaptation of my recent article, Private International Law and Substantive Liability Issues in Tort Litigation against Multinational Companies in the English Courts: Recent UK Supreme Court Decisions and Post-Brexit Implications in the Journal of Private International Law.

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Supreme Court Decision Complicates Diversity Disclosure Landscape

Intelligize Blog

The fallout has led many companies to consider revising their DEI initiatives to stave off the threat of litigation, particularly concerning board diversity requirements. The post Supreme Court Decision Complicates Diversity Disclosure Landscape appeared first on Intelligize.

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Who Escapes Texas? And Where Do They Go? Mandamus Petitioners and Transferee Courts in Patent Venue Disputes

Patently O

Litigants shouldn’t get to choose the judge who decides their case. Judge shopping, we’ve argued elsewhere , raises concerns about court bias and capture and can make litigation unnecessarily costly and inefficient. As the table below shows, from 2008 through 2021, the Federal Circuit granted 32.0% of the time.

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Milieudefensie v Shell: 3 Takeaways and Challenges on the Appeal’s Court Decision

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

In particular, the Court found that it could not impose a concrete minimum emission reduction target on Shell. This blog post explains some of the key takeaways from the appeal, highlighting some critical ground rules laid down by the court which may serve future litigation and several key challenges.