Government Litigation Puerto Rico 
SCOTUSBlog
JANUARY 10, 2023
Share The court turns to sovereign immunity on Wednesday when it hears argument in Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico v. The case involves the board Congress created in response to Puerto Rico’s dire financial distress in 2016. Centro de Periodismo Investigativo.
JURIST
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
If so, the tort claim must be litigated before the National Labor Relations Board, not a state court. Then, in Turkiye Halk Bankasi the court will determine whether the US can bring criminal charges against a Turkish government-controlled bank. On January 11, the court will hear arguments in Financial Oversight Board v.
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SCOTUSBlog
AUGUST 19, 2022
Under the Fifth Amendment, “private property” cannot be “taken for public use” by the government “without just compensation.” Four years later, however, with the companies on their feet, the government changed its mind. They filed a series of lawsuits against the government. The court in Collins v.
SCOTUSBlog
MAY 15, 2023
Share Thursday’s decision in Financial Oversight & Management Board for Puerto Rico v. Ignoring the threshold questions on which the court had not granted review and applying a longstanding clear-statement rule, a near-unanimous court ruled in favor of Puerto Rico’s financial oversight board.
Conflict of Laws
MARCH 12, 2024
Just last December, Google reached a settlement in a multidistrict litigation involving all 50 states of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. The settlement addressed issues very similar to those raised in this case, as explicitly outlined in the agreement.
Conflict of Laws
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
Governments with no realistic prospect of paying their debts often gamble for redemption, trying desperately to avoid default. Instead, the Maduro government gambled. The story of the PDVSA 2020 bonds is a common one in government debt markets. A government borrows money in dodgy ways or at a time of financial distress.
Conflict of Laws
AUGUST 6, 2024
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