Conflict of Laws

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The 2020 update [2] , 2022 update [3] , and 2023 update [4] were also posted on Conflictoflaws.net. 2023) Gui 71 Xie Wai Ren No. 1, [13] a local Chinese court in Nanning, Guangxi Province, ruled to recognize and enforce a Thai monetary judgment in 2024. (Note: Foreign divorce judgments are excluded in the Case List.)

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FDA Law Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2024

In June, the Supreme Court ruled that the SEC cannot use its administrative authority to impose civil penalties for securities fraud on the ground that these penalties violate the U.S. H&P specifically relies on the Supreme Court decision in Jarkesy , as well as the 2023 Supreme Court decision in Axon Enterprise, Inc.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 18, 2023

O n Monday, April 17, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit handed down a decision in California Restaurant Association v. The court overturned a District Court ruling to invalidate a Berkeley, California, prohibition on natural gas infrastructure in newly-constructed buildings.

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The recent judgment of the High Court of Bahrain (a first instance court in the Bahraini judicial system ) in the Case No. 2/13276/2023/02 of 17 January 2024 is nothing but another example of this entrenched practice that can be observed in the vast majority of countries in the region. 231/2005 of 27 February 2006 ).

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 31, 2024

Tokyo High Court On February 22, 2024, the Tokyo High Court ruled against an appeal in the Yokosuka climate case. This blog post introduces two judgments of the Yokosuka climate case, one issued in January 2023 and the second in February 2024. million tons, equivalent to about 1/5000th of the world’s emissions.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

S. _ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the False Claims Act’s scienter element — which asks whether a defendant “knowingly” submitted a “false” claim to the government — refers to a defendant’s knowledge and subjective beliefs — not to what an objectively reasonable person may have known or believed. SuperValu Inc. ,

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Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 25, 2023

The decisions of the Moroccan Supreme Court also reflect these efforts as the Court has shown its willingness to oversight the proper application of the HCCH Conventions (on the application of the 1980 HCCH Convention, see here ). The Supreme Court Ruling No.

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JURIST

MARCH 26, 2025

The disputed measure, signed by Governor Kim Reynolds in 2023, directed public school libraries to remove any books containing “descriptions” of sex acts. That standard, Judge Locher wrote, went beyond the US Supreme Court’s well-established precedent on obscenity for minors.

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 6, 2024

In the recent case of Ingang’a & 6 others v James Finlay (Kenya) Limited (Petition 7 (E009) of 2021) [2023] KESC 22 (KLR), the Kenyan Supreme Court dismissed an appeal for the recognition and enforcement of a locus inspection order issued by a Scottish Court.

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Conflict of Laws

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

On September 1, 2023, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress promulgated the Foreign State Immunity Law of the People’s Republic of China (FSIL) (English translation here ). As discussed further below, the addition of “rulings” (??) but not to “rulings.” Written by Bill Dodge , the John D.

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JURIST

JULY 6, 2022

The DOJ’s case to overturn the Arizona law rests on a 2013 Supreme Court decision, Arizona v. The court ruled the federal 1993 National Voter Registration Act preempted Arizona from requiring proof of citizenship when applicants register to vote with federal forms. Inter Tribal Council, Inc.

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At the Lectern

AUGUST 6, 2024

Gregg and Seifu had been grant-and-holds in the California Supreme Court, which later dismissed review without opinions. Supreme Court the chance to disapprove the California Supreme Court decision in Adolph v. 2023) 14 Cal.5th Carry (2023) 15 Cal.5th Supreme Court also denied cert in Catarino v.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 30, 2023

Final Update of 29 August 2023: New entries are printed bold. 1508-1545 (available here ) Casey, Alex “Holding out Hope for the Hague Judgments Project Thirty-Years Later: The Future of Express English Jurisdiction Clauses in Light of the London-Lugano Lacuna (Brexit, Brussels, and Beyond)”, Plassey Law Review 3 (2023), pp. 819 et seq.

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LLRX

APRIL 26, 2023

A flurry of court rulings in April 2023 has left the future of the abortion pill mifepristone in question. Supreme Court decision on April 21 allows the drug to remain accessible without additional restrictions as the merits of the case are weighed in lower court proceedings. For now, a U.S.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 31, 2022

In preparation of the Conference on the HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention on 9/10 June 2023, taking place on campus of the University of Bonn, Germany, we are offering here a Repository of contributions to the HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention. HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention Repository. Martiny, Dieter. Baden-Baden 2021, pp 127-146. “The

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 21, 2022

In preparation of the Conference on the HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention on 9/10 June 2023 , taking place on campus of the University of Bonn, Germany, we are offering here a Repository of contributions to the HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention. HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention Repository. Martiny, Dieter. Baden-Baden 2021, pp 127-146. “The

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JURIST

JUNE 21, 2024

The Supreme Court of Japan declared a transgender woman as the father of her daughter, who was conceived after the woman’s legal gender change, for the first time on Friday. The court also stated that impacts on family relationships should be considered when deciding whether a father-child relationship should be recognized.

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Conflict of Laws

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

In preparation of the Conference on the HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention on 9/10 June 2023, taking place on campus of the University of Bonn, Germany, we are offering here a Repository of contributions to the HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention. HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention Repository. Martiny, Dieter. Baden-Baden 2021, pp 127-146. “The

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Constitutional Law Reporter

JULY 12, 2023

Texas , 599 U.S. _ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Texas and Louisiana lacked standing to challenge a Biden Administration immigration enforcement policy. In their opinion, Congress specifically prohibited courts from issuing injunctions related to certain immigration laws. In United States v.

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LegalTalkNetwork

OCTOBER 24, 2024

This decision was prompted by a recent Supreme Court ruling in City of Grants Pass v. According to the 2023 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report (AHAR) submitted to Congress by the U.S. They explore the implications of this order, the recent Supreme Court decision in City of Grants Pass v.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

In a 6-3 decision Ex parte Danny Richard Lane , the state’s highest criminal appeals court ruled that Texas’ historical doctrine of “judicial clemency” does not forgive sex offender registration. In September 2018, Lane challenged his 2007 conviction for failure to register based on the new appeals court decision.

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Conflict of Laws

APRIL 4, 2023

In preparation of the Conference on the HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention on 9/10 June 2023, taking place on campus of the University of Bonn, Germany, we are offering here a Repository of contributions to the HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention. Please also check the “official” Bibliography of the HCCH for the instrument. 8 (2021), pp. 819 et seq.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 24, 2025

Several of the courts conservative justices expressed skepticism about the map and about whether the 2022 ruling on which Louisiana relied to justify the creation of a second majority-Black district in the state was actually correct, but it was unclear whether those concerns would be enough to uphold the lower courts ruling.

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

In preparation of the Conference on the HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention on 9/10 June 2023, taking place on campus of the University of Bonn, Germany, registration now open , we are offering here a Repository of contributions to the HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention. Please also check the “official” Bibliography of the HCCH for the instrument.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 5, 2024

Glossip asked an Oklahoma court to set aside his conviction and sentence last year. In January 2023, he said, he had received for the first time files from the state indicating that prosecutors knew, but had not disclosed to Glossip or his lawyers, that Sneed had been prescribed lithium for bipolar disorder after his arrest.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 28, 2023

It is in this broader context that the decision of the Supreme Court of Namibia in Digashu v. GRN (SA 7/2022 and SA 6/2022) [2023] NASC (16 May 2023) decided that same-sex marriages concluded abroad should be recognised in Namibia and that the failure to do so infringes the right of the spouses to dignity and equality.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 13, 2025

1181, in June 2023. Before the law could go into effect, an adult-industry trade association went to federal court, where it argued that the age-verification requirement violates the First Amendment because it burdens adults access to expression protected by the Constitution. 2023, the state adds, the sky has not fallen.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The court also sent Joseph Smith’s case from Alabama’s death row back to the court of appeals for more clarification of the basis for the lower court’s decision. Alabama had asked the justices to reverse an appeals court decision that lifted Smith’s death sentence. 5 until Nov.

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JURIST

AUGUST 17, 2022

Dosso and Others , the Supreme Court ruled on the legality of the 1958 martial law regime. The court, applying Hans Kelson’s Pure Theory of Law, held that a constitution may be changed through a coup or successful revolution. In the case of The State v.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 21, 2025

It still got right that the Supreme Court originally had only six seats (Question #32) and explained accurately what a relisted petition is (Question #43). Many of its responses have become more nuanced, incorporating crucial details that were missing in 2023. Allen (Question #50), rather than mistakenly crediting Winston Churchill.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Justice Samuel Alito dissented from the courts decision not to hear the Virginia case, in an opinion joined by Justice Clarence Thomas. The trial court agreed and dismissed the charges, but the Hawaii Supreme Court reinstated them, calling the analysis in Bruen fuzzy and backward looking. Harvard College.

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 27, 2025

The High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh (hereafter, the High Court) considered that, the children welfare and well-being should be paramount and must be assessed independently by Bangladeshi courts, regardless of any foreign judgment. 247 of 2021 dated 29 January 2023).

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Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 15, 2024

The case presented here provides yet another compelling example of how Moroccan courts interpret and apply the HCCH 1980 Child Abduction Convention in a manner consistent with Moroccos international obligations. Although the Supreme Courts ruling was issued over a year ago ( Ruling No. The Ruling In its Ruling No.

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Teare J at first instance held that the English court lacked jurisdictionfinding that the arbitration agreements were governed by French substantive rules and that England was not the appropriate forumwhereas the Court of Appeal reversed this decision by granting a final anti-suit injunction requiring RCA to terminate its Russian proceedings.

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JURIST

AUGUST 28, 2024

The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Monday stayed a lower court decision to block Florida laws that ban gender-affirming care for transgender minors and restrict such healthcare for transgender adults. Last month, while the case went through appeals, Hinkle confirmed his June ruling.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 9, 2024

As it has in the past, the court adopted a three-tiered approach to presidential powers based on the source of a presidential action. Sawyer , in which the court ruled against President Harry Truman’s takeover of steel mills. Chief Justice John Roberts cited Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 24, 2025

Decision The Ninth Circuit reversed the district courts decision to dismiss the Unruh Act claim, ruling that the federal court should have kept jurisdiction over it. The court noted that the claim was already largely resolved by the ADA ruling, and sending it to state court would be inefficient and unnecessary.

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