Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The Court held that local consumer legislation – in the form of the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 (CGA) – applies to foreign manufacturers. The decision is of particular interest to New Zealand consumers and manufacturers of goods that are supplied in New Zealand, as well as traders advertising their products to New Zealanders.

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Day on Torts

MARCH 24, 2022

Plaintiff filed this products liability suit in November 2020, asserting that defendant, who manufactured, marketed, and sold the original replacement device, “actively and intentionally misled the public, medical community, health care providers, and patients into believing these products were safe and effective.”

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 16, 2024

Abiru to the Nigerian Supreme Court and highlighted its significance for the development of Nigerian conflict of laws. Yekini and I in our blog post , clearly stated: “Nevertheless, this is not to suggest that Justice Abiru’s expertise is limited to conflict of laws, nor that other Nigerian judges do not possess expertise in conflict of laws.

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The Fashion Law

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The post Linda Evangelista Files Products Liability, Fraud Suit Over Cosmetic Procedure That Destroyed Her Quality of Life appeared first on The Fashion Law. Zeltiq Aesthetics, Inc. , 1:21-cv-07889 (SDNY).

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FDA Law Blog

JULY 7, 2022

Among other things, rather than requiring that FDA promulgate a rule banning the addition of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoralkyl substances (PFAS), the current bill only requires that FDA assess the use and safety of PFAS in cosmetics and prepare a report within two years of the enactment of the law.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

The company and the Oklahoma justices are right on the law. Public nuisance was originally addressed in England by criminal laws against such offenses as obstructing “the King’s highways.” Yet the torts system has an elaborate and well-functioning system of product liability. The opioid claims are similar.

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Conflict of Laws

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Written by NIE Yuxin, Wuhan University Institute of International Law 1. Background China’s Civil Procedure Law was enacted in April 1991 by the Fourth Session of the Seventh National People’s Congress. – being primarily responsible for manufacturing and selling Huawei’s smart terminal products – was domiciled there.

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Patently O

JANUARY 16, 2024

I first found the Gilead case while reading the Wall Street Journal with the board editorial decrying the decision for “invent[ing] a crazy new tort.” In its decision, the Court of Appeal held that a manufacturer’s duty of reasonable care under Cal. 9, 2024) Read It Here. genius,” as President Lincoln put it.

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Intelligize Blog

APRIL 27, 2023

Essentially, the Texas Two-Step refers to a legal maneuver in which a parent company transfers its tort liabilities to a spin-off entity that remains under the parent company’s control. If successful, J&J could substantially reduce its exposure to damages from a flood of lawsuits claiming its baby powder and talc products cause cancer.

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Conflict of Laws

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Passengers, Australian and non-Australian, want relief under the Australian Consumer Law ( ACL ). They commence representative proceedings alleging breaches of consumer law, and negligence in the Federal Court of Australia. Statute has left little of the common law untouched.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 21, 2023

This report, which forms part of the Sabin Center’s broader Climate Law and Finance Initiative , provides a toolkit to help academics, attorneys, insurance practitioners, and industry regulators model (re)insurer climate litigation risk. The report was authored by Martin Lockman, Climate Law Fellow at the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law.

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Patently O

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Texas law provides a mechanism for service of process of non-Texas-residents who engage in business in Texas, but without a regular place of business or a designated agent. TCL Vietnam: Texas law defines ‘doing business’ within the state to include committing a tort in the state. See 4(h)(1)(A) referring to 4(e)(1).

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 7, 2023

The relatives of the Greek crew members filed actions for pain and suffering damages before the Athens court of first instance against a US (manufacturer of the aircraft) and a Swiss (subsidiary of the manufacturer) company. The action was dismissed in 2019 for lack of international jurisdiction.

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 18, 2025

Dodge (George Washington University Law School) and first published on Transnational Litigation Blog. The original complaint asserted four claims under Missouri tort law: (1) public nuisance, (2) abnormally dangerous activity, (3) breach of duty by allowing the transmission of COVID, and (4) breach of duty by hoarding PPE.

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Conflict of Laws

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

The factory where alleged abuses took place manufactured products and components for Dyson products. The English common law rules are founded on service of the claim form on the defendant and are based on the defendant’s presence in the jurisdiction. As a result, Malaysia was considered to be the ‘centre of gravity’ in the case [122].

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SimplyLawJobs

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

local government, property, family or criminal law etc.). This covers all the basic areas of academic law including, English Legal System, Contract Law, Law of Tort and a choice of another legal topic. Box clever by going directly to the law firms or companies. The 5 best ways to get started in law.

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 17, 2025

At the end of each year I publish an article (in German) about the Conflict of Laws developments in Germany of the last twelve months, covering more or less the year 2024 and the last months of 2023. In Germany, in order to offer online gambling, you need a licence under German law.

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LexForti

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

respondent) in the District Court at Vadodara regarding the use of the brand name “Falcitab” for a medicine manufactured and sold by the respondent. (appellant) filed a suit for injunction against Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd. For unregistered trade marks, a passing off action is maintainable under Section 27(2) of the Act.

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At the Lectern

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

and more fully explain why that departure is appropriate under current California law.” In Rattagan , the court is expected to answer the Ninth Circuit’s question , “Under California law, are claims for fraudulent concealment exempted from the economic loss rule?” ” Lemon law. ” Lemon law. FCA US LLC.

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LawTechnologyToday

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

The American Bar Association 2022 Legal technology Survey Reports of Law Office Technology and Technology Basics and Security are comprehensive analyses of how technology is utilized in firms, and what technologies (hardware and software) is used, as well as consumer satisfaction of these technologies. Klevan, P.C.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 10, 2022

A tragedy in North Carolina could present rather difficult torts questions in a wrongful death case for a grieving family. Under common law, a discovered or anticipated trespasser is generally owed a duty to warn of (or make safe) any dangerous conditions that are known and non-obvious. In all likelihood, it was a phone-based app.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. The court rejected Exxon’s argument that it could withhold documents based on an accountant-client privilege under Texas law. and non-U.S. Avista Corp.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The manufacturer of the drug, Purdue Pharma, promoted the drug as less susceptible to abuse, but OxyContin proved instead to be highly addictive. The releases were only “necessary,” she posited, because “the Sacklers wouldn’t give the money back,” not because the law required it. “It Jackson was still not satisfied. Both the U.S.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 2, 2021

es the threat posed to companies that rely on third-party manufacturers. Considering the importance of Chinese manufacturing to global trade, the Chinese legal system and its evolving trademark enforcement system will likely cause companies to get creative. Romag solidi?es Summary of the Supreme Court’s Opinions.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 3, 2021

The justices also called for the federal government’s views in two cases, but they once again did not act on a closely watched challenge to a Mississippi law that would generally bar abortions after the 15th week of pregnancy. Lower courts struck down the law, and the state has asked the justices to take the case and reinstate it.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Here is my annual list of Halloween torts and crimes. Halloween has everything for a torts-filled holiday: battery, trespass, defamation, nuisance, product liability and more. However, my students and I often discuss the remarkably wide range of torts that comes with All Hallow’s Eve. In another June 2023 decision in Munoz v.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 27, 2024

However, as a torts professor, there is a question of whether the tort element of proximate cause could be materially changed in the case. Torts professors are already lining up to argue that there is a proximate cause under existing doctrines to hold the firearms industry. I respectfully disagree.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

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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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Douglas Horn sued the maker of the CBD product he took for chronic pain under federal racketeering law for economic harm. Lisa Blatt, representing the manufacturers, told the justices on Tuesday that Horn’s unwanted ingestion of THC was an injury to his body, a purely “personal” injury, and not an injury to “business or property.”

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Patently O

MARCH 16, 2021

Guest Post by Michael Weinberg, Executive Director of the Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy at NYU Law and the Board President of the Open Source Hardware Association (OSHWA) and David Wechsler, a 3L at NYU Law. The doctrine of inducement infringement in intellectual property law is no different.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Indeed, I teach in torts where an immigrant to the United States filed a tort action for an involuntary inoculation upon entry in O’Brien v. The complaint states: On information and belief, the brochure was manufactured by Defendants. The complaint is stronger on rhetoric than supporting facts or law.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Below is my column in the Hill on New York’s latest gun control measure — and the latest challenge to a New York law. The gun nuisance law is the latest in a long line of mistakes by New York. An example is the recent New York public nuisance law seeking to make gun manufacturers liable for gun crime.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers v. and non-U.S. climate litigation charts. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 126.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Each month, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP (APKS) and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted a motion by a truck trailer manufacturers trade group to stay the final rule adopted by the U.S.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. In a separate order, the court granted the motions of states and American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers to intervene in support of the respondents.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 9, 2021

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. Second Circuit Rejected New York City’s State Law Climate Claims Against Oil Companies. By Margaret Barry and Korey Silverman-Koati. and non-U.S. 3d 849 (9th Cir.

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