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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JURIST

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The case is in the US District Court for the Central District of California. The judge based his ruling on the two-part test from the US Supreme Court decision last year in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. This is not the only litigation involving California gun laws.

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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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Law 360

MAY 10, 2024

Electronically stored information on cellphones, and in particular text messages, can present unique litigation challenges, and recent court decisions demonstrate that counsel must carefully balance what data should be preserved, collected, reviewed and produced, say attorneys at Sidley.

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Above The Law

AUGUST 19, 2021

Overturning a district court's decision that had earlier vacated the Medicare Advantage Overpayment Rule, the DC Circuit opened a Pandora's Box of DOJ False Claims Act litigation last week.

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Intelligize Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The fallout has led many companies to consider revising their DEI initiatives to stave off the threat of litigation, particularly concerning board diversity requirements. The post Supreme Court Decision Complicates Diversity Disclosure Landscape appeared first on Intelligize.

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Law 360

APRIL 10, 2023

Delaware Chancery Court decisions last week touched on foot powder litigation, an AMC settlement and in-person signage as damage control for a postponed hearing. New cases ranged from Amazon sales centers to a fibrosis drug.

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Broadcast Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Facially, the service looked much like that offered by Aereo, which the Supreme Court determined seven years ago violated federal copyright law by retransmitting TV stations without first obtaining the consent of the copyright holders (see our article here on the Aereo Supreme Court decision).

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Law 360

APRIL 26, 2022

Supreme Court's decision on Monday to take up a case about the reach of a Pennsylvania law could have a "seismic impact" on corporate litigation if the justices rule that a state can exercise jurisdiction over companies registered to do business there, legal experts told Law360.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The nation asserts that the city lacks criminal jurisdiction over Native Americans on the tribe’s lands without express congressional authorization, as per the 2020 US Supreme Court case McGirt v.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Speaking for the Constitutional Court, Lady Justice Laurinda Cardoso authorized the National Electoral Commission (CNE) to publish the definitive results of the general elections in the State Gazette once the electoral litigation phase is over.

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At the Lectern

APRIL 11, 2021

Could prior Supreme Court decisions help eliminate uncertainties in the recall process? That’s an interesting question, because the only court decisions regarding a gubernatorial recall aren’t published in the official reports and their precedential effect is questionable.

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Law 360

JANUARY 5, 2024

Supreme Court ruling addressing states' jurisdiction over out-of-state companies and a key ruling in sprawling multidistrict litigation against Silicon Valley's biggest companies over social media addiction are among Law360's top personal injury and medical malpractice cases for 2023.

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The IP Law Blog

JULY 9, 2021

In this week’s episode, Josh Escovedo and Scott Hervey discuss an update to the litigation over Andy Warhol’s series of portraits of the artist Prince ( Andy Warhol Foundation v Goldsmith). That decision overturned a lower court decision in favor of the Warhol Foundation.

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Mondaq

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

The court then reasoned that the Supreme Court's decision in Barr v. AAPC cannot be applied retroactively.

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Law 360

JULY 9, 2024

Supreme Court's decision overturning Chevron deference is that individuals, contractors and companies bringing procurement-related cases against the government will have new pathways toward success, say Joseph Berger and Andrés Vera at Thompson Hine. The net result of the U.S.

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Law 360

JUNE 28, 2024

Recent federal court decisions in the Fearless Fund and Hello Alice cases shed new light on the ongoing wave of challenges to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, with opposite conclusions on whether the plaintiffs had standing to sue, say attorneys at Moore & Van Allen.

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Patently O

DECEMBER 11, 2022

This means that issues decided at the district or administrative court level can be binding on all other courts: district courts, administrative courts, appellate courts, and even the Supreme Court. District court decisions are not binding precedent because they are at the bottom.

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Patently O

JUNE 17, 2022

Litigants shouldn’t get to choose the judge who decides their case. Judge shopping, we’ve argued elsewhere , raises concerns about court bias and capture and can make litigation unnecessarily costly and inefficient. But it’s also specious to claim that the Federal Circuit’s mandamus practice indicates court capture by big tech.

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Law 360

JULY 17, 2024

Supreme Court's decision may signal a general trend away from agency deference even on the complex technical issues that often arise, say Kayleigh Scalzo and Andrew Guy at Covington.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The question before them is whether to uphold the judgment of a lower court that awarded damages for profits earned not only by the entity named as a defendant in the lawsuit, but also by several other entities that were not parties to the litigation.

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Law 360

JUNE 20, 2023

Supreme Court's decision in Polansky v. Executive Health Resources reaffirms that the government has final say in False Claims Act cases, allowing for meaningful guardrails that deter private litigators from seeking to regulate industries that Congress has delegated to expert administrative agencies, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.

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Law 360

AUGUST 13, 2021

Supreme Court's decision in Facebook v. Although the U.S. Duguid closes one door to potential Telephone Consumer Protection Act lawsuits, Florida's newly amended state law — featuring a broader autodialer definition — has opened another, say attorneys at Buchanan Ingersoll.

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LegalReader

JULY 23, 2021

Georgia Court of Appeals reverses previous trial court decision and sets stage for new trial.

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Law 360

AUGUST 17, 2021

A recent Pennsylvania federal court decision compelling Rutter's Inc.

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Law 360

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Significant developments in the environmental, social and governance landscape this year include new legislation, evolving global frameworks, continued litigation and enforcement actions, and a U.S. Supreme Court decision that has already affected how lower courts have viewed some ESG challenges, say attorneys at Katten.

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Law 360

OCTOBER 8, 2024

A three-judge Ninth Circuit panel on Monday upheld a lower court's decision to cut more than $2 million from plaintiff's firm Cooper & Kirkham's $3.452 million fee award in a multidistrict litigation settlement over alleged cathode ray tube price-fixing litigation.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma , the court held that the NCAA could, in the interest of preserving the character and quality of college sports, impose restrictions upon players that would otherwise breach antitrust laws. ” The court also granted certiorari in TransUnion LLC v.

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FDA Law Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Gonzalez — The annual Enforcement, Litigation, and Compliance Conference put on by the Food and Drug Law Institute (“FDLI”) took place in Washington this week. FTC Supreme Court decision stripping FTC of its ability to obtain restitution or disgorgement under Section 13(b) of the Federal Trade Commission Act. By Steven J.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 22, 2022

Share The Supreme Court doesn’t care all that much for method-of-execution challenges. It particularly disfavors Eighth Amendment litigation attacking familiar lethal injection protocols as “cruel and unusual” punishment. Nance committed a murder after a botched bank robbery, and he was sentenced to death in 1997.

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Patently O

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Robert Brauneis: Li v Liu Beijing Internet Court 20231127 with English Translation. More AI related decisions are available at the GWU AI Litigation Database.] Still, the Beijing Internet Court itself emphasized the approach of judging AI copyright issues based on the specific facts.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 4, 2024

This week, we highlight petitions that ask the court to consider, among other things, whether the 2nd Circuit’s decision in December granting the state an early-stage victory in the litigation ran afoul of the Second Amendment. Agreeing with the challengers, the lower courts put different parts of the law on hold.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 16, 2024

Accordingly, she reasons, “[w]hen § 3 says that a court ‘shall … stay’ the proceeding, the court must do so.” Also, because “‘stay’ means ‘stay,’” the court is not free to dismiss the case as an alternate way to “stop parallel in-court litigation.”

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Law 360

JUNE 28, 2024

Supreme Court's decision on Friday overturning Chevron deference is expected to have wide-ranging impacts, but its effect may be less harsh on international trade litigation where the field is virtually clear of cases invoking the now-defunct standard.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Under AEPDA, habeas relief is only available to a prisoner whose claims were adjudicated on the merits in state court if the prisoner can show that the last reasoned state court decision was contrary to or involved an unreasonable application of Supreme Court precedent. Many of the justices seemed to agree. California.

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FDA Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

As of this writing, the court is still deliberating on the relief to be granted to the manufacturer. A decision is expected in the coming months. HRSA Ploughs on With Enforcement Despite Federal Court Decision.

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Law 360

MAY 2, 2024

A New York federal court's decision to exclude all plaintiff experts in a multidistrict litigation concerning prenatal exposure to Tylenol highlights a number of expert testimony pitfalls that parties should avoid in product liability and mass tort matters, say Rand Brothers and Courtney Block at Winston & Strawn.

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