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Is it Worth it to Become a Litigation Paralegal?

Paralegal Bootcamp

However, it’s essential to understand that the kind of litigation paralegal role you choose will influence your job satisfaction. This is because some paralegals might prefer a corporate setting as an in-house paralegal, while others might thrive in a law firm setting working in civil litigation or other commercial litigation.

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Tort Litigation against Transnational Companies in England

Conflict of Laws

This post is an abridged adaptation of my recent article, Private International Law and Substantive Liability Issues in Tort Litigation against Multinational Companies in the English Courts: Recent UK Supreme Court Decisions and Post-Brexit Implications in the Journal of Private International Law.

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Milieudefensie v Shell: 3 Takeaways and Challenges on the Appeal’s Court Decision

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

In particular, the Court found that it could not impose a concrete minimum emission reduction target on Shell. This blog post explains some of the key takeaways from the appeal, highlighting some critical ground rules laid down by the court which may serve future litigation and several key challenges.

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Japanese Courts Admit the Operation of New Coal-Fired Power Plants in Kobe

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

On March 9, 2023, the Japanese Supreme Court refused to hear the first climate change litigation brought before it without specifying substantive reasons. Background information about the general climate context and litigation in Japan is available in a previous blog post. The judgment by the Osaka High Court was thus upheld.

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New York City’s Building Electrification Law Wins in District Court

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

Instead of a wholesale prohibition on natural gas piping, Local Law 154 sets indoor air emissions limits for fossil fuel combustion in new building construction, prohibiting the burning of any substance that emits 25 kilograms or more of carbon dioxide per million British thermal units of energy.

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Ninth Circuit Holds Berkeley’s Gas Ban Preempted by U.S. Energy Policy & Conservation Act

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

The court overturned a District Court ruling to invalidate a Berkeley, California, prohibition on natural gas infrastructure in newly-constructed buildings. Berkeley’s so-called “natural gas ban” was the first local ordinance in the country to effectively require all-electric construction of new buildings.

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Patent Law at the Supreme Court February 2022

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Rather, an appellant must show concrete injury caused by the PTAB decision and redressability of that injury. The parties settled the litigation before the IPRs were complete, but agreed that the IPRs could continue. The settlement also included a license to thousands of Qualcomm patents. ” Eligibility : American Axle v.

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