Conflict of Laws

MAY 31, 2021

In Nigerian judicial parlance, we have become accustomed to the principle that the issue of jurisdiction can be raised at any time, even at the Nigerian Supreme Court – the highest court of the land – for the first time. [1] On this basis the defendant/appellant argued that the court of Yobe State had exclusive jurisdiction.

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 29, 2023

For litigants embroiled in cross-border litigation, the anti-suit injunction has become a staple in the conflict of laws arsenal of common law courts. Decisions granting an anti-enforcement injunction are “few and far between” ( Ecobank Transnational Inc v Tanoh [2015] EWCA Civ 1309, [2016] 1 WLR 2231, [118]).

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Constitutional Law Reporter

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Supreme Court held that a claim under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) does not accrue for purposes of 28 U.S.C. 2401(a) ’s default six-year statute of limitations until the plaintiff is injured by final agency action. The District Court dismissed the suit as time-barred under 28 U. In Corner Post, Inc.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

JUNE 1, 2023

Supreme Court held that death row inmate Rodney Reed did not wait too long to seek DNA testing of the evidence in his case. According to the Court majority, when a prisoner pursues state post-conviction DNA testing through the state-provided litigation process, the statute of limitations for a 42 U.S.C.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 19, 2022

Arizona is one of the most significant Supreme Court decisions in American criminal procedure. Generally, if the police obtain a suspect’s statement in violation of Miranda , the government cannot use that statement against the defendant in court. Tekoh presents the court with that question. Share Miranda v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Brazil: When a court accepts the legally disruptive nature of climate change. On December 07, 2021, the Federal Regional Court of the Fourth Region (TRF4) – one of Brazil’s federal courts of appeal – decided what should be the competent jurisdiction to hear the case of IEA v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 12, 2023

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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Constitutional Law Reporter

JUNE 17, 2022

Supreme Court held that the authority of a court to imply a cause of action under Bivens v. While the Court did not overrule Bivens , it did emphasize that recognizing a Bivens cause of action is “a disfavored judicial activity.”. Supreme Court’s Decision. . _ (2022), the U.S.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 24, 2022

Please note that in the German case , the Saarbrücken Regional Court of Germany refused to recognize and enforce a Chinese judgment on the ground of lack of reciprocity, despite the fact that, as early as 2013, China confirmed that there was reciprocity between the two countries.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 21, 2022

On March 15, 2022, the Full Federal Court of Australia, an intermediate appellate court, unanimously overturned the primary judge’s decision in Sharma and Others v. The decision has significant implications for future climate litigation claims in Australia. 2021 Federal Court Decision .

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 15, 2012

On Tuesday, New York State Supreme Court Justice Thomas J. The complaint asserted four causes of action relating to the legality of New York’s participation in RGGI. The fourth cause of action raised the question of whether RGGI violates the Compact Clause as a multistate contract not authorized by Congress.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 26, 2024

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The Supreme Court is back in the relist business with a vengeance. The court will be considering 123 petitions and applications at this week’s conference. A short explanation of relists is available here.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. This week, we highlight cert petitions that ask the court to consider, among other things, whether those officers are entitled to qualified immunity. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here.

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Conflict of Laws

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

1, [13] a local Chinese court in Nanning, Guangxi Province, ruled to recognize and enforce a Thai monetary judgment in 2024. 1, [14] where the Shanghai Third Intermediate People’s Court ruled to recognize the Tokyo District Court’s decision to commence civil rehabilitation proceedings and the order appointing the supervisor.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 22, 2023

786), the Beijing First Intermediate People’s Court ruled to recognize a German court’s bankruptcy ruling based on the principle of reciprocity. 3, where the Beijing Fourth Intermediate People’s Court ruled to recognize and enforce a trademark judgment of the Korean Supreme Court. 99 Trade Co.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

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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JURIST

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

The bill seeks to restore certain provisions of the federal Voting Rights Act that were gutted by a 2013 Supreme Court decision. It prohibits any sort of voting practice or procedure that would cause the denial or abridgment of the right to vote to any person based on race, color, or membership in a minority language group.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

The filing is particularly interesting because it focuses not as much on the BDSM or bondage bears being marketed by Balenciaga, but the inclusion the image of a child pornography court ruling. Hiding in plain sight a Supreme Court case involving a federal child porn law… Stop sexualizing kids to sell your ugly overpriced crap.

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Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Nigerian legal practitioners have had to provide legal advice and represent clients before trial and appellate courts as well as arbitral tribunals on disputes involving private international law questions within the context of Nigerian law. Arabella case [which the court has now thankfully moved away from]. [8]

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JANUARY 13, 2021

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) approval of an offshore drilling and production facility off the coast of Alaska in the Beaufort Sea, finding that BOEM failed to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the Endangered Species Act (ESA). DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Circuit Court of Appeals found that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) failed to adequately analyze the climate change and environmental justice impacts of two liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminals on the Brownsville Shipping Channel in Texas and two pipelines that would carry LNG to one of the terminals. 20-1045 (D.C.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 2, 2021

Louisiana Federal Court Blocked Biden Administration “Pause” on New Oil and Gas Leases. The federal district court for the Western District of Louisiana issued a nationwide preliminary injunction barring the Biden administration from implementing a “Pause” on new oil and natural gas leases on public lands or in offshore waters.

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