Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

A webinar event on “Corporate Due Diligence and Private International Law” organized by the NOVA Centre for Business, Human Rights and the Environment, will hold on February 25, 2021 at 15:00 – 17:30 CET. For more information on the event and how to register see here.

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 20, 2024

Introduction After extensive negotiations, on 24 April 2024, the European Parliament approved the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD or CS3D) as part of the EU Green Deal. Among the CSDDD’s key provisions is the rule on civil liability enshrined in Article 29.

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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

APRIL 13, 2021

Every year, when you apply for or renew your malpractice insurance, your provider asks whether you have a ‘dual calendar’ system -- like that’s good practice for running a law firm. Of course, managing two calendars, one as a ‘backup’ of sorts, could also lead to errors, if not diligently managed. Only, it’s not. It’s hard to know.

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The Fashion Law

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Here is a look at a dozen of the many interesting and notable fashion lawsuits and legal developments that we saw in 2021 …. One of the most interesting lawsuits of 2021 was actually one of the quickest to come off of the docket. The post Fashion Law in 2021: 12 of the Year’s Noteworthy Lawsuits appeared first on The Fashion Law.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The Attorney General in Canada revealed, citing a report made by the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency (NSIRA) in 2021, that the CSE disclosed information collected pursuant to the court’s warrants in a manner that violated the CSIS’s key principle presented to the court.

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Diane Drain

MAY 21, 2021

EFFECTIVE MAY 5, 2021. On May 5, 2021, the State Bar of Arizona entered an immediate order of disbarment against Scott Michael Forrester. There are multiple State Bar complaints, numerous pending law suits in Bankruptcy Court, plus so many clients who have been mentally abused by Scott Forrester’s. – Diane L.

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Conflict of Laws

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Written by Hans van Loon, a member of GEDIP and former Secretary General of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH). Meanwhile, however, on 10 March 2021 the European Parliament adopted a Resolution “with recommendations to the Commission on corporate due diligence and corporate accountability” [2].

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Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Written by Hans van Loon, former Secretary General of the HCCH and Honorary Professor of the University of Edinburgh Law School. As reported in this blog before (see CSDD and PIL: Some Remarks on the Directive Proposal ), the European Commission on 23 February 2022 adopted a proposal for a Directive on corporate sustainability due diligence.

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Conflict of Laws

APRIL 14, 2021

Our blog has reported earlier on the Proposal and Report by the Committee on Legal Affairs of the European Parliament for a Resolution on corporate due diligence and corporate accountability. On 10 March 2021 the European Parliament adopted the Resolution with a large majority. Perhaps the legislator decides otherwise. *

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Patently O

MAY 25, 2021

He authors a series linking law school canonical cases with intellectual property counterparts. I had my midterm on March 19, 2021 – six days before the Ford Motor Co. 1017 (2021). As of May 24, 2021, 63 cases have cited Ford. May 12, 2021). By Avery Welker. Montana Eighth Judicial Dist. Ford Motor Co. at *1 (M.D.

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Patently O

DECEMBER 23, 2021

To take the cleverness of an improver and award the monopoly of an invention thereto would, to our minds, make of the patent law a hindrance, not a help, in the evolution of progress. The appellate court reflected that bank clerks are generally quite clever and diligent in their pursuit of efficiency. Invalidity affirmed.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 22, 2024

On May 21, 2024, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) delivered a long-awaited Advisory Opinion on climate change and international law. ” The tribunal also emphasized that article 194, paragraph 1, of UNCLOS imposes a due diligence standard on States that is “stringent”.

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Patently O

APRIL 20, 2021

By David Hricik, Mercer Law School. The abstract of the opinion states: The ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct permit virtual practice, which is technologically enabled law practice beyond the traditional brick-and-mortar law firm.1 If you follow their guidance, you, in a sense, start off in safe harbor.

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

District of Columbia Court of Appeals, Committee on Unauthorized Practice of Law, Opinion 24-20 (March 23, 2020). Synopsis: Working from home has become the new normal, forcing law offices to transform themselves into a remote workforce overnight. (These are organized by opinion date.). Issues addressed: Working out of state.

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 1, 2024

The latest issue of the J ournal of Private International Law was published yesterday It contains the following articles. Saloni Khanderia, The law applicable to documentary letters of credit in India: A riddle wrapped in an enigma?

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LawTechnologyToday

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

These systems have served law firms well, but there are good reasons for large and small law firms to consider moving to the cloud. Therefore, IT teams in law firms have had to mobilize to enable remote work within a unique security and governance environment that protects client information and provides this reassurance.

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Conflict of Laws

APRIL 29, 2024

During the last plenary meeting of the current composition of the European Parliament (before the elections of June 2024), which took place from Monday 22 until Thursday 24 April, several proposals relevant to private international law were put to a vote (see the full agenda of votes and debates ).

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Conflict of Laws

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Ekhator, Professor Veronica Ruiz Abou-Nigm, Professor Ralf Michaels, Hans van Loon We are excited to invite contributions to The Journal of Sustainable Development and Policy for a special issue focusing on “Private International Law and Sustainable Development in Africa.”

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 29, 2023

The Republic of Vanuatu spearheaded this initiative in a 2021 announcement supported by grassroots youth groups. The requests are pending at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS ) and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR, see here for an initial analysis of the advisory opinion request).

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 1, 2024

Candidate in Law, Peking University Law School) The ‘Global Value Chains and Transnational Private Law’ workshop was successfully held at Edinburgh Law School in a hybrid format from June 23 to 25, 2024. This project is funded by the Law Schools Global League (LSGL) , convened by Prof. By Zihao Fan (Ph.D.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Afghan law students and young lawyers in Afghanistan have been reporting on the ground from that country since the Taliban took Kabul in August 2021. Here, one of our correspondents in Kabul files a dispatch on an explosion at an education institute earlier today that killed over 20 people, most of whom were female students.

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LawTechnologyToday

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

In 2021, 70% of respondents reported that they used cloud computing, up from 60% in 2021. The legal profession still lags the business world in cloud usage, but we still expect the practice of law to be much more cloud-intensive in the near future than it is now, with courts and clients driving many of the changes.

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MyCase

MAY 18, 2021

For that reason, law firms have increasingly relied on online payment processing tools throughout the pandemic in order to get paid since it was the only viable way to ensure continued profitability.

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The IP Law Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2023

After a trial in March 2021, a jury found infringement of both patents and awarded separate damages for each. Specifically, the Federal Circuit found, based on the evidence presented, that VLSI’s doctrine of equivalents theory failed as a matter of law, and therefore, the judgment of infringement was reversed on that patent.

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LawSites

AUGUST 10, 2021

Zuva will launch and announce its first product in September 2021. Marwaha said he sees Kira as a natural extension of the Litera Transact workflow, adding contract analysis and due diligence. As it stands today, he said, if a law firm is doing a project-based contract review, it is highly likely to be using Kira.

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Patently O

AUGUST 13, 2021

” That language has carried through the various major patent law overhauls and continues as a prominent aspect of 35 U.S.C. 21-193 (Supreme Court 2021). 2021)(nonprecedential opinion). The 1836 Patent Act added the caveat that no patent should issue on an invention previously “described in any printed publication.”

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Attorney at Work

JUNE 22, 2022

may seem harsh in tethering a lawyer to a matter when a client’s competency cannot allow for diligent representation. In considering alternatives, however, the lawyer should be aware of any law that requires the lawyer to advocate the least restrictive action on behalf of the client.”. Taking Protective Measures.

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Cenza

JANUARY 27, 2023

The practice of outsourcing certain aspects of legal work by law firms, in-house counsels, and individual attorneys existed for decades. While we continue to offer our conventional legal process outsourcing services for law firms, the time has necessitated our evolution to be relevant in the digital age. billion market today.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Following the EU’s lead with the approval of the European Green Deal , Spain has produced a new framework to address climate change, including strategies, plans, and laws. The PNIEC and the Law on Climate Change include a target of GHG emission reduction of 23% by 2030 compared to 1990. For all climate laws related to Spain, see here.

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SimplyLawJobs

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Law firms and government departments have been using new technologies to provide legal services for years. What is law tech? Client/due diligence checking. Systems have been created to help with analysing documents used when carrying out standard due diligence checks on clients. Automated legal research. Being prepared.

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SimplyLawJobs

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

We recently spoke with Samuel Tahir, Samuel is a paralegal at international law firm, Hogan Lovells. He kindly shared his path to becoming a paralegal, including how he secured his position at a global law firm and advice for aspiring legal professionals. I studied a law degree, following which I did my LPC and LLM.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 26, 2024

Switzerland is a striking example of the Paris effect: the influence of the non-binding collective goals of the Paris Agreement (PA) on the interpretation of domestic constitutional law or international human rights law in climate litigation. 8 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). 434, 455-456).

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Customs & International Trade Law

OCTOBER 19, 2021

In May 2021, China announced a crackdown on cryptocurrency mining and trading. Texas will be a crypto leader,” he tweeted in June 2021. Recognition of cryptocurrency and the blockchain in its commercial law. sanctions laws. For example, in February 2021, OFAC announced a settlement with Bitpay, Inc. ,

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 26, 2021

As was briefly announced earlier on this blog , on 29 January 2021, the Dutch Court of Appeal in The Hague gave a ruling in a long-standing litigation launched by four Nigerian farmers and the Dutch Milieudefensie. Climate change and related human rights litigation is undoubtedly of increasing importance in private international law.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 29, 2024

The Advisory Opinion handed down by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) on 21 May 2024 is truly remarkable. Under the United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea ( UNCLOS ), States must now take all necessary measures to prevent, reduce and control GHG emissions.

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Cenza

AUGUST 25, 2021

In February 2021, Thomson Reuters Institute has published the biennial study in partnership with the Center on Ethics and the Legal Profession at Georgetown Law, and the Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford. However, the data denotes that they have evolved as a strong ally today for law firms and corporate legal entities.

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ALPS

JULY 22, 2021

Some version of this scenario has occurred every year I’ve been with ALPS including thrice so far in 2021. Easy money is hard to come by and if something seems too good to be true, chances are you should double down on your due diligence. . This makes us attractive targets for scammers.

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