FDA Law Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2023

FTC Supreme Court decision stripping FTC of its ability to obtain restitution or disgorgement under Section 13(b) of the Federal Trade Commission Act. On Day 2 of the conference, HPM’s Anne Walsh moderated a fascinating conversation about due diligence investigations relating to FDA-regulated industries.

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 7, 2022

This post is an abridged adaptation of my recent article, Private International Law and Substantive Liability Issues in Tort Litigation against Multinational Companies in the English Courts: Recent UK Supreme Court Decisions and Post-Brexit Implications in the Journal of Private International Law.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote on behalf of the Court. In reaching its decision, the Court explained that equitable tolling “effectively extends an otherwise discrete limitations period set by Congress” when a litigant diligently pursues his rights but extraordinary circumstances prevent him from bringing a timely action.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

JULY 23, 2024

In other words, a county official could meticulously comply with her county’s local gratuities rules—say, by declining a $200 gift card but accepting a $100 gift card from a neighbor as thanks for her diligent work on a new park—but still face up to 10 years in federal prison because she accepted a thing of value in connection with an official act.

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 27, 2022

The author analyses, among other things, court decisions in which the distinction between constitutive religious marriage and civil documentation of marriage in Lebanon plays a central role. She also addresses the fact that the possibility of an ordre public violation in legal systems with a division of laws exists on two levels.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 13, 2021

Among other things, AEDPA precludes a federal court reviewing a conviction on habeas from considering evidence outside the state-court record if a prisoner or his attorney failed to diligently develop the claim’s factual basis in state court, subject to exceptions not relevant here. In Shinn v. City of St. Badgerow v.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 24, 2022

As I noted later, that is a bizarre take since all but one of those decisions were trial court decisions. As with prior nominations, I read as many as I could to do due diligence as a legal commentator. None of that matters with today’s hair-triggered commentary. Most deal with insular evidentiary or trial issues.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 19, 2025

6] At the colloquium, former Delaware Supreme Court Chief Justice Leo Strine reiterated that corporate fiduciary duties should continue to focus solely on the interests of profits for shareholders. [7] 9] See Iva Lea Aurer, Guest Commentary: An Assessment of the Hague District Courts Decision in Milieudefensie et al.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 2, 2021

The district court found the analysis of greenhouse gas and climate change impacts to be adequate but remanded for consideration of alternatives that did not involve leasing all nominated parcels. The conservation groups’ appeal of the district court decision is still pending, with the opening brief due on July 12.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 9, 2021

The Klimaatzaak—“climate case”—was brought by an organization of concerned citizens arguing that Belgian law requires the Belgian government’s approach to reducing greenhouse gas emissions to be more aggressive.

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