ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The post further explores the potential implications of this clarification for climate litigation, while highlighting the key provisions that underscore the responsibilities of states in safeguarding children’s rights within the ever-evolving environmental landscape. Argentina et al. ).

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The decision, formally communicated to the parties on July 27, marks a pivotal moment in climate litigation. This blog post analyzes the Supreme Court’s decision and its implications for climate litigation efforts in Spain and beyond. For an overview of climate governance in the context of Spain’s federal system, see here.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 21, 2023

Credit: Tobias Reich, Unsplash The Sabin Center’s Global Climate Change Litigation Database currently lists over 2000 cases. And what do they say about the future of climate litigation in the country? The country also has a strong tradition of public interest litigation , with roots in the anti-apartheid struggle.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Climate change litigation is growing worldwide. As part of our continual effort to update and maintain the Global Climate Change Litigation database , the Sabin Center has launched the Peer Review Network of Global Climate Litigation (“the Network”). By Maria Antonia Tigre.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 4, 2024

States’ inadequate responses to the climate crisis have driven the rise of litigation cases against national and sub-national governments. Reflecting these developments, the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has found that “ climate litigation can affect the stringency and ambitiousness of climate governance ”.

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Above The Law

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

UniCourt's TrueLaw Litigation Index – 2021 Law Firm Ranking highlights the top 200 federal civil litigation law firms by case count for all U.S. The post Vorys Clinches First Place In The TrueLaw Litigation Index For The Second Year In A Row appeared first on Above the Law. District Courts.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 22, 2022

As noted at the end of last year, 2021 was significant for climate litigation, with several decisions worldwide providing a fresh look at stakeholder responsibility for climate change. In Germany, after the successful decision from 2021 in Neubauer et al. By Maria Antonia Tigre. Photo by Matt Palmer on Unsplash. the Netherlands.

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LawSites

APRIL 26, 2022

However, the judge did not accept a second antitrust theory asserted by ROSS — that TR had engaged in anticompetitive conduct by pursuing sham litigation. But Judge Stark concluded, “ROSS has failed to plausibly allege that Plaintiffs have engaged in sham litigation.”

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 9, 2024

In a transformative moment for European and global climate litigation, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled today that the state has a positive duty to adopt, and effectively implement in practice, regulations and measures capable of mitigating the existing and potentially irreversible future effects of climate change.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

A Netherlands appeals court overturned a landmark 2021 ruling requiring Shell to cut its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030 on Tuesday. The original 2021 decision was the first time a court had ordered a private company to meet specific emissions reduction targets based on human rights obligations related to climate change.

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LawSites

MARCH 19, 2024

says the company is on a mission to innovate and even revolutionize litigation services and the litigation workflow. You may know it more through its brands, including ServeNow for finding process servers, One Legal for California court filing, LawToolBox for court calendaring, and the Legal Talk Network group of legal podcasts.

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LegalReader

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Contracts case filings over the last three years showed a slight but steady increase through the pandemic, while franchise case filings fell sharply and damages awarded continued to climb.

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CourtTechBulletin

DECEMBER 16, 2021

We were curious as to the status of online court help to the self-represented litigants as a good 2021 year-end wrapup article for the CTB? For reference, an earlier list was compiled by the legaltechdesign.com website in 2018 and posted at: [link] The following list was compiled December 13-15, 2021.

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The post Elite Litigation Boutique Offers Mind-Blowing Bonuses That Blow Away The Market appeared first on Above the Law.

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Patently O

OCTOBER 4, 2022

VLSI , IPR 2021-1064 (Before Dir. by Dennis Crouch. OpenSky Indus v. Stepping-in like a court of equity, Dir. Vidal today issued a Precedential Order finding that OpenSky had abused the IPR process. OpenSky filed its IPR petition soon after VLSI won a $2 billion judgment against Intel.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

India’s Ministry of Law and Justice released Friday the Draft Mediation Bill, 2021 , inviting comments and suggestions from all stakeholders. Furthermore, it proposes pre-litigation mediation while also protecting the litigants’ right to approach the courts in the event an urgent relief is required.

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Attorney at Work

JANUARY 31, 2022

For example, cross-border litigation is now widespread as global commerce increases. The COVID-19 pandemic may have dampened global trade in 2020; however, the World Trade Organization forecast a strong growth recovery in 2021 continuing into 2022. Combining Machines and Humans .

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

This month , Jacob Elkin joins the Sabin Center as the 2021-2022 Climate Law Fellow. Jacob graduated from Columbia Law School in 2021, where he was awarded the Alfred S. Forsyth Price for dedication to the advancement of environmental law. He holds a B.A. from the University of Chicago.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 8, 2022

The post also illustrates the positive impact the reform is likely to have on climate litigation initiatives in Italy. Adopting a comparative perspective, we draw on constitutional frameworks and recent climate litigation cases in other European jurisdictions. What does the reform bring about? In Neubauer, et al.

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The IP Law Blog

MAY 11, 2023

UCANN filed for bankruptcy in 2020, which stayed the litigation. The parties stipulated to dismiss the infringement claims with prejudice in 2021. The ‘911 patent relates to “extraction of pharmaceutically active components … more particularly … botanical drug substance (B.D.S.) The stipulation made no mention of attorney fees.

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Intelligize Blog

JANUARY 14, 2025

Additionally, they will forego stock option compensation from 2021 to 2023 worth as much as $184 million. It is the fourth-largest fee in Delaware shareholder litigation history, Reuters reported. Tesla CEO Elon Musk did not receive compensation in his role as a director.

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JURIST

JUNE 22, 2022

.” The US District Court for the Western District of Texas originally dismissed SFFA’s original lawsuit back in 2021. Abigail Fisher and Edward Blum, who were essential in the Fisher litigation, are now directors of the SFFA. University of Texas.

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Law 360

JANUARY 31, 2022

2022 will likely see courts grapple with the far-reaching implications of the 2021 decisions in Goldman Sachs v. Arkansas Teacher Retirement System and Pirani v. Slack, and lawsuits related to COVID-19, cybersecurity, cryptocurrency and other emerging issues, say attorneys at Willkie.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Ben Carter , senior litigation and advocacy counsel, Kentucky Equal Justice Center. Sam McAllister , director of litigation technology, Lightfoot, Franklin & White. Honorable Mention. Access to Justice (Monday, Nov. Ayuda Legal Puerto Rico. Michele Pistone , professor of law, Villanova University. Court (Tuesday, Nov. Clearbrief.

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JURIST

JANUARY 31, 2023

The legislation also requires Independent Children’s Lawyers to meet directly with children, grants powers to the court to protect children from prolonged and adversarial litigation and extends the definition of “member of the family” in the Act to include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander concepts of family and kinship.

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HowAppealing

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

District Judge Vince Chhabria, in a 2021 holding in the multidistrict litigation over Monsanto’s Roundup pesticide, called common benefit fees ‘totally out of control,’ sending shockwaves throughout the mass torts bar; But the Ninth Circuit, in a five-page unpublished opinion, found it lacked jurisdiction to review the order.”

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JURIST

DECEMBER 12, 2020

The factory, originally slated to be operational by July 2021, has been subject to litigation by environmental groups. Tesla became the world’s most valuable carmaker in 2020, and Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, hopes to produce 20 million vehicles in 2021. A lower court in Frankfurt an der Oder initially ruled in favor of Tesla.

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Law 360

JULY 22, 2022

T-Mobile has agreed to pay $350 million and boost its data security spending by $150 million over the next two years to end claims in multidistrict litigation from more than 76 million Americans whose data was allegedly exposed during a 2021 breach, the consumers told a Missouri federal court Friday.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Portugal also signed into effect the Climate Framework Law in 2021, which aims to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. Data published by the European Commission revealed that Portugal was the second-worst country affected by wildfires in 2022. This act represents the growing rise of climate-related lawsuits.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Whereas 2020 ended with a newfound sense of the possible, 2021 ends with us still not knowing what is ahead, and therefore which way to turn. Whereas 2020 ended with great promise for regulatory reform, 2021 ends with little further progress on that front – and even retreats to some extent. I should be more optimistic.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Following a four-day trial, a US federal judge ruled on Friday that North Dakota’s 2021 legislative redistricting plan violates the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) because it dilutes the voting power of Native American voters. Several Native American Tribes sued after the North Dakota Legislature created a new voting map in 2021.

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JURIST

APRIL 7, 2023

In 2021, West Virginia passed a law that prohibited people assigned male at birth from competing on girls sports teams. Now, after the Supreme Court’s denial, the case will be litigated in the lower court on the merits. They would have granted the state’s application and allowed the law to be enforced.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 13, 2024

As we explain, the new law aims to uphold the rights of indigenous peoples and rural communities in Peru, mitigate inequalities, and bolster their defense in climate-related litigation. This innovative legal paradigm introduces a reinvigorated instrument within the domain of climate litigation.

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Patently O

MAY 3, 2021

20-1396 (Supreme Court 2021). Casey , stating that the right of access to the courts “does not guarantee inmates the wherewithal to transform themselves into litigating engines,” enable state agencies to affirmatively eliminate an inmate’s access to court on general civil matters? by Dennis Crouch. Western Digital , Docket No.

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 20, 2024

Additionally, pertinent insights can be found in the collaborative effort of Van Loon, Michaels, and Ruiz Abou-Nigm (eds) in their comprehensive publication, The Private Side of Transforming our World (2021). Thus, the CSDDD’s rule should not be viewed in isolation, but as part of a larger, dynamic conversation on PIL in the EU.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 6, 2022

28, 2021), the Court granted defendants’ motion to stay pending ex parte reexamination even though the case had already previously been stayed pending inter partes review. In WAG Acquisition LLC v. Flying Crocodile Inc et al , 2-19-cv-01278 (WDWA Dec.

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

A California federal judge presiding over a high-stakes evidentiary hearing into whether Apple has complied with her 2021 antitrust injunction threatened to sanction Apple's commercial litigation director Tuesday, telling counsel she has "significant concerns" about Apple's over-designation of attorney-client privilege, saying, "Your client is not (..)

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