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

Conflict of Laws

Dodge (George Washington University Law School) and first published on Transnational Litigation Blog. The Eighth Circuit had previously held that the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) barred most of Missouris claims but that the hoarding claim fell within the acts commercial activity exception. Reposted with permission.

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Judge Doesn’t Let Trump Back Out Of Defamatory Remarks Made About Central Park 5

Above The Law

Trump for compensatory damages, for punitive damages and for costs, in an pic.twitter.com/ENGc05WPZd — Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) October 21, 2024 Pretty cut-and-dried, if you ask me! Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s.