ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 21, 2023

Other companies, like chemical manufacturers, face lawsuits if they fail to prepare for climate-driven floods, storms, and wildfires , and may make claims under Environmental Insurance policies for damages arising from post-disaster pollutant spills. fossil fuel companies) and relatively easy to carve out of new liability policies.

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SimplyLawJobs

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

If you don’t, or you feel that you could do with some additional training, then the most important element is to gain some knowledge of how the English Legal System works, especially the court system and hierarchy. What if you Already Have a Legal/Paralegal Qualification? How to Begin Your Career in the Legal Industry.

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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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Patently O

DECEMBER 18, 2023

TCL Vietnam: Texas law defines ‘doing business’ within the state to include committing a tort in the state. Here, the sale of infringing product in the state is patent infringement — a tort. On this point, the patentee argued that it served the defendants’ legally designated agent in the State of Texas.

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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 unjust enrichment claim that Dyson group has been enriched at the claimant’s expense is a relatively novel legal basis, although it has already been raised in similar cases.

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 16, 2024

He states, “[I]t is essential to stay focused on institutional capacities, expertise and competence and how to enhance them—instead of individualized expertise, which, though important, are weak foundations for enduring legal evolution and a reliable PIL regime.” This specialization enables them to provide leading judgments in relevant cases.

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LawTechnologyToday

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

The ABA TechReport combines data from the annual ABA Legal Technology Survey Report with expert analysis, observations, and predictions from leaders in the legal technology field. Technology has been both a friend and foe to the legal industry. The ABA Model Rule 1.1

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 18, 2025

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. factories [in China] and the direct hoarding of PPE manufactured or for sale in the United States.

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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. While his death was due to the negligent lack of road barriers, his family will face considerable legal barriers to recovery that could prove insurmountable. In all likelihood, it was a phone-based app.

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Conflict of Laws

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Further, the new CPL introduces “the place of torts committed within the territory of China” as a new connecting factor for jurisdiction. – being primarily responsible for manufacturing and selling Huawei’s smart terminal products – was domiciled there. The newly introduced Article 277 of the CPL breaks this constraint.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

The appellate court also agreed with the court below that it was not appropriate to recognize a new tort of “intentional investment in abnormally dangerous activities” advocated by the plaintiffs on behalf of future generations. Energy & Environment Legal Institute v. North Dakota v. 16-1242 et al. Arizona Board of Regents , No.

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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. Moreover, he noted, it would be unusual to rely on the standing of a party, like Isaacs, who had not addressed the legal question presented in the case in her brief.

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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

AUGUST 10, 2023

Share The Supreme Court on Thursday put a bankruptcy plan for Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of the highly addictive opioid painkiller OxyContin, on hold while it reviews a challenge to the legality of the plan, which would shield the Sackler family, the owners of the drug company, from lawsuits.

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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

The First Circuit reversed a trial court that dismissed the case, alleging that the American firearms industry is legally responsible for violence in Mexico. However, as a torts professor, there is a question of whether the tort element of proximate cause could be materially changed in the case. 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). In 2020, the cancelation of parades and the reduction of travel has led to a very different legal profile of holiday mishaps and malfeasance.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 16, 2024

But the companies that manufacture the product told the justices on Tuesday that because Horn’s injuries were personal, rather than harm to his business or property, they did not fall under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. CBD is completely legal but THC continues in some contexts to be illegal.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

” The filing is a Jackson Pollock of legal claims with twelve claims thrown against Florida from false imprisonment to intentional infliction of emotional distress to misuse of the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund. The complaint states: On information and belief, the brochure was manufactured by Defendants.

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Patently O

MARCH 16, 2021

In contrast to proprietary hardware, any relevant documentation related to open source hardware is licensed for individuals to openly participate in the design and development of the hardware, or to replicate and manufacture the hardware devices. Teva: The Original Decision.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The reason is that these legislative measure are propelled by political rather than legal judgment. An example is the recent New York public nuisance law seeking to make gun manufacturers liable for gun crime. It is political merit — rather than legal merit — that has often propelled New York anti-gun laws.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 7, 2019

American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers v. The court said the laws’ provision for criminal or tort liability for advising, encouraging, or soliciting persons participating in a riot to acts of force or violence was overbroad and vague. The court also declined to “create a new tort named abusive litigation.” 17-1258 (D.C.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Circuit Court of Appeals granted a motion by a truck trailer manufacturers trade group to stay the final rule adopted by the U.S. Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association, Inc. The court also dismissed defamation and related state tort claims. Energy & Environment Legal Institute v. Department of Energy , Nos.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Circuit to hold the cases in abeyance was to allow the federal district for the District of Columbia to resolve cases challenging NHTSA’s action that raise similar legal issues. 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

The court concluded that it lacked jurisdiction because administrative appeals that raised the same legal issues were still pending before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a challenge to license renewals for the Turkey Point nuclear generating station in Florida as “incurably premature.” Frosh , No.

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