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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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 11, 2022

In March 2022, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) and the Office of the Special Rapporteur on Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights (REDESCA) jointly published Resolution No. This blog post highlights takeaways from the resolution and its significance for climate litigation. Background.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 29, 2023

Photo by Mathias Reding on Unsplash Climate change litigation has finally reached the world’s highest court. Vanuatu published the first draft of the resolution in late 2022. The advisory opinion could also elaborate on specific criteria of due diligence and identify benchmarks to assess state action. 58) by consensus.

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

After lengthy procedural contortions, the chambre d’instruction of the Cour d’appel de Paris (the investigating judge) confirmed the indictments in a ruling dated May 18 th , 2022. The Lafarge decision will have broad implications for transnational litigations. Implications.

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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

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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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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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 1, 2024

Alex Mills, Sustainability and jurisdiction in the international civil litigation market The sustainability of the global economy, particularly in response to the concerns of climate change, is an issue which impacts many different aspects of life and work around the world.

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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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Patently O

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

That prevision bars an IPR petitioner involved in patent litigation from asserting any invalidity grounds that the petitioner had “raised or reasonably could have raised during that inter partes review.” The scope of estoppel provided by 315(e) has been subject to substantial litigation. Broadcom Ltd. and Apple Inc. ” Id.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Supreme Court issued its first opinion of the 2022-2023 Term. In reaching its decision, the Court explained that equitable tolling “effectively extends an otherwise discrete limitations period set by Congress” when a litigant diligently pursues his rights but extraordinary circumstances prevent him from bringing a timely action.

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Legal Writing Launch

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Whether attorneys are drafting briefs, composing legal memos, or preparing litigation documents, the ability to convey arguments and information clearly and persuasively is essential. The accuracy and attention to detail in these documents protect parties’ rights and obligations, helping to prevent disputes and litigation.

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Fordham Law News

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

That same day, April 4, 2022, Musk, CEO of Tesla, Inc. 14] During the litigation, Delaware Chancery Court Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick declined to delay the trial on multiple occasions while limiting the type of data Musk could acquire from Twitter about its fake accounts. [15] 4, 2022, 12:04 PM), [link]. [2] July 8, 2022). [11]

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Attorney at Work

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

I also chaired one of the firm’s business litigation divisions before being selected as the deputy managing partner. Looking ahead to 2022, we will continue to enhance and upgrade our technology infrastructure and pursue new projects. I was selected to serve on the firm’s board of directors in 2003.

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The IP Law Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The CDC has estimated that as of February 2022, based on an antibody study, 60% of the U.S. On August 26, 2022, Moderna sued Pfizer and BioNTech for patent infringement in the district court in Massachusetts. If the litigation proceeds, the defendants will probably challenge Moderna’s patents, as is typical in patent litigation.

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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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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Based on a litigation agreement pursuant to Sections 119b (2), 184a (3) of the German Courts Constitution Act on the first instance jurisdiction of the Commercial Court and on the conduct of proceedings in English, the article analyses details of the newly created procedural instruments and their implementation in practice.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The district court had granted Milieudefensies claims for a reduction target of 45% by 2030, leading to Shells appeal in 2022. This blog post explains some of the key takeaways from the appeal, highlighting some critical ground rules laid down by the court which may serve future litigation and several key challenges.

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LawSites

MARCH 10, 2023

Nicole began her career and practiced for 15 years at an AmLaw 100 firm in Chicago where she was a partner in the litigation department. In 2022, Nicole was named one of the “Top 50 Women Lawyers in Illinois” by Super Lawyers. In 2017, Nicole obtained one of the top 11 verdicts in Illinois.

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Conflict of Laws

APRIL 12, 2023

More specifically, the NGOs request that BNP publishes and implements a new due diligence plan, containing the measures explained in the writ of summons. Furthermore, BNP also stated its regret in the advocacy groups choosing litigation over dialogue and that it was not able to stop all fossil-fuel financing right away.

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 17, 2024

28] Be that as it may, if His Majesty’s Government implements its ratification plan as diligently as promised, the HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention may well be the first new building block in the reconstruction what has been significantly shattered on both sides by the twists and turns of Brexit. 37] See CJEU, Judgment of 7 April 2022, J.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

On September 23, 2022, the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) delivered a landmark decision in Daniel Billy and others v Australia (Torres Strait Islanders Petition) finding that the Australian Government is violating its human rights obligations to the indigenous Torres Strait Islanders through climate change inaction.

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Patently O

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

It is time to pick-up our consideration of Supreme Court patent cases for the 2022-2023 term. A quick recap: Despite dozens of interesting and important cases, the Supreme Court denied all petitions for writ of certiorari for the 2021-2022 term. 2022) (written description). by Dennis Crouch. American Axle (cert denied).

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 31, 2022

Share 2022 was a turbulent year for the Supreme Court. In October, the court began its 2022-23 term with its lowest public approval ratings in modern history. District Judge Ronald Davies, a North Dakotan who found himself presiding over post- Brown desegregation litigation while substituting for an Arkansas judge who had fallen ill.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 19, 2025

World Scientists Warning of a Climate Emergency 2022, 72 BioScience 1149 (2022), [link]. Optimizing the World’s Leading Corporate Law: A Twenty-Year Retrospective and Look Ahead, 77 Business Lawyer 321 (2022). 5] Approximately two-thirds of U.S. ENDNOTES [1] William J. Ripple, et al., Lawrence A. Hamermesh, Jack B.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Both suits were filed shortly after the Ohio Redistricting Commission approved Republican-created congressional maps on March 2, 2022. After nearly two years of diligently pursuing this litigation, Petitioners have decided that it is not presently in the state’s best interests to continue pursuing relief in this manner.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 31, 2022

” That was in January 2022. It then alleges that, in the June 3, 2022 meeting, “neither counsel nor the custodian asserted that the former President had declassified the documents or asserted any claim of executive privilege.” ” That is because this issue has not been fully litigated.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 6, 2023

When all of Trump’s litigation finally comes to a close several years from now, it will be this civil lawsuit among all the other lawsuits that will be the most damaging to the former president. First, this lawsuit is “personal” for Trump and strikes at his very heart and soul as cold and dark as they are. That is real estate’.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 9, 2021

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. HERE ARE RECENT ADDITIONS TO THE INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE LITIGATION CHART. By Margaret Barry and Korey Silverman-Koati.

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Above The Law

MARCH 26, 2025

The case has gone through multiple rounds of litigation, including a prior en banc decision by the Ninth Circuit, a remand from the U.S. Bruen (2022), and a subsequent appeal after the district court again struck down the ban under Bruen. Adam Feldman runs the litigation consulting company Optimized Legal Solutions LLC.

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