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Forum Selection Clauses, Afghanistan, and the United States

Conflict of Laws

In July 2012, the United States Agency for International Development (“USAID”) contracted with Aircraft Charter Solutions (“ACS”) to perform aircraft flight operations out of Kabul International Airport in Afghanistan. Roughly a year after the RMA-NWTC contract was signed, a dispute arose. NWTC demanded payment. RMA refused.

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New California Legislation Would Be a Major Step Forward for Climate Disclosure

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

The Securities and Exchange Commission regulations on climate disclosure, first proposed in March 2022 and likely to be issued in final form in October 2023, [1] have drawn considerable controversy and face an uncertain fate in the inevitable litigation. [2] Nebraska, 600 U.S. 12, 2022. [49] 49] Van Engelen, op. June 30, 2023). [52]

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Biden vaccine policies face Supreme Court test amid nationwide COVID-19 surge

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Therefore, she reasons, the mandate is necessary to protect those employees from the possibility of contracting COVID-19 while they are at work – saving over 6,500 lives and preventing over a quarter-million employees from being hospitalized over a six-month period.

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The Anti-ESG Movement Has Not Fared Well in Court, but Critical Decisions Are Pending

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The Republican-led “anti-ESG” (environmental, social, governance) movement over the last two years has largely been a legislative effort, comprised primarily of state-level bills that attempt to halt the consideration of climate risk and other commonplace factors in investment decisions connected with government funds, contracts, and pensions.

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