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Smith v Fonterra: A Common Law Climate Litigation Breakthrough

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

Litigation against major corporate greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters has proven extremely tough. Even as successful cases against governments have blossomed, private suits face significant barriers. All three of Smith’s claims will now proceed to what may the be first full climate tort claim in a common law jurisdiction.

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No cause of action against employers for take-home COVID

At the Lectern

Responding to questions asked by the Ninth Circuit about California law, the court’s unanimous opinion by Justice Carol Corrigan precludes an action alleging a construction worker’s wife contracted COVID from her husband due to his employer’s failure to abide by government health orders at the beginning of the pandemic.

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In a first for climate nuisance claims, a Hawai‘i State Court allowed Honolulu to proceed with its case against fossil fuel companies

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Starting in 2017, cities, counties, and states across the United States have filed claims (see here and here ) in state courts against fossil fuel companies seeking redress for the climate harms their products have caused. Many of these cases asserted nuisance and other tort law claims.

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Court endorses private Section 1983 enforcement of spending clause enactments

SCOTUSBlog

Gorgi Talevski’s family brought a Section 1983 action against Valparaiso Care and Rehabilitation, a government nursing facility owned by Health and Hospital Corp. Government enforcement and administrative remedies may suffice, as will a “centralized review mechanism” that would be undermined by piecemeal individual litigation.

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Has the Battle Just Begun for Collective Action against Big Tech Companies?

Conflict of Laws

Given the power of Big Tech Companies, their enormous financial resources, cross-jurisdictional reach and their global impact on users’ privacy, there are two main litigation challenges for successfully bringing a privacy claim against Big Tech. 3] Secondly, the challenge is how to finance mass claims, involving millions of affected users.

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

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

Climate change nuisance litigation is entering a new and dynamic phase. The decisions on these motions could influence pending and future litigation in the same vein – lawsuits seeking damages, compensation or abatement funds to alleviate the costs borne by local governments to adapt to climate change impacts. By Michael Burger.

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UK Supreme Court in Jalla v Shell: the claim in Bonga spill is time barred

Conflict of Laws

The UK Supreme Court ruled that the cause of action in the aftermath of the 2011 Bonga offshore oil spill accrued at the moment when the oil reached the shore. The jurisdiction and applicable law in the specific case of Bonga spill litigation have been closely followed inter alia by Geert van Calster here.