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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.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
DECEMBER 12, 2024
In particular, the Court found that it could not impose a concrete minimum emission reduction target on Shell. This blog post explains some of the key takeaways from the appeal, highlighting some critical ground rules laid down by the court which may serve future litigation and several key challenges.
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SCOTUSBlog
DECEMBER 5, 2023
The court unanimously agreed that the case was moot – that is, no longer a live controversy – because the plaintiff in the case, Deborah Laufer, had voluntarily dismissed her lawsuit in the lower court. This article was originally published at Howe on the Court.
Law 360
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Appellate courts issued a bevy of important decisions applying federal benefits law in 2023, including a recent Second Circuit ruling in favor of Cornell University that deepened a circuit split and a Tenth Circuit finding that an Oklahoma law regulating pharmacy benefit managers was preempted.
LawTechnologyToday
JUNE 21, 2021
At the risk of sounding like a lawyer: it will depend. The NFT will have to pass the Howey test, first described by the US Supreme Court in 1946. Most likely, it will take a couple of room-clearing court decisions to help owners and litigants navigate their waters. No changes to that contract are coming.
SCOTUSBlog
DECEMBER 9, 2021
Share On Wednesday, the court heard oral argument in Shinn v. Ramirez and Jones , two death penalty cases that will determine whether prisoners may develop new evidence to support claims that their lawyers were constitutionally ineffective at trial. But a 2012 Supreme Court decision, Martinez v.
Court-MartialTrialPractice
SEPTEMBER 23, 2023
In this earlier blo g, I commented on the pending litigation over unanimous verdicts at courts-martial. As military defense lawyers we continue to support the advice given that the issue should be raised in all courts going forward. The update is that the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces has decided United States v.
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