Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 10, 2025

The Netherlands Commercial Court (NCC) has recently updated its rules of procedure. The updated version has come into force on January 1, 2025.

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JURIST

MAY 3, 2024

India’s Supreme Court (SC) reserved Thursday one-third of the seats in the executive committee of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) for women. The SCBA is an Indian bar association comprising practicing lawyers who work in the Supreme Court of India.

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Law 360

JANUARY 1, 2025

Delaware's corporate and commercial law courts are heading into 2025 with a heavier caseload than ever, while facing unprecedented criticism from the corporate bar, state lawmakers and unhappy litigants in a changing social and political landscape.

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JURIST

APRIL 27, 2022

The Supreme Court Monday rejected a request to temporarily block a new admissions policy at a Virginia high school. The court did not state their reasoning for rejecting the request but Justices Thomas, Justice Alito, and Justice Gorsuch noted they did not agree with the decision. The school board asked The U.S.

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Conflict of Laws

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Information kindly provided by Johannes Ungerer At the University of Oxford, a conference on ‘Characterisation in the Conflict of Laws’ will be held on 20 and 21 March 2025. However, it is arguably the most crucial step for a court when determining its international jurisdiction and the applicable law.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JANUARY 24, 2025

On January 10, 2025, the Irish High Court decided in Coolglass Windfarm Limited v. The Court noted that if climate goals take precedence over visual impacts [as had been found in a previous case of Nagle View Turbine Aware Group v.

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Patently O

MARCH 23, 2025

21, 2025) This new decision is a good read for patent prosecutors and litigators. The decision somewhat limits use of prosecution history for claim construction across patent families -- and ultimately vacates the district court judgment of non-infringement. by Dennis Crouch Maquet Cardiovascular LLC v. Abiomed Inc.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

DECEMBER 20, 2024

As Ive been developing this new course, its bringing back some memories when back in 2010 I was telling litigation paralegals they needed to get up to speed on eDiscovery. For those who are new listeners and dont know what that means Lets say that youre a litigation paralegal working in a law firm that barely ever goes to trial.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 27, 2025

Last week, building electrification secured an important victory in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, held that EPCA preempted a Berkeley ordinance that prohibited natural gas piping in new buildings. City of Berkeley ( Berkeley ). In Berkeley , a panel for the U.S.

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Patently O

MARCH 14, 2025

14, 2025) (Lourie, J.). This latest ruling stands in contrast to the court's January 2025 decisions upholding preliminary injunctions against Samsung Bioepis and Formycon, effectively blocking their biosimilar launches. 2024-2351 (Fed.

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Law 360

JANUARY 1, 2025

Jurors will decide the fate of one of Illinois' most powerful politicians after a monthslong criminal racketeering trial and appellate courts could settle the debate over the retroactivity of damage limits to the state's much-litigated biometric privacy law, in just a few of the Illinois cases to watch in 2025.

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Law 360

JULY 5, 2024

Catch up this week with a glimpse into Project 2025's proposals for federal labor policy and the National Labor Relations Board, a look at six significant wage and hour rulings in the first half of 2024 and how the U.S. Law360 Employment Authority covers the biggest employment cases and trends.

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Attorney at Work

JANUARY 20, 2022

the percentage of in-house legal budgets spent on technology is expected to increase threefold by 2025 from 2020 levels as legal departments “increase spending on technology to reduce the dependency on outside counsel, address COVID-19, and satisfy a long-overdue need to modernize, digitize and automate legal work.”.

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Day on Torts

DECEMBER 4, 2024

On Wednesday, December 4, 2025, the Tennessee Supreme Court heard an oral argument about the ability of a plaintiff to discover surveillance films a defendant took. The trial court rejected the Plaintiffs’ request under the work-product doctrine, requiring the Defendants to produce only the videos they intend to use at trial.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 6, 2025

On November 26, 2024, the Supreme Administrative Court of the Czech Republic dismissed the countrys first strategic climate case ( Klimatick aloba R v. The plaintiffs, partially successful in the first instance court (see here ), have already filed a constitutional complaint with the Czech Constitutional Court.

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 31, 2025

i] To ensure its proper implementation and guide courts nationwide in lawfully and efficiently adjudicating civil cases involving foreign state immunity, the Supreme Peoples Court (SPC) formulated supporting procedural rules.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

As we step into 2025, the legal operations landscape continues a transformation anchored by a simple question: What does value truly mean in a legal department? Typically, in litigation, it is significantly less than the economic value. Jurisdiction This factor considers the court and the geography in which the matter is adjudicated.

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 16, 2025

Introduction An asymmetric choice of court agreement is commonly used in international commercial transactions, especially in financial agreements, which usually allows one party (option holder) an optional choice about the forum in which proceedings may be brought but the other (non-option holder) an exclusive choice to sue in a designated court.

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Patently O

MARCH 3, 2025

by Dennis Crouch After 18 years of litigation, the Federal Circuit has once again ruled in the patent infringement case Halo v. The February 28, 2025 opinion, authored by Judge Bryson, deals with enhanced damages, attorney fees, prejudgment interest, and the denial of a new damages trial. Read on for my full analysis.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Supreme Court has added another closely watched First Amendment case to its docket. As detailed in court documents, the books as a whole express their authors’ views on sexual orientation and gender identity by portraying homosexual, transgender, and non-binary characters in various situations. Yoder, 406 U.S. Yoder, 406 U.S.

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Fordham Law News

MARCH 31, 2025

Delaware has long been the preferred state of incorporation for corporations due to its business friendly legal framework, its specialized Court of Chancery, and its well-developed and unified body of corporate law. However, recent news suggests that corporations are reconsidering their allegiance to the state. [1] In Tornetta v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 10, 2025

On March 29, 2023, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a resolution requesting an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on States obligations regarding climate change. ITLOS published its advisory opinion in May 2024, and the IACtHR opinion is expected later in 2025.

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Above The Law

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

ABA Journal ] * DOJ asks court to strip Eric Adams of control over Rikers Island. Law360 ] * David Boies plans to step back from firm leadership in 2025. Litigation Daily ] The post Morning Docket: 11.20.23 American Lawyer ] * Lawyer pleads guilty to paying clerk for referrals. The hustle is real. [

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Patently O

MARCH 11, 2025

10, 2025), the Federal Circuit vacated and remanded a PTAB post-grant review (PGR) decision that had upheld the validity of Merck's patent against sales of a commercially available product.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 15, 2024

The book explores the approach of English courts to jurisdictional issues in foreign direct liability (FDL) claims brought against English-based parent companies and their foreign subsidiaries as co-defendants. Chapter 4 examines the capacity and challenges faced by English courts in adjudicating foreign direct liability (FDL) claims.

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Law 360

JANUARY 1, 2025

Massachusetts will be at the forefront of significant litigation on multiple fronts, including a landmark gun case before the nation's top court, antisemitism claims on the campus of the nation's oldest university, and an executive fighting back after largely defeating charges in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions scandal.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

In their joint report, Shedding Light on Climate Risk in 2025: Upcoming Debates About the SEC’s Climate Disclosure Rule , the Sabin Center and CCSI explore novel questions of implementation and enforcement that the SEC will likely face in coming months, as it establishes climate disclosure policies under anticipated new leadership.

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 26, 2024

Applications for the 2025 Nygh Internship are now open , and close on 31 July 2024. The work of The Hague Conference involves finding internationally agreed approaches to jurisdiction of courts, applicable law and the recognition and enforcement of judgments. Please see below for more information about the award and how to apply.

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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. On March 29, 2023, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a resolution requesting an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the obligations of States with respect to climate change.

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

The authors discuss both important decisions and pending cases before the CJEU as well as important decisions from German courts pertaining to the subject matter of the article. 1215/2012 does not foresee the jurisdiction of European courts for such claims. Such a court decision can be recognised in Germany under procedural law.

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Hoban Law Group

MAY 10, 2021

markets and has not developed a substantial body of litigation. That brings us back to New Leaf Data Services vs. PanXchange, a litigation perfect storm. Almost all federal trademark litigation as is commonly thought of is fought from this Principal Register. The cannabis industry is relatively new to U.S. goods or services.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

In our forthcoming Spring 2025 publication, Fighting the Hypothetical: Why Law Firms Should Rethink the Billable Hour in the Generative AI Era, [1] we hypothesize that Generative AI (GenAI) technology will change forever how legal services are delivered and will force law firms to re-engineer their legacy economic model. 3] See [link]. [4]

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 12, 2025

UN Photo/ICJ-CIJ/ Frank van Beek This blog post is Part 3 of a three-part series highlighting the main legal arguments presented during the hearings of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the request for an advisory opinion regarding the obligations of States with respect to climate change.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

MARCH 17, 2025

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in four cases this week, all of which asked the justices to resolve a circuit split. The issues ranged from whether a death row defendant can obtain postconviction DNA testingto what test courts should apply to Title VII discrimination claims brought by a member of a majority group (i.e.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 30, 2022

But the police pay raise has only increased the discontent of those who help keep the British court system operating smoothly. Trial court barristers, who prosecute or defend those charged with the most serious crimes in front of a judge and jury, have announced plans to strike beginning Sept. Clogged Courts.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 6, 2022

I spoke to several picketing defence staff to discuss why they are striking and the responses they had received from the Court. We’ve seen that the court has responded a little bit on the harassment issue, but everything else just keeps getting kicked down the road year after year after year. He files this report from The Hague.

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LawTechnologyToday

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

In fact, Statista reports that global revenues from enterprise applications making use of AI are expected to increase by almost $30B by 2025. Indeed, trained on 200 years of Supreme Court records, an AI is already better than many human experts at predicting SCOTUS decisions.”. These improvements are not simply theoretical.

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