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. However, there is concern that it might mitigate the development of stronger regulatory frameworks in other countries (see FIDH , 2022).

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JUNE 17, 2023

“To our regret, Australia diligently continues to move in the main stream of the authors of the Russophobic hysteria that is now taking place in the Western countries,” Peskov said. ” The 99-year lease was acquired by Russia in 2008 to build a second embassy in the Australian capital in addition to their embassy in Griffith.

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Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 1, 2022

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. The text of the Recommendation can be found here.

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Broadcast Law Blog

MARCH 20, 2022

The rules also set “reasonable diligence” steps a broadcaster must take to determine whether a foreign government entity is the source of programming aired pursuant to a “lease agreement.”

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Day on Torts

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

14, 2022), plaintiff fell on what she alleged was a dangerous concrete structure in a Long John Silver’s parking lot. In Bodine v. Long John Silver’s LLC , No. M2021-00168-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. The trial court accordingly denied the motion to alter or amend, and the Court of Appeals affirmed.

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Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 20, 2021

It examines recent and pending legislation on value chain due diligence in selected countries and/or regional organisations. The deadline for applications is 14 February 2022 and the start date is 15 September 2022. The deadline for applications is 14 February 2022 and the start date is 15 September 2022.

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Mondaq

APRIL 19, 2022

sanctions against Russia (see Lewis Brisbois' alert of April 13, 2022) have The increasing number and intensity of U.S.

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Attorney at Work

AUGUST 26, 2021

Both resolved their issues by bringing in contract attorneys to do the routine due diligence and discovery, freeing up their partners and associates to do more substantive work. With the volatile market for talent and increase in legal demand, we expect contract staffing to be even more crucial to law firms’ strategy heading into 2022.

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JURIST

JUNE 5, 2024

TEPC, a subsidiary of the French oil company Total-Energies, was the main owner of an oil terminal in the fishing village of Djeno until December 2022, and residents reported that the company’s oil spills caused the contamination and shortage of the local fish population.

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Mondaq

MAY 27, 2022

2022 is shaping up to be another supercharged year for M&A deals. This article explores how the people aspects of due diligence are evolving in the UK and elsewhere in Europe.

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Mondaq

MAY 12, 2022

On 23 February 2022, the European Commission published its much-anticipated draft corporate sustainability and due diligence directive (the Draft Directive).

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 22, 2024

” The tribunal also emphasized that article 194, paragraph 1, of UNCLOS imposes a due diligence standard on States that is “stringent”. The tribunal noted that the due diligence standard may also vary in accordance with State capabilities and available resources.

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Customs & International Trade Law

JUNE 28, 2022

On June 17, 2022, DHS published its long-awaited strategy guidance document which shed light on how UFLPA will be implemented, and what evidence may be provided to rebut the presumption that the goods were made with forced labor. On June 17, 2022, per statutory requirement , the U.S. What does due diligence mean? Contact Us.

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The IP Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2022

9, 2022) (Jennifer L. On December 5, 2022, Plaintiff Shenzhen Chengront Technology Co., However, the Plaintiff asserts that starting in about February 2022, the Defendants ceased purchasing the invention from Plaintiff and instead began selling a similar infringing product on Amazon.

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The Fashion Law

DECEMBER 14, 2021

With this uptick of activity, what’s ahead in 2022 for cryptocurrencies? Altogether, the increased availability of points of sale that accept Bitcoin as a means of exchange and institutional investment in the space will likely lead to greater acceptance of Bitcoin as a method of payment in 2022. A Rise in NFT Activity. Buyer Beware.

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Mondaq

JANUARY 4, 2022

As of January 1, 2022, the indirect counterproposal to the Responsible Business Initiative has been introduced in the Swiss Code of Obligations and a new criminal provision.

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Mondaq

MAY 19, 2022

On 23 February 2022, the European Commission published its much-anticipated draft corporate sustainability and due diligence directive (the Draft Directive).

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JURIST

MAY 17, 2023

San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu announced a $229 million settlement with Walgreens on Wednesday after winning a lawsuit against the company in 2022. The court ruled that Walgreens dispensed these pills without adequate due diligence. The case was in the US District Court for the Northern District of California.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Around noon today, 30 September 2022, a Kankor test prepatory center (Kankor is a pre-university test, much like the SATs in the US) in a Hazara ethnic district of Kabul was targeted by a suicide bomber. For privacy and security reasons, we are withholding our correspondent’s name. This is what they vowed.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 6, 2023

El Salvador has been in a state of emergency since March 2022. The human rights organization says that El Salvador’s emergency measures have violated human rights by perpetrating massive arbitrary detentions, torture and cruel treatment in detention centers.

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Mondaq

AUGUST 29, 2022

On 17 August 2022, the Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control (Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle, "BAFA") has issued its first handout to provide guidance to companies

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LawTechnologyToday

DECEMBER 23, 2021

What type of diligence do you conduct with respect to a possible payment option before making that method available for client use? I’m not sure how much due diligence it’s realistic to do. Lawyers have largely accepted client checks without diligence for many years. DK: I prefer card payments for this reason.

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JURIST

APRIL 28, 2024

The Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights also condemned Figueroa’s murder, urging authorities to diligently investigate the crime, find those responsible, and ensure that the crime does not go unpunished.

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Mondaq

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

As foreseen in the General State Administration's Annual Legislative Plan for 2022, which contemplated the approval of a law to effectively guarantee business practices respectful of sustainability.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

JUNE 13, 2022

Enrollment opens on June 7, 2022 for our next session! You haven’t done much legal research in your commercial paralegal position, but you have done some big due diligence projects on those pending transactions. L EARN MORE. Review the Job Description. With a little bit of training, that skill would be transferrable.

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MAY 13, 2022

USPTO (Supreme Court 2022). The district court sided with the USPTO with a sua sponte summary judgment order — finding that the USPTO was already working diligently on the applications based upon its recent filing of “numerous office actions on plaintiff’s applications.” by Dennis Crouch. The reviewing court shall—.

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Conflict of Laws

OCTOBER 28, 2022

On Wednesday, 16 November 2022, Professor Philippa Webb and Associate Professor Rishi Gulati will host a (hybrid) conference on “Accountability of Transnational ORgnisations” at King’s College London. If interested, please register below: [link].

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 29, 2023

Vanuatu published the first draft of the resolution in late 2022. For instance, in the Pulp Mills case (2010) the ICJ considered the principle of prevention and pointed out that, “as a customary rule, [it] has its origins in the due diligence that is required of a State in its territory.” The UNGA adopted resolution (A/77/L.58)

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FDA Law Blog

MARCH 29, 2024

In 2022, the Government Accountability Office reported that FDA needed to improve its foreign inspection program. Complete numbers for 2023 and 2024 are not available, but it appears that FDA was only able to complete 537 BIMO inspections in 2022. But gaps still remain.

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Conflict of Laws

OCTOBER 25, 2023

An Ontology of the In-Between [18th Ernst Rabel Lecture, 2022] [OPEN ACCESS], 433–464, DOI: 10.1628/rabelsz-2023-0063 The conflict of laws can serve heuristically to underscore two established but radically opposing models of modernist legal ordering: multilateralism and statutism. The latest issue of RabelsZ has just been released.

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Patently O

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

2022-1623, -1624 (Fed. This underscores the importance of the non-movant diligently citing its best evidence of disputed facts when opposing summary judgment. I’ll note here that this outcome is in direct conflict with a 2022 jury verdict in Caddo v. Siemens Industry, Inc. Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (AG) , Nos.

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Day on Torts

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Where there was material evidence to show that plaintiff met her required due diligence, the jury verdict for plaintiff on her intentional misrepresentation and fraud claim was affirmed. M2021-01335-COA-R3-CV, 2022 WL 17175608 (Tenn. 23, 2022), the issues revolved around plaintiff’s purchase of a home. In Hogue v. Code Ann. §

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Fordham Law News

APRIL 6, 2023

3] On November 2022, FTX filed for bankruptcy. [4] 5] Following the filing, on December 2022, Sam Bankman-Fried was indicted in the Southern District of New York with charges including wire fraud and conspiracy by misusing customer funds. [6] 3] On November 2022, FTX filed for bankruptcy. [4] 16, 2022, 6:45 AM), [link] [8] Id.

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Foley Hoag LLP

MARCH 11, 2022

On February 3, Senators Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced the Slave-Free Business Certification Act of 2022. It is unclear whether the Slave-Free Business Certification Act of 2022 will become law. Large corporations have refrained from commenting on the proposed legislation. The post New U.S

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JURIST

AUGUST 23, 2023

Izhar Ahmed Khan is a 2022 LL.B. Moving forward requires due diligence: a reevaluation of the legal language of the blasphemy laws to reduce ambiguity, safeguard against false accusations, and ensure proportionate penalties, while nurturing a culture of inclusivity, education, and interfaith understanding. He files this from Lahore.

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Conflict of Laws

APRIL 29, 2024

First, the European Parliament voted on and adopted the proposal for a Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (CSDDD) with 374 votes in favour, 235 against and 19 abstentions (see also the European Parliament’s Press Release ). It introduces responsible authorities and a database of forced labour risk areas or products.

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DECEMBER 6, 2022

2, 2022), the district court analyzed whether it could properly enter default judgment against a Wyoming limited liability corporation, or “LLC.” By David Hricik, Mercer Law School. In Avus Designs Inc. Grezxx LLC (D. 22-CV-00173-SWS Dec.

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