Conflict of Laws

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Contractual” duties of care corresponding with negligence in tort, on the other hand, fall within the scope of the Regulation Rome II. The Cologne court decision combined several precedents of the German Federal Court and the European Court of Justice. Recent decisions have clarified some issues.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 29, 2025

The Supreme Court is making good progress in sorting through the current relists. United States , involving the scope of a statute that gives judges discretion to reduce criminal sentences for extraordinary and compelling reasons. Government contractors defenses to torts The GEO Group, Inc. Ross Construction Co.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 7, 2019

The federal district court for the District of South Dakota temporarily enjoined enforcement of provisions of a riot boosting statute enacted in South Dakota in 2019 in response to anticipated protests of the Keystone XL pipeline. Minnesota Supreme Court Declined to Review Claims Regarding Environmental Review for Oil Pipeline.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 8, 2021

Supreme Court held that the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals erred when it concluded that its review of the remand order in Baltimore’s climate change case against fossil fuel companies was limited to determining whether the defendants properly removed the case under the federal officer removal statute.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 2, 2021

Supreme Court denied fossil fuel companies’ petition for writ of certiorari seeking review of the Ninth Circuit’s decision reversing the district court’s 2018 denial of Oakland’s and San Francisco’s motions to remand their climate change nuisance cases to California state court. Environmental Defense Fund v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 9, 2021

In Minnesota, the district court granted the State of Minnesota’s motion to remand its case, which asserts state law claims under common law and consumer protection statutes. s consumer protection statute. On March 26, 2021, the court denied Exxon’s emergency motion for a temporary stay of the remand order.

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