Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The research can be approached from the perspective of human rights law, public international law or private international law, including private law mechanisms (either in tort or in contract law). The deadline for applications is 14 February 2022 and the start date is 15 September 2022.

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 24, 2025

While both decisions canvassed other private international law issues, the primary focus of this comment is the Courts approach to construing the scope of dispute resolution clauses. The Court applied Korean law, the proper law of the agreement, to construe the arbitration agreement.

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Tort Contract Court Construction 45

Conflict of Laws

APRIL 14, 2025

The author has kindly shared the following summary with us: The book analyses the basic principles of the EU and US international civil procedure in contract and tort law.

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Tort Contract Legal Legal 45

Day on Torts

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Although plaintiff labeled his complaint as a tort claim, the gravamen of the complaint was a dispute over “the amount, time and manner of payment of plaintiff’s pension plan benefits.” After plaintiff appealed the decision, an Administrative Law Judge determined that plaintiff was in fact entitled to benefits from defendant.

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Tort Contract Court Administrative Law 59

Conflict of Laws

MARCH 17, 2025

At the end of each year I publish an article (in German) about the Conflict of Laws developments in Germany of the last twelve months, covering more or less the year 2024 and the last months of 2023. In Germany, in order to offer online gambling, you need a licence under German law.

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Contract Family Law Laws Manufacturing 45

Conflict of Laws

APRIL 13, 2025

They relied on old and new case law, reports and legal scholarship. At the end, the University of Ljubljana won the competition, with Jindal Law School as the runner-up. The other two teams that made it to the semi-finals were the Universities of Sofia and Paris-Saclay.

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Tort Law School Contract Laws 45

Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 15, 2024

While written from the perspective of English law, it incorporates comparative insights from similar FDL claims in other jurisdictions, including Australia, Canada, EU Member States, and the US. Chapter 4 examines the capacity and challenges faced by English courts in adjudicating foreign direct liability (FDL) claims.

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Tort Litigating Litigation Court 64

JURIST

JUNE 2, 2022

However, Florida law waives sovereign immunity for torts, subject to exceptions. The university, therefore, asserted that the waiver only applied to explicit, written contracts.

Court Rules 104

Court Rules Contract Court Tort 104

Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

The fourth edition of Geert van Calster’s (KU Leuven) European Private International Law has just been published by Hart/Bloomsbury. I had the privilege to review the first edition of the book in the Law Quarterly Review and I am certain that the latest edition will live up to the expectations.

Laws 69

Laws Tort Litigating Litigation 69

Day on Torts

JUNE 15, 2022

Although the State had contracted with a municipality for the maintenance of a state-owned highway, the State still bore “the ultimate responsibility for inspecting and maintaining [the highway],” and “the contract did not absolve the State of potential liability for failing to do so.” The Court rejected this argument.

Contract 52

Contract Tort Statute Government 52

At the Lectern

JULY 10, 2023

Santa Clara County, which operates a plan, had asserted that a separate statutory scheme — the Government Claims Act — immunizes it from reimbursement lawsuits when the provider doesn’t have a contract with the plan. ” (Link added.) ” (Link added.) .” ” (Link added.)

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Tort Government Contract Court 45

JURIST

JUNE 15, 2024

Judge Leonie Brinkema granted the plaintiffs’ motion for a new trial and denied CACI’s motion for judgment as a matter of law. The lawsuit was filed in 2008 under the Alien Tort Statute , which allows foreign citizens to bring lawsuits in US federal courts for serious violations of international law.

Tort 99

Tort Statute Contract Technology 99

Paralegal Bootcamp

APRIL 15, 2022

Floating means you aren’t intentional, and you stumble into an area of law, a type of law firm, or a specific position in a firm that may not be the best fit. If you are new, you may not understand the pros and cons of working for a solo practitioner or smaller firm versus a large (or gargantuan) law practice. Meet the Author.

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Paralegal Paralegals Legal Assistant Legal Assistance 246

Day on Torts

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Defendant Wolf Tree (Wolf) filed a motion for summary judgment arguing that it owed no duty to plaintiffs because “its contract with SCES explicitly stated that it was not to prune service drops,” because “it had no statutory or common law duty,” and because “Plaintiffs could show no evidence of a negligent or intentional trespass or nuisance.”

Contract 52

Contract Tort Court Rules Statute 52

Conflict of Laws

MARCH 24, 2024

The first issue of the Chinese Journal of Transnational Law (Vol.1 It includes three articles relevant to private international law. This rule is well enshrined in article 4 of the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration. Are dual-purpose contracts consumer contracts?

Laws 59

Laws Contract Tort Court 59

Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 29, 2024

After reading and reviewing a thought-provoking book on the choice of law in international commercial contracts in Indonesia last year, I decided to delve further into the subject by picking up a book on Indonesian private international law. However, Indonesia does not have a comprehensive code on private international law.

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Laws Contract Tort Divorce 59

Day on Torts

MARCH 22, 2022

8, 2022), plaintiff’s husband and step-son owned a commercial electrical contracting business. When the business was unable to finish the work project, the company for whom the work was to be done enforced its contract with plaintiff and her husband and took possession of various properties owned personally by plaintiff and her husband.

Contract 52

Contract Tort Real Estate Cause of Action 52

Conflict of Laws

MARCH 7, 2025

The Japanese Yearbook of International Law (JYIL) is a leading reference publication that provides in-depth analysis and commentary on developments in international law from a Japanese perspective. 162) OSHIMA Lisa The Potential and Limitations of Contracts That Function as Succession Substitutes (p. 344 Reviewed by Xi Feng (p.

Laws 59

Laws Tort Contract Legal 59

Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 23, 2023

Very recently, Indonesian private international law has attracted significant scholarship in the English language. [1] 1] Dr Penasthika’s monograph (‘the monograph’) [2] is one such work that deserves attention for its compelling and comprehensive account of choice of law in international commercial contracts in Indonesia.

Contract 52

Contract Laws Civil Law Procedural Law 52

Conflict of Laws

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

He notes that no conclusive finding has been made so far as to its qualification as a “matter relating to tort, delict or quasi-delict” in the sense of Article 5(3) of the Regulation (point 4). He established therefore an order of preference when it comes to the contract/tort distinction under the Regulation.

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Tort Contract Court 40

LawSites

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

It also previewed its coming integration of Casetext CoCounsel as an AI legal assistant across multiple TR products, including Westlaw Precision, Practical Law, Document Intelligence, and HighQ. As of today’s launch, the AI research tool draws only from primary law materials in Westlaw, such as cases, statutes and regulations.

Legal Research 138

Legal Research Legal Assistance Legal Assistant Laws 138

SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 8, 2023

FNHRA, a law enacted under Congress’s spending clause powers, requires nursing facilities participating in Medicare and Medicaid to “protect and promote the rights of each resident” as a condition of receiving funds. He warned of lurking question in this area of law, which HHC failed to develop and are “for another day.”

Statute 101

Statute Court Contract Tort 101

LawSites

APRIL 27, 2022

Founded in 2014 with an original focus on litigation and personal injury law, the company has been steadily expanding its platform into other areas of law practice — including larger firms, insurance defense, corporate legal, and government — and it plans to use this funding to further fuel that expansion.

Personal Injury 98

Personal Injury Tort Law Firms Law Firm 98

At the Lectern

MARCH 7, 2022

” The court settles a conflict in Court of Appeal case law and notes a similar divide in federal district court rulings. ” The court settles a conflict in Court of Appeal case law and notes a similar divide in federal district court rulings.

Tort 49

Tort Court Personal Injury Contract 49

Blackstone Career Institute

JANUARY 24, 2025

All types of law offices, including prosecutors, defense attorneys, marital, occupational, and moreemploy paralegals to conduct critical aspects of their work. The program will prepare you for an entry-level position as a legal assistant in a number of areas of law. Paralegals are an integral part of the justice system.

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Paralegal Paralegals Legal Assistant Legal Assistance 52

Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

on: ‘ JUSTIFYING CONCURRENT CLAIMS IN PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW ‘ Written by Sagi Peari and Marcus Teo, the article analyses whether claimants can choose between contract and tort claims arising on the same facts with different jurisdictional and/or choice-of-law consequences.

Laws 52

Laws Tort Contract Legal 52

Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 4, 2021

Written by Andrew Dickinson (Fellow, St Catherine’s College and Professor of Law, University of Oxford). With no signal that the EU-27 will support the UK’s swift readmission to the latter, a new era for private international law in England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland beckons.

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Laws Legal Legal Contract 91

At the Lectern

AUGUST 22, 2024

The economic loss rule generally prohibits plaintiffs from recovering tort damages in cases involving breaches of contract that cause only economic losses. The Ninth Circuit asked the Supreme Court to decide the following question: “Under California law, are claims for fraudulent concealment exempted from the economic loss rule?”

Contract 40

Contract Cause of Action Tort Technology 40

Conflict of Laws

MARCH 30, 2021

Since Foster v Driscoll [1929] 1 KB 470, common law courts have recognised that contracts made with the intention to commit a criminal offence in a foreign state are unenforceable, even if the contract contemplated an alternative mode or place of performance.

Laws 52

Laws Contract Tort Government 52

Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 12, 2020

—What Role has Private International Law Played? By Zhengxin Huo, Professor of Law, China University of Polit’l Science and Law; Associate Member of International Academy of Comparative Law; Observer of the UNESCO 1970 Convention. Email: zhengxinh@cupl.edu.cn. Summary of Facts.

Laws 98

Laws Court Contract Legal 98

Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The insurance company of the immovable property was Spanish, and the insured/owner of the premises where the accident occurred, and who previously entered into an accommodation contract allowing the stay of the injured party, was domiciled in Ireland.

Tort 98

Tort Contract Court Laws 98

Rocket Matter

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

By streamlining tasks, including marketing and client communications (which any lawyer knows can take up more time than expected), law firms that leverage AI can increase their profitability and productivity. Understandably, many law firms are cautious about utilizing ChatGPT and other AI tools.

Law Firms 96

Law Firms Law Firm Drafting Laws 96

SimplyLawJobs

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

We recently caught up with Myfanwy Sequeira, a law graduate who now works at Brockbanks as a legal secretary. My favourite subjects were Criminal law (Year 1), Criminal Evidence (year 2) and Human rights (year 3). What path have you taken to study law? I have completed bachelors in law – LLB recently.

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Legal Secretary Legal Legal Laws 95

Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 21, 2023

To receive your discount on purchases of the hardback and ProView eBook versions of The European Private International Law of Obligations please visit Sweet & Maxwell’s estore and quote the discount code EPILOO23 at checkout OR call +44 (0)345 600 9355. Part Two contains what is described as “CONTRACT” based on Rome I.

Laws 59

Laws Contract Tort Court 59

Paralegal Bootcamp

MAY 20, 2022

She worked in larger firms in the downtown Phoenix area for past Presidents of the American Trial Lawyer’s Association, specializing in tort law. Her areas of expertise included multi-district litigation, such as the Dalkon Shield, L-Tryptophan, and Breast Implant cases, as well as in construction law.

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Paralegal Paralegals Attorney Calendaring 246

Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 14, 2021

Geert van Calster has just published the third edition of the book titled “European Private International Law: Commercial Litigation in the EU” with Hart. The blurb reads as follows: This classic textbook provides a thorough overview of European private international law.

Laws 52

Laws Tort Contract Litigating 52

Conflict of Laws

OCTOBER 3, 2022

courts interpret choice-of-law clauses. That paper contains a detailed discussion of the most common interpretive issues—whether the clause selects the tort laws of the chosen jurisdiction in addition to its contract laws, for example—that arise in litigation. Jeff argued for the laws at the time of signing.

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Laws Drafting Litigating Litigation 52