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

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a consolidated case in which Oakland and San Francisco claim that five fossil fuel companies’ production and promotion of fossil fuels constitutes a public nuisance under federal and California common law. BP P.L.C. , Three weeks later, on June 13, Judge John F. BP P.L.C. , At the moment, it’s pretty messy out there.

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

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Over the last five years, cities, counties, and states across the country have sued fossil fuel companies alleging that the companies violated state law in marketing their products as safe. Second are cases that allege the fossil fuel company activities violate state consumer protection laws. On April 24, the U.S.

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

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Ayer Chair in Business Law and Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law at UC Davis School of Law. extraterritorial jurisdiction has caused “severe harm … to the international political and economic order and the international rule of law.” law rather than expand it. Written by Bill Dodge , the John D.

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December 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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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. Baltimore and Incinerator Operator Settled Lawsuit over Local Air Law. Connecticut filed a motion for remand to state court (December 2). and non-U.S.

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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. The plaintiff also brought criminal charges against the defendant’s son arising from this incident and the defendant’s son pleaded guilty to assault in the third degree (Penal Law § 120.00 [2]). Well, give it enough time and someone will prove you wrong.

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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. The plaintiff also brought criminal charges against the defendant’s son arising from this incident and the defendant’s son pleaded guilty to assault in the third degree (Penal Law § 120.00 [2]). Well, give it enough time and someone will prove you wrong.

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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. That is the allegation of Waterbury, Connecticut police who say that Jason A. In the United States, the original tortfeasor is liable for such injuries caused by negligent rescues.

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