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In Shielded, Joanna Schwartz Dissects Policing’s Legal Environment

The Crime Report

Professor Schwartz has written authoritatively about— among other topics —the role of indemnification , how police might learn from litigation , systems failures in policing, and the procedural and substantive ecosystems that confront any resident who attempts to hold the government and its agents to account for constitutional misconduct.

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Chronology of Practice: Chinese Practice in Private International Law in 2020

Conflict of Laws

Finally, this survey also covers five recent decisions illustrating Chinese courts’ pro-arbitration attitude towards the uncertainty brought about by contractual clauses referring to both litigation and arbitration. Provisions on punitive damages. Construction on “judgment upon the award”. Table of Contents.

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December 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

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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From Forever 21 to FC Barcelona, a Look at adidas’ History of 3-Stripe Legal Battles

The Fashion Law

This is particularly problematic, adidas argues, given that it has “invested hundreds of millions of dollars [in] building” in connection with its brand, and given the parties’ history, which includes “continued attempts[s] to resolve this dispute without the need for litigation even after learning of these flagrant violations.”.

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Justices to hear major tax case

SCOTUSBlog

in which it ruled that punitive damages awards are taxable income because they are “undeniable accessions to wealth, clearly realized, and over which the taxpayers have complete dominion.” The court reaffirmed its rule that income is something that a taxpayer realizes 35 years later, the Moores argue, in Commissioner v.

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October 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

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. Derivative Litigation , No. By Margaret Barry and Korey Silverman-Roati. and non-U.S. The owner asserted that the U.S.

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Brace yourself: The US Supreme Court has granted certiorari in the firearms case of Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc., et al. v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos (Mexico)

Conflict of Laws

93A [Massachusetts Consumer Protection Act], punitive damages. Representative Darrell Issa, and 25 Other Members of Congress The Second Amendment Foundation If the Supreme Court affirms the Court of Appeals’ judgment, this is only the beginning of a long and complex litigation. Any updates will be reported here.