ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Litigation against major corporate greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters has proven extremely tough. A civil law breakthrough came in 2021, with the ruling of a Dutch court against Shell. All three of Smith’s claims will now proceed to what may the be first full climate tort claim in a common law jurisdiction.

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Conflict of Laws

OCTOBER 29, 2021

In FS Cairo (Nile Plaza) LLC v Lady Brownlie [2021] UKSC 45 (“ Brownlie II ”), the Supreme Court held as a matter of ratio by a 4:1 majority that consequential loss satisfies the ‘tort gateway’ in Practice Direction (“ PD ”) 6B, para. Economic torts? This post is written by Joshua Folkard, Barrister at Twenty Essex. Background.

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 24, 2025

It alleged that the directors were actively involved in the chairmans unlawful conduct and therefore liable in tort under Korean law, and GGS was vicariously liable for their actions. This is significant because the tort action in Indonesia was not based on the contract between the parties. [24]

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Conflict of Laws

APRIL 7, 2023

Asser Institute for International & European Law, The Hague Mexico’s ongoing transnational litigation against the firearms industry in U.S. courts is raising important questions of private international law, in particular as regards the application of Mexican tort law in U.S. On appeal in the U.S. and in respect to U.S.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Many of these cases asserted nuisance and other tort law claims. The Hawai‘i court, however, found Honolulu’s framing of its claims as traditional tort law claims to be “more accurate.” During this process, the parties litigated over the extent to which the decision to remand the cases to state court was reviewable on appeal.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 16, 2021

Over the last year Brazil has seen numerous innovative climate litigation claims filed that have questioned the country’s climate policies and general effects of activities on climate change. (I The Amazon rainforest, the country’s not-so-secret weapon to mitigate climate change, features prominently in the litigation. Climate Damage.

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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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Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 10, 2022

Given the power of Big Tech Companies, their enormous financial resources, cross-jurisdictional reach and their global impact on users’ privacy, there are two main litigation challenges for successfully bringing a privacy claim against Big Tech. 3] Secondly, the challenge is how to finance mass claims, involving millions of affected users.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 30, 2021

The focus is on the question how tort claims are connected if the contracting partners have agreed on confidentiality terms, in particular under a non-disclosure agreement. He based his claim on tort. Finally, the judgment dealt with the classification of various ancillary measures requested by the Belgian authorities.

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Conflict of Laws

OCTOBER 3, 2022

That paper contains a detailed discussion of the most common interpretive issues—whether the clause selects the tort laws of the chosen jurisdiction in addition to its contract laws, for example—that arise in litigation. I argued for the laws at the time of litigation. courts interpret choice-of-law clauses.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 8, 2024

And that has implications for tort law, contract law, and property law, because it is less clear in many ways how basic legal principles such as negligence, foreseeability, force majeure, and reasonableness will apply to particular problems. LSEW adopted a similar resolution in 2021. John Kerry, then U.S.

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LPB Network

MARCH 1, 2021

The Spring 2021 Unavailability Civil Procedure Workshop resumes this Tuesday, March 2, at 3:00pm ET / 2:00pm CT / 1:00pm MT / 12:00pm PT. Beth Burch will discuss Multi-District Litigation. Hope to see folks there!

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Fordham Law News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

They all used bankruptcy to try to get out of mass tort claims. [1] They all used bankruptcy to try to get out of mass tort claims. [1] In October of 2021, Johnson & Johnson created a subsidiary called LTL Management, LLC. [3] 8] The second step is to then transfer the tort liabilities into the new corporations. [9]

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LawSites

DECEMBER 4, 2023

VoiceScript Ai.Law Elevator Pitch: Provides AI-generated litigation documents, from pleadings to discovery. We are the first AI-driven platform to focus specifically on drafting litigation documents. The substantial amount of time lawyers spend drafting documents during litigation. What makes you unique or innovative?

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SimplyLawJobs

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

To celebrate the announcement of their next class, ILSPA are offering an early bird discount of £100 to all Students who enrol before the end of October 2021. . Unit 2: Law of Contract & Law of Tort. Unit 3: Civil Litigation Practice. The units are set out as follows: . Unit 1: English Legal System. Photo by J.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 1, 2024

He illustrated the procedural mechanisms in the UK that are available for mass tort litigation of this kind and suggested that the Group Litigation Order (GLO) would be the appropriate mechanism in the majority of cases of mass tort litigation. Finally, he suggested examining the Okpabi case to see how GLOs work.

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 29, 2023

For litigants embroiled in cross-border litigation, the anti-suit injunction has become a staple in the conflict of laws arsenal of common law courts.

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 18, 2022

What are the equivalents of the Regulation Article 7(1) for contractual claims, 7(2) for torts, 8(1) for close connection between defendants, and the equivalents of protective heads of jurisdiction such as the one for consumer law disputes? Is there a general rule of jurisdiction based on a ground other than domicile of the defendant?

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SimplyLawJobs

DECEMBER 17, 2021

I was also able to experience tort law, criminal law, and public law. I aim to enter the commercial sphere upon graduation within the areas of finance, corporate, or litigation. by RoxanneB | Dec 16, 2021 | Advice for Paralegals , Graduates Introducing Bhajan We recently spoke to Bhajan S.S 7:30 am Monday is my busy day.

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Conflict of Laws

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

On applicable law for environmental pollution (Article 7 Rome II), a pinnacle of business and human rights as well as climate change litigation. Predictability is the core ambition, not a particular outcome in litigation. The refusal to provide information per se is not a tort in the sense of Article 7 No.

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Day on Torts

JANUARY 29, 2021

15, 2021), plaintiff filed suit on behalf of herself and her minor son after her son was injured at middle school track and field tryouts. The Governmental Tort Liability Act (GTLA) governs suits against governmental entities in Tennessee, removing immunity for governmental entities only in certain situations. In Spearman v.

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Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 12, 2020

In international civil litigation, many cases involve a foreign defendant not domiciled or residing within China. It was abolished on January 1, 2021 when the Civil Code of the PRC took effect. De dr. int. privé(1967). [16] For a quite a long period, the GPCL was the most important source of Chinese private international law.

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Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 2, 2023

The amendment draft provides proceedings may be brought before the courts “where the contract is signed or performed, the subject matter of the action is located, the defendant has any distrainable property, the tort or harmful event occurred, or the defendant has any representative office” (Art. 276, para. 276, para. 285, para.

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Conflict of Laws

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Since then, it had undergone four revisions in 2007, 2012, 2017, and 2021. However, no substantial revisions were made to the provisions concerning foreign-related civil litigation. Further, the new CPL introduces “the place of torts committed within the territory of China” as a new connecting factor for jurisdiction.

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 18, 2023

The Nigerian landowners’ claim against Shell was thus barred by the limitation periods under applicable Nigerian law ( Jalla and another v Shell International Trading and Shipping Company and another [2023] UKSC 16 , on appeal from [2021] EWCA Civ 63 ). The case at hand is an appeal on a part of an earlier rulings.

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At the Lectern

JULY 6, 2023

” The court is also concerned that “the potential litigation explosion facilitated by a duty to prevent COVID-19 infections in household members would place significant burdens on the judicial system and, ultimately, the community.” Superior Court (2021) 73 Cal.App.5th Pacific Gas & Electric Co. 1982) 136 Cal.App.3d

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MyCase

AUGUST 22, 2022

Litigation : This may include a range of both civil and criminal litigation cases, such as personal injury tort claims, divorce and family law cases, contract disputes, and so on. . According to our 2021 Industry Report, 38% of those surveyed said they saved at least 6 hours a month by using software with invoicing features. .

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Conflict of Laws

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Thus, the general rule of the place of tort applies equally to corporations and private individuals. [1] 1] In similar, the advancing principle of party autonomy [2] does not distinguish between corporations and other litigants on its operational level. L 199) 40 (EC), art 4 (1). [2]

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Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 30, 2024

Midori NARAZAKI, Climate Change Litigation and Private International Law: Review of the Hague District Court’s Judgment against Royal Dutch Shell Abstract: This paper analyzes a landmark decision by the District Court of The Hague on May 26, 2021, ordering Royal Dutch Shell to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 45% by 2030.

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Day on Torts

MARCH 12, 2021

4, 2021), plaintiff filed a fraud claim against defendant attorney who had represented him for a portion of plaintiff’s previous divorce case. In Vazeen v. M2019-01395-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Plaintiff asserted that defendant had engaged in fraudulent billing and that defendant had “charged a higher hourly rate than agreed.”

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Conflict of Laws

OCTOBER 9, 2021

September 9-11, 2021, Hamburg, Germany, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and Private International Law. In her presentation, she focused on tort law. Ultimately, however, the problems associated with achieving SDG 6 were too complex and multifaceted to be solved by the traditional methods of PIL and adversarial litigation (alone).

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Conflict of Laws

JULY 9, 2021

12] Before and after the application, the defendant Sharp had brought tort claims arising from SEP (standard essential patent) licensing against OPPO by commencing several parallel proceedings before German courts, a Japanese court and a Taiwanese court. [13] 14] The breach of the ruling would entail a fine of RMB 1 million per day. [15]

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 18, 2023

Wren, an organizer of the January 6, 2021 “Stop the Steal” rally that led to the attempted insurrection at the United States Capitol. Mr. Doe’s anonymity is not intended merely to avoid the annoyance and criticism that may attend litigation. Doe’s reputation. Schlapp, was Ms. In addition, because Mr. Schlapp and Ms.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 23, 2023

.’ [4] Additionally, some judges, citing Article 1338 BW in Indonesia, regard the choice of foreign law as a contractual agreement not to resolve a dispute in the Indonesian courts, and many lawyers present a contract claim as tort. Anyone interested in choice of law will therefore be fascinated by this book. [1] 2] Penasthika (ibid).

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LexForti

JUNE 2, 2022

It was clearly pronounced that “there appears to be no restriction on third parties (non-lawyers) funding the litigation and getting repaid after the outcome of the litigation” [18]. This was further supported when the Criminal Law Act, of 1967 did away with these crimes and torts of “maintenance” and “champerty”. Balaji [17].

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 14, 2024

In a 2021 appellate decision, City of New York v. Chevron , the Second Circuit held that the City of New York could not sue global fossil fuel producers under state tort law for damages caused by fossil fuel emissions outside of its borders. No federal statutes explicitly preempt state Climate Superfund laws, and different U.S.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 3, 2023

Nevertheless, the report of the European Parliament finally adopted, together with the Draft Directive of 10 March 2021, no longer contained such rule on international jurisdiction, without explanation. In total, these decisions allow for strategic joint litigation against third-country companies together with an EU anchor defendant.

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