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Federal jurisdiction and the constitutionality of eviction moratoriums

SCOTUSBlog

Konan to determine whether the Federal Tort Claims Act provision exempting claims arising from the loss or miscarriage of letters or postal matter extends to claims that the Post Office deliberately refused to deliver mail to an address. The Supreme Court made short work of two of last weeks first-time relists.

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Which law governs disputes involving corporations?

Conflict of Laws

Thus, the general rule of the place of tort applies equally to corporations and private individuals. [1] First , internal affairs of corporations tend to be excluded by the various international statutes aiming to harmonise the applicable law rules. [3] These are the situations involving claims between the corporate actors (i.e.

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Conflict of Laws of Freedom of Speech on Elon Musk’s Twitter

Conflict of Laws

Twitter, Inc is incorporated in Delaware, and has various subsidiaries around the world; Twitter International Company , for example, is incorporated in Ireland and responsible as data controller for users that live outside of the United States. ‘Twitter’ is not a monolithic entity. The law applicable to online dignity.

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TURKEY TORTS (2020)

JonathanTurley

In celebration of Thanksgiving, I give you our annual Turkey Torts of civil and criminal cases that add liability to libations on this special day (with past cases at the bottom). Indeed, the torts and crimes recorded this year seem painfully reminiscent of this loathsome year. She also threatened another woman with a carving knife.

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November 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

The First Circuit—like the Fourth, Ninth, and Tenth Circuits in other climate change cases—concluded that the scope of its appellate review was limited to whether the defendants properly removed the case under the federal-officer removal statute. Delaware v. District of Columbia v. Exxon Mobil Corp. , 1:20-cv-01932 (D.D.C.):

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June 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

Supreme Court held that the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals erred when it concluded that its review of the remand order in Baltimore’s climate change case against fossil fuel companies was limited to determining whether the defendants properly removed the case under the federal officer removal statute. May 10, 2021).

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