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More on the Validity of the PDVSA 2020 Bonds

Conflict of Laws

Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina School of Law, and Mitu Gulati, the Perre Bowen Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law. Until drafting practices converge on a consistent and coherent model, the choice-of-law question is likely to remain fodder for litigation. Stockton, Jr.

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The long conference’s relists

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and North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation v. A federal district court in North Carolina ultimately invalidated much of the law, and the U.S. The Farm Bureau and North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein ask the court to grant review and reverse the 4th Circuit’s decision. du Pont de Nemours & Co.

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Choice of Law in the American Courts in 2023

Conflict of Laws

The court held that plaintiffs had alleged sufficient conduct in the United States to support their Alien Tort Statute (ATS) claim and that the Tort Victim Protection Act (TVPA) permitted aiding and abetting claims against the corporate executives.

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An appellate court’s claimed “defiance” in a death-penalty case

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The court also declined without comment to take up two other petitions , seeking review of a ruling by a federal appeals court that invalidated on First Amendment grounds a North Carolina law that allows employers to sue employees who make undercover video or audio recordings. ” (relisted after the Sept. 13 conferences) King v.

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MAGA Lawyer Loses Case Against J6 Committee For Tortious Making Me Look Bad

Above The Law

This would be a slam dunk if Cheney had been acting as a prosecutor or opposing counsel, and if a congressional investigation were actual litigation. Liz Cheney for supposedly violating bar rules by communicating with Hutchinson when she was represented by counsel during the January 6 Committee investigations.

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This week’s relists: preemption of consumer protection laws, bankruptcy claims, COVID mandates and. Chevron deference again?

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For insured claims, the insurer would have to seek the same information in litigation on a case-by-case basis. The solicitor general notes other instances where Munsingwear vacatur was permitted after the executive ceased certain contested policies for reasons “ undertaken in good faith and for reasons unrelated to litigation.”

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TURKEY TORTS (2020)

JonathanTurley

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. The result is a horn of plenty for litigators.

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