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Bankruptcy Is Optimal Venue For Mass Tort Cases

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While the recent bankruptcies of Johnson & Johnson, Purdue Pharma and Boy Scouts of America have sparked debate about whether bankruptcy court is the best venue for resolving mass tort claims, bankruptcy's structural, procedural and substantive benefits make it a superior choice over multidistrict litigation, says Samir Parikh at Lewis & Clark Law (..)

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 Research seminar (online) “International Tort Litigation in the Internet and Artificial Intelligence Era: An EU Approach” 27 April 2022

Conflict of Laws

The Aberdeen Centre for Private International Law invites you to a research seminar organised under the auspices of the Aberdeen Law School Research Seminar Series. The topic is International Tort Litigation in the Internet and Artificial Intelligence Era: An EU Approach.

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Global Value Chains and Transnational Private Law Workshop at Edinburgh Law School – Report

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Candidate in Law, Peking University Law School) The ‘Global Value Chains and Transnational Private Law’ workshop was successfully held at Edinburgh Law School in a hybrid format from June 23 to 25, 2024. This project is funded by the Law Schools Global League (LSGL) , convened by Prof.

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New Judicial Analytics Product Predicts Motion Outcomes with Claimed 86.7% Accuracy

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I am a big fan of litigation analytics, even once suggesting that it could be malpractice for a litigator not to use the technology. Is the judge influenced by the prestige of the firm, the law schools of the lawyers, their political affiliations, or the nature of the company?

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The Critical Role of Lawyers and Bar Associations in Achieving Net Zero

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And that has implications for tort law, contract law, and property law, because it is less clear in many ways how basic legal principles such as negligence, foreseeability, force majeure, and reasonableness will apply to particular problems. For more on our work, see this article and this YouTube recording ).

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Update: Upcoming Hearings on Motions to Dismiss Climate Change Nuisance Cases in California and New York

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Climate change nuisance litigation is entering a new and dynamic phase. a consolidated case in which Oakland and San Francisco claim that five fossil fuel companies’ production and promotion of fossil fuels constitutes a public nuisance under federal and California common law. By Michael Burger. BP P.L.C. ,

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The $24 Billion Judgment Against China in Missouri’s COVID Suit

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Dodge (George Washington University Law School) and first published on Transnational Litigation Blog. The original version can be found at Transnational Litigation Blog. Antitrust claims are not subject to state choice-of-law rules. This article was written by Prof. Reposted with permission. Limbaugh, Jr.

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