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Update: Upcoming Hearings on Motions to Dismiss Climate Change Nuisance Cases in California and New York

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Alsup in the federal district court in San Francisco will hear oral argument on motions to dismiss filed in City of Oakland v. One set of California cases – filed by San Mateo County, Marin County and Imperial City – was removed by defendants to federal court, then remanded to state court, based on Judge Vince C. BP P.L.C. ,

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Cities, counties, and states score major procedural win in climate liability suits against fossil fuel companies

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Supreme Court declined to hear a petition on whether the climate liability cases should be heard in state or federal court. As a result, 11 cases will be remanded to state court to move towards motions to dismiss, discovery, and trial. Several factors led to the Supreme Court’s decision. On April 24, the U.S.

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How to Criticize U.S. Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (Part I)

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courts cannot exercise personal jurisdiction and thus cannot apply U.S. Congress clearly intended its cause of action for trafficking in confiscated property to discourage non-U.S. Congress clearly intended its cause of action for trafficking in confiscated property to discourage non-U.S. This is true. Second, U.S.

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December 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Federal Court Found Flaws in New Climate Change Analysis for Wyoming Oil and Gas Leases. The federal district court for the District of Columbia ruled that the U.S. Second, the court concluded that BLM should have calculated and considered total greenhouse emissions, instead of merely relying on comparisons of yearly emission rates.

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Spooky Torts: The 2021 List of Litigation Horrors

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That is the allegation of Waterbury, Connecticut police who say that Jason A. A tort action for intentional infliction of emotional distress is likely to fail. There must be not just outrageous conduct but conduct intended to cause severe emotional distress. Again, the court agreed. Toy Company, Inc. for economic damages.

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Spooky Torts: The 2022 List of Litigation Horrors

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That is the allegation of Waterbury, Connecticut police who say that Jason A. A tort action for intentional infliction of emotional distress is likely to fail. There must be not just outrageous conduct but conduct intended to cause severe emotional distress. Again, the court agreed. Toy Company, Inc. for economic damages.

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Spooky Torts: The 2023 List of Litigation Horrors

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Kevin Kelly and his girlfriend Regina Jones went to a Halloween party at the Rustic Café in Old Lyme, Connecticut into 2018. On June 15, 2023, the court issued the ultimate judgment not only on the torts claims but perhaps the state of our politics. That is the allegation of Waterbury, Connecticut police who say that Jason A.

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