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SCOTUS Clarifies Reach of FAA Exemption for Transportation Workers

Constitutional Law Reporter

Petitioners Neal Bissonnette and Tyler Wojnarowski owned the rights to distribute Flowers products in certain parts of Connecticut. All this “complexity and uncertainty” would “‘breed[] litigation from a statute that seeks to avoid it.’” Facts of the Case Respondent Flowers Foods, Inc.

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Data on Choice-of-Court Clause Enforcement in US

Conflict of Laws

These courts will not, however, enforce a clause when it is unreasonable or contrary to public policy. These rates were calculated by dividing (1) the total number of cases where a clause was enforced by (2) the total number of cases where the court considered the issue of enforceability. They apply federal common law.

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

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

In total, at least 25 cases have been filed in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawai’i, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Vermont. The Supreme Court sided with the fossil fuel company defendants, ruling that appellate courts could review all grounds of the remand order.

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Each month, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP (APKS) and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. The California Supreme Court denied three petitions for review. CLIMATE LITIGATION CHART.

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FDA-Approved Labeling: Is Enough Enough?

FDA Law Blog

Brand drugs, generic drugs, and medical devices alike have all been the target of state failure-to-warn litigation; in a recent case, OTC acetaminophen is the target. Interestingly, the Plaintiffs alleged that this duty existed when the mother was pregnant in 2015 even though the studies relied upon in the litigation are from 2021.

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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. climate litigation charts. On November 23, GM announced that it was withdrawing from the litigation. By Margaret Barry and Korey Silverman-Roati.

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March 2018 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. climate litigation charts. Connecticut ; Requested “Tutorial” on Climate Change. Connecticut ) and Ninth Circuit ( Native Village of Kivalina v.

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