ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Climate litigation in Germany has achieved another major victory. On November 30, 2023, the Higher Administrative Court Berlin-Brandenburg ruled in DUH and BUND v. Against this backdrop, the decision of the Higher Administrative Court must also be understood as part of a new wave of climate litigation.

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JURIST

JUNE 22, 2022

The court found that the lawsuit was barred under res judicata because of it’s similarity to Fisher v. Abigail Fisher and Edward Blum, who were essential in the Fisher litigation, are now directors of the SFFA. University of Texas.

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JURIST

APRIL 12, 2024

As such, I am not persuaded that this concession, at the eleventh hour of this litigation and in the context of the Crown’s vigorous opposition to any relief in these proceedings, should now prevent this Court from issuing a declaration.

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JURIST

MARCH 8, 2021

The US Supreme Court ruled 8-1 Monday in Uzuegbunam v. During litigation, the college dropped the policy and argued that the students no longer had standing to continue the litigation. The post US Supreme Court rules for student in campus free speech case appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary.

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JURIST

JUNE 16, 2022

The US Supreme Court ruled 8-1 Wednesday that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) partially preempts a California law that invalidates waivers of the right to assert representative claims under the California Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA). Justice Alito wrote the opinion of the Court.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 1, 2022

The Supreme Court of Japan may soon weigh in on a growing field of climate litigation in Japan against coal-fired power plants. On May 6, 2022, the Citizens’ Committee on the Kobe Coal-Fired Power Plant filed an appeal to Japan’s Supreme Court in Citizens’ Committee on the Kobe Coal-Fired Power Plant v. Civil law cases.

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JURIST

JANUARY 23, 2023

Equitable tolling is “when a litigant diligently pursues his rights but extraordinary circumstances prevent him from bringing a timely action,” so courts can extend the limitations period. Any claim filed after that means “a veteran could potentially recover decades’ worth of retroactive payments.”

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Patently O

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Stroud is General Counsel at Unified Patents – an organization often adverse to litigation-funded entities. [1] litigation finance boom of the past 20 years—as has been widely reported, private equity now undergirds huge swaths of U.S. Guest post by Jonathan Stroud. Patent assertion finance today is a multibillion-dollar business. [2]

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The appellate court ruled similarly in 2020. Upon appeal, with several labor lawyers’ associations and local employers as amici , the Illinois Supreme Court stated that the legislative intent behind the WCA was to provide financial support to injured workers and compensability depended on the type of injury sustained.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 22, 2023

This is not the only recent litigation involving electoral maps in the lead-up to the 2024 elections. The post Wisconsin Supreme Court rules state legislative maps are unconstitutional and must be redrawn appeared first on JURIST - News.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The decision, formally communicated to the parties on July 27, marks a pivotal moment in climate litigation. However, the Supreme Court found that the Spanish Government had complied with the Paris Agreement and the EU legislation. Spain II Decision Fast forward to June 2023, and the Supreme Court’s final ruling on Greenpeace v.

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JURIST

MARCH 27, 2024

A three-judge panel of the Fifth District Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that a controversial Texas law, Senate Bill (SB) 4 , will remain on hold as litigation continues. SB4, the controversial Texas law that is the subject of this continued litigation, was originally signed into law in December 2023.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 26, 2022

A two-judge bench of the Madras High Court ruled that the designation of a senior advocate is not an automatic right but a merit-based privilege. This alone, according to the court was sufficient reason to dismiss the petition. Even so, the court addressed the merits of the case with Justice M.

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HowAppealing

APRIL 26, 2024

“The Gaping Hole in Supreme Court Rules for Tracking Links Between Litigants and Influence Groups: Parties appearing before the Supreme Court can fund the groups that file briefs supporting their arguments — and almost never have to disclose it.” ” appeared first on How Appealing.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 22, 2022

As noted at the end of last year, 2021 was significant for climate litigation, with several decisions worldwide providing a fresh look at stakeholder responsibility for climate change. In June 2022, the Prague Municipal Court ruled in Klimatická žaloba ČR v. By Maria Antonia Tigre. Photo by Matt Palmer on Unsplash.

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JURIST

AUGUST 14, 2023

Monday’s unprecedented ruling is expected to shape how many other states address the impacts of climate change at the judicial level. According to a 2o22 report , climate change litigation has grown significantly across the globe, with cases more than doubling in the past seven years. More rulings like this will certainly come.

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JURIST

JUNE 20, 2024

The UK Supreme Court held Thursday that Surrey’s planning authorities acted unlawfully when granting planning permission for an oil well development in 2019. The court ruled that the authorities should have considered certain environmental impacts when making the decision.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 9, 2024

In a transformative moment for European and global climate litigation, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled today that the state has a positive duty to adopt, and effectively implement in practice, regulations and measures capable of mitigating the existing and potentially irreversible future effects of climate change.

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HowAppealing

JUNE 13, 2021

“Litigants flout court rules at their peril. District courts have broad discretion to punish them by striking their briefs if needed. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued Friday. We will not upset these sanctions lightly.”

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Above The Law

JANUARY 31, 2023

The next phase of the litigation will be them repeatedly saying, ’Cancer? The post Court Rules Johnson & Johnson Can’t Throw Out Civil Liability Because Of ’Good Intentions’ appeared first on Above the Law. How could we have given you cancer? Do you see how cute our mascot is?!’

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JURIST

MARCH 24, 2025

The South Korean Constitutional Court ruled on Monday that the impeachment of Prime Minister Han Duck-soo was Illegitimate as his conduct, while partially unconstitutional, did not constitute a “betrayal of public trust” The decision effectively reinstates Duck-soo as acting president.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Wang refuted the Departments floodgate concerns, saying that there are evidentiary burdens to pass before even reaching litigation that would prevent excessive lawsuits and that the circuits that currently do not apply the background circumstances rule do not see a flood of litigation.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 24, 2025

Several of the courts conservative justices expressed skepticism about the map and about whether the 2022 ruling on which Louisiana relied to justify the creation of a second majority-Black district in the state was actually correct, but it was unclear whether those concerns would be enough to uphold the lower courts ruling.

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Attorney at Work

MAY 31, 2022

These include statutes of limitation for filing a case, deadlines for filing motions, preparing for hearings, producing documents in litigation discovery or responding to a summary judgment. The Solution: Integrated Court Rules. Today law firms have multiple options for automated rules and calendar management.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 29, 2024

This announcement follows a recent directive from the Gauhati High Court, which mandated the state government to finalize the necessary rules under the Act within six months. Khandus announcement has sparked mixed reactions across different communities within Arunachal Pradesh.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 8, 2022

The post also illustrates the positive impact the reform is likely to have on climate litigation initiatives in Italy. Adopting a comparative perspective, we draw on constitutional frameworks and recent climate litigation cases in other European jurisdictions. What does the reform bring about? In Neubauer, et al.

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JURIST

MARCH 15, 2022

The Australian Federal Court Tuesday overturned a ruling that found that Australia’s environment ministry has a duty to protect young people from the effects of climate change when considering fossil fuel projects. That previous ruling, decided in May of 2021, resulted from a lawsuit filed by eight school students and a nun.

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Attorney at Work

MAY 23, 2022

Keeping up on the litigation landscape with AI-powered legal analytics can help cultivate productive and meaningful client relationships. “As Mammen describes a practice many commercial litigators use to tap into new business opportunities. With registered alerts on a legal analytics platform , litigators can stay proactive.

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JURIST

MARCH 15, 2023

Circuit Judge Thomas Ambro authored the opinion of the court. The court ruled that Adelphia’s claim was precluded by issue preclusion under 28 U.S.C. This law requires federal courts to accord “full faith and credit” to issues decided by state courts.

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JURIST

JUNE 24, 2022

The US Supreme Court ruled 8-1 Thursday in Berger v. President Pro Tempore of the state Senate Phil Berger and Speaker of the state House Tim Moore attempted to intervene in the litigation. Ordinarily, a federal court must respect that kind of sovereign choice, not assemble presumptions against it.

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ABA Journal

OCTOBER 29, 2024

million sanction against a Maryland law firm for asking state courts to order an end to U.S. district court litigation, a federal appeals court ruled last week. A federal judge had inherent power to impose a $1.05

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 22, 2023

He did note a “silver lining,” offering suggestions on how the Nation can still attempt to intervene in ongoing Colorado River water rights litigation to assert its treaty rights to water. The post Supreme Court rules 5-4 against Navajo Nation in water rights dispute appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 23, 2021

A look back at significant decisions in climate litigation in 2021. 2021 was a significant year for climate litigation, with several decisions worldwide providing a fresh look at stakeholder responsibility for climate change. A first decision in climate litigation against private actors. By Maria Antonia Tigre. Conclusion.

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JURIST

JANUARY 10, 2023

The court rejected this idea. In their decision, the court ruled the wording violated article 28 in its failure to provide notice. Amendments to a different section the Computer Misuse Act in 2022 are currently under litigation. .” However, the Ugandan Attorneys General Office countered his claim.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Ultimately, the court held that more stringent regulatory actions would have been insufficient to prevent the disaster since the size, direction and scale of the tsunami exceeded estimations for such an event. There is also a 2022 court case that found TEPCO executives personally liable.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The Court of Cassation, France’s highest court, ruled Wednesday to resolve procedural issues in favor of six nonprofit groups in their case against oil giant Total Uganda. In October 2020, the Versailles Court of Appeal affirmed. The CSOs appealed to the Court of Cassation.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 7, 2024

The other EPA rule at issue, 89 FR 38508, mandates the reduction of certain hazardous air pollutant emissions from coal and oil powered electricity generators. The challenge to the EPA rules were led by 23 Republican-led states, industry groups, power plants and mining companies.

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