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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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JURIST

AUGUST 23, 2023

Law students and law graduates in Pakistan are reporting for JURIST on events in that country impacting its legal system. Izhar Ahmed Khan is a 2022 LL.B. graduate of the Pakistan College of Law (University of London International Program). He files this from Lahore.

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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 research can be approached from the perspective of human rights law, public international law or private international law, including private law mechanisms (either in tort or in contract law).

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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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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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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.” See more on these changes in this article on our Broadcast Law Blog. ( Federal Register ).

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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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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. appeared first on The Fashion Law.

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Conflict of Laws

OCTOBER 25, 2023

It contans the following articles: Horatia Muir Watt: Alterity in the Conflict of Laws. Importantly, law encodes the conditions that produce these dual somatic symptoms in our contemporary societies. One element of territorial sovereignty is the right to legislate in the field of private law.

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Written by Hadrien Pauchard (assistant researcher at Sciences Po Law School) In the Lafarge case (Cass. The decision addresses several key aspects of private international law in transnational criminal lawsuits and labour law.

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LawTechnologyToday

AUGUST 15, 2023

By Oliver Patterson , director of product management, VIPRE Security Group Law firms are entrusted with handling vast amounts of highly-sensitive information, ranging from financial data and medical records to insurance claims and personal client details. lost/stolen computer or smartphone, hacker, break-in, website exploit)?”

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JURIST

DECEMBER 6, 2023

El Salvador has been in a state of emergency since March 2022. At the end of its report, Amnesty International called on El Salvador to halt human rights violations and act in accordance with international human rights law.

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Customs & International Trade Law

JULY 11, 2024

Strategy Background DHS released the first publication of the UFLPA Strategy in June 2022. Revisit Your Due Diligence Efforts With the addition of these new high-priority sectors for enforcement, importers should give extra attention to due diligence efforts on supply chains that interact with these sectors.

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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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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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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 27, 2022

Wolfram: Achmea – neglecting of international public law – some afterthoughts. It intends instead to throw some light on the rules of public international law on the termination of international treaties, which have not fully been taken into account by those who attempted to implement the Achmea judgment. Heiderhoff/E.

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Rocket Matter

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Well, we’ve got some good news: there is a solution, and it’s legal time-tracking software. But what exactly is it, and how can it transform the way you manage your law practice? It’s like a personal assistant who diligently notes every minute you spend on each case to ensure you get compensated for all your effort.

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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. law that are exclusive to the Xinjiang region of China by requiring such audits of any business, defined as an issuer by the U.S. The legislation aims to provide U.S.

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LawSites

MARCH 10, 2023

As discussed Wednesday in part one of this three-part series, these posts are a collection of reflections on the 10th anniversary of the ReInvent Law Silicon Valley event, held in Mountain View Calif., on March 8, 2013, and what it meant to the authors and to the broader movement for innovation in law. ReInvent Law was shocking.

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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.

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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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Patently O

DECEMBER 6, 2022

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

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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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At the Lectern

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

In Laettner on Reinstatement , the court, following the State Bar’s recommendation, ended John Laettner’s suspension from practicing law. The court had refused to lift the suspension in 2022, again on the Bar’s recommendation. Moriana (2022) 596 U.S. Three Strikes sentence. Avila (2020) 57 Cal.App.5th

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LawTechnologyToday

DECEMBER 23, 2021

There’s also been a growing interest and adoption of credit card payment options by small law firms. 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. Clients appreciate that option.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 29, 2023

Vanuatu published the first draft of the resolution in late 2022. 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). Both the science and law around climate change have progressed.

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Day on Torts

MAY 18, 2022

M2021-00487-COA-R3-CV, 2022 WL 1404357 (Tenn. May 4, 2022), plaintiffs filed this pro se action that revolved around a newly built home they bought in August 2017 that had allegedly developed severe mold issues. In Simpkins v. John Maher Builders, Inc. , internal citation and quotations omitted).

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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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Patently O

MAY 13, 2022

USPTO (Supreme Court 2022). 2) hold unlawful and set aside agency action, findings, and conclusions found to be (A) arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or otherwise not in accordance with law; 5 U.S.C. § by Dennis Crouch. The reviewing court shall—. (1) The Federal Circuit upheld the district court’s decision.

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Attorney at Work

AUGUST 26, 2021

Law firms didn’t let the pandemic get in the way of profitability or performance in 2020. Successful law firms not only accommodated dynamic client needs in this moment of unprecedented upheaval, but also made internal structural changes to ensure the work got done as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 3, 2023

The EU Sustainability Directive and Jurisdiction The Draft for a Corporate Sustainable Due Diligence Directive currently contains no rules on jurisdiction. Sommerfeld ) The Proposal for a Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence The process towards an EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive is gaining momentum.

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Rocket Matter

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Why the billable hour matters Reports state that many attorneys bill between 1,700 and 2,300 hours per year , so not tracking all your time accurately can lead to tens of thousands in lost revenue. Second, law firms track the billable hours of each attorney.

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Fordham Law News

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

That same day, April 4, 2022, Musk, CEO of Tesla, Inc. 18] Musk did not conduct due diligence as part of the Agreement. [19] 4, 2022, 12:04 PM), [link]. [2] 5, 2022), [link] see also Eliza Haverstock, Elon Musk Nearing $300 Billion Fortune, Is The Richest Person In History , Forbes (Oct. 26, 2022, 1:07 PM), [link]. [3]

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Conflict of Laws

APRIL 12, 2023

As such, there is no distinction under the French law regarding the sector in which the company is operating which is in line with the United Nations Guiding Principles. If damage caused by non-compliance with la Loi de Vigilance, any person with legitimate interest can seek reparation under tort law.

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Broadcast Law Blog

MAY 6, 2023

NAB thus urges the FCC to lighten this burden by clarifying that the foreign sponsorship identification diligence requirements do not apply to advertisements for commercial products and/or services of any length or format or to leases involving religious programming or locally produced and distributed programming.

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Fordham Law News

MARCH 25, 2022

16] In the M&A realm, this lack of guidance has left it up to each acquirer’s due diligence teams to decide by what criteria to evaluate a target’s ESG credentials. 23, 2022), [link]. [3] 11, 2022), [link]. [4] 23, 2022), [link]. [3] 11, 2022), [link]. [4] 18, 2022), [link]. [18] 18, 2022), [link]. [18]

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