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Panama Supreme Court rules 20-year concession for Canada copper mine unconstitutional

JURIST

This comes after the contract was thrown into jeopardy when Panama’s President Laurentino Cortizo announced last month that he would referendum to determine the fate of a contentious mining contract and placed a moratorium on new contracts. The Cobre Panama mine began production in 2019 and cost the company $6.8

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Federal appeals court rules Seneca Nation owes New York State years of casino revenue sharing payments

JURIST

The district court confirmed the revenue sharing award in November 2019, finding the Seneca Nation did not show the Secretary’s approval governed the agreement and that the renewal was not an amendment to the compact requiring new approval in either case.

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Court rules against plaintiff seeking emotional distress damages for discrimination

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Share The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled 6-3 against a plaintiff seeking emotional distress damages for alleged violations of certain federal anti-discrimination laws. In Thursday’s ruling in Cummings v. Check back soon for in-depth analysis of the opinion.

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Arguments Continue In Landmark Cryptocurrency Regulation Case SEC v. Ripple  

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The central legal question at play in SEC v. Ripple Labs is whether or not XRP can be defined as a traditional “investment contract.” The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the SEC, resulting in the “ Howey test,” still used today to determine whether a financial instrument can be considered an investment contract.

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Justices mull availability of emotional distress damages in anti-discrimination cases

SCOTUSBlog

In a second line of questioning, the justices focused on what they should consider persuasive evidence of a traditional contract-law remedy in the spending clause context.

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Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) 5/2024: Abstracts

Conflict of Laws

Klink: Der Commercial Court nach dem Justizstandort-Stärkungsgesetz – ein Modellprojekt für grenzüberschreitende Gerichtsverfahren The Legal Venue Strengthening Act allows the German states to establish Commercial Courts at the higher regional courts as of 2025.

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Insights and Future Directions of PIL Based on the 2024 Online Summer Courses at The Hague Academy of International Law

Conflict of Laws

During these three weeks, six special courses were given by Alessandra Zanobetti (Professor at the University of Bologna) on “The Effects of Economic Sanctions and Counter-Measures on Private Legal Relationships”; Natalie Y. In this way, PIL facilitates legal pluralism. 3] Collins argued that in practice, U.S.

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