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The Supreme Court of Japan on Punitive Damages…

Conflict of Laws

Assume that you successfully obtained a favourable judgment from a foreign court that orders the losing party to pay punitive damages in addition to compensatory damages. Could the judgment be enforced in Japan where punitive damages are considered as contrary to public policy?

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Supreme Court to address private employee whistleblower protections and public entity damages for covering up childhood sexual assault

At the Lectern

Actions of note at yesterday’s Supreme Court conference included: Supreme Court might open Girardi’s State Bar disciplinary files. The court agreed to hear People ex rel. concerning California’s whistleblower statute. State of California. Garcia-Brower v. Kolla’s Inc. ” (Link added.)

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December 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court judgment rejecting challenges to San Francisco regulations that dictated which taxi medallion holders could pick up passengers at San Francisco International Airport. Lawsuits Asked Court to Compel Review and Updating of Energy Efficiency Standards. 19-1230 (D.C.

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October 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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In 2019, the Wyoming federal court stayed these proceedings challenging the Waste Prevention Rule while a challenge to the Trump administration’s repeal of the rule was pending in the federal district court for the Northern District of California. California v. California Air Resources Board v. Wheeler , No.

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May 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS. Parties Voluntarily Dismissed Appeals of Federal Court Decision Requiring More Climate Change Analysis for Wyoming Oil and Gas Leases. United States Agreed to Dismissal of Appeal in Unsuccessful Trump-Era Challenge to California-Quebec Cap-and-Trade Linkage. California , No. 20-1530 (U.S.

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