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German Interior Minister Outraged by Anti-Free Speech Meme. Reportedly Cracks Down on Free Speech

JonathanTurley

It appears that, while the liberal Scholz government may be near collapse, irony is still thriving in Germany. Germany imposed a legal regime that would allow fining social networks such as Facebook up to 500,000 euros ($522,000) for each day the platform leaves a “fake news” story up without deleting it.

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In Re Peanut: New York Family Moves to Sue State Over the Killing of Beloved Squirrel

JonathanTurley

Peanut even appeared in my torts class this term, posthumously, of course. The family is expressing doubts over that account and accusing the government of the “fabrication of evidence.” My clients have suffered greatly and continue to suffer, from what appears to be egregious government conduct.

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Review of E Aristova, Tort Litigation Against Transnational Corporations: The Challenge of Jurisdiction in English Courts, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2024, 352 pp, hb £125

Conflict of Laws

The book is particularly notable for its observation—citing Professor Robert McCorquodale—that FDL claims intersect with various fields of law, such as domestic criminal law, tort law, contract law, human rights and constitutional law, comparative law, public international law, and private international law.

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Guest Commentary: New Italian Constitutional Reform: What it Means for Environmental Protection, Future Generations & Climate Litigation

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

On February 8, 2022, the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic gave its final approval to the proposed constitutional law A.C.3156-B 3156-B providing environmental protection amendments to Articles 9 and 41 of the Italian Constitution. By Riccardo Luporini, Matteo Fermeglia, and Maria Antonia Tigre. In Neubauer, et al.

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“Take What You Can, Give Nothing Back”: The Depp Defamation Trial and the Curious Legal Position of Celebrities in Litigation

JonathanTurley

It is a curious defense because it is not a legal defense. Most of us recognize the value of a higher standard to protect citizens in criticizing government officials. In recent public statements , Heard insists that “I never named him, rather I wrote about the price women pay for speaking against men in power.”

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Do or DEI? Federal Judge Finds DEI Policies are Mandatory and Unconstitutional in California Case

JonathanTurley

Here is the column: From academia to corporations to the government, diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies have expanded exponentially in the last 10 years. I also teach critical race theory, alongside other legal theories to my first-year torts students. I have long incorporated race issues in my classes.

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At a vestige of the Manhattan Project, a fight over workers’ compensation and intergovernmental immunity

SCOTUSBlog

Share Under established constitutional law, states may generally not tax or regulate property or operations of the federal government. A 1936 federal law waives federal immunity from state workers’ compensation laws on federal land and projects. This principle is known as intergovernmental immunity. Washington.

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