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Data on Choice-of-Court Clause Enforcement in US

Conflict of Laws

There are state courts and federal courts, state statutes and federal statutes, state common law and federal common law. This feeling of pity is compounded when I imagine this same lawyer trying to advise her client as to whether a choice-of-court clause will be enforced by a court in the United States.

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The long conference’s relists

SCOTUSBlog

Several of them are sequels to earlier high court decisions. First Amendment The current court is very solicitous of First Amendment rights. Three trials the district court selected as non-binding “bellwether” trials resulted in plaintiff verdicts. Below we briefly discuss those 14 cases. du Pont de Nemours & Co.

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Florida Supreme Court Rejects Public Performance Right in Pre-1972 Sound Recordings – What’s Next?

Broadcast Law Blog

This case reached the Florida Supreme Court when it was certified by the United State Court of Appeals which was reviewing a District Court decision reaching the same conclusion as did the Florida Supreme Court – that there was no performance right under state law for pre-1972 sound recordings (see our summary of the District Court decision here ).

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Six cases to look out for

SCOTUSBlog

Coverage of federal fraud statutes Porat v. The district court held that the allegations were inadequate under the heightened pleading standards of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act , which Congress adopted to curb perceived abuses of securities litigation. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit reversed.

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Supreme Court takes Clean Water Act case

SCOTUSBlog

The justices did not act on two sets of high-profile petitions that they considered last week: a group of challenges to bans imposed by Illinois and several municipalities in that state on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, as well as challenges to bans on gender-affirming care for minors in Tennessee and Kentucky.

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March 2018 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. DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS. In re: Border Infrastructure Environmental Litigation , No. and non-U.S.

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May 2021 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. Circuit majority opinion’s interpretation was foreclosed by the statute and violated separation of powers. and non-U.S.

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