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The Illusion of Action: Cuomo’s New Gun Manufacturer Liability Law is a Colossal Misfire

JonathanTurley

The centerpiece of Cuomo’s plan is a new law to allow victims of gun violence to sue gun manufacturers under a nuisance theory. It is doubtful that Cuomo truly believes that the law will make a significant, if any, impact on gun violence. The new law is written to get around a federal ban on such lawsuits. Of the $138.7

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Applying Mexican Law in U.S. Courts? Mexico v Smith & Wesson

Conflict of Laws

León Castellanos-Jankiewicz Researcher, International Law T.M.C. Asser Institute for International & European Law, The Hague Mexico’s ongoing transnational litigation against the firearms industry in U.S. legislation—not Mexican laws. legislation—not Mexican laws. On appeal in the U.S. and in respect to U.S.

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Justices to review novel bankruptcy maneuver in public harms litigation

SCOTUSBlog

Bankruptcy and its special powers are being used to compensate for what some court filings call the “ failure ” of tort litigation to efficiently and fully resolve all pending claims. Bankruptcy in Purdue’s case came after the company participated in the traditional tort process; it is the Sacklers’ third-party involvement that the U.S.

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Trending Topics in German PIL 2024 (Part 1 – Illegal Gambling and “Volkswagen”)

Conflict of Laws

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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The New Zealand Court of Appeal on the cross-border application of New Zealand consumer and fair trading legislation

Conflict of Laws

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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No exception to products liability statute of repose for latent disease or fraudulent concealment.

Day on Torts

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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A Rejoinder to Dr Cosmas Emeziem’s “Conflict of Laws and Diversity of Opinions—A View of The Nigerian Jurisdiction”

Conflict of Laws

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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