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New York Court Denies Enforcement of Chinese Judgment on Systemic Due Process Grounds

Conflict of Laws

. & Wenliang Zhang (Associate Professor, Renmin University of China Law School). In 2020, Shanghai Yongrun brought an action against Kashi Galaxy and Xu in New York state court, seeking to have the Chinese judgment recognized and enforced. In Shanghai Yongrun Investment Management Co. Kashi Galaxy Venture Capital Co. ,

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MPI Luxembourg – 3rd CPLJ Webinar: 16 April 2021

Conflict of Laws

Comparative Procedural Law and Justice (CPLJ) is a global project of the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for Procedural Law, with the support of the Luxembourg National Research Fund (O19/13946847), involving more than one hundred scholars from all over the world. 3:00 pm Oscar Chase (New York University).

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Truth, Lies and Plea Bargaining

The Crime Report

In some examples cited in the paper, a Virginia defendant in Virginia charged with transporting marijuana pleaded guilty to trafficking a different type of drug altogether; a New York defendant charged with animal cruelty pleaded guilty to trespassing even though no trespassing was involved.

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Enforceability of CAS awards in Greece – a short survey

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The application of the New York Convention regarding requests to recognize CAS awards is undisputable and common to all Greek decisions. National rules of Civil procedure. 4 Greek Code of Civil Procedure. Main findings. It simply determines the burden of proof and the party borne with it. Field of application of CAS.

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Conflict-Checking Software For Law Firms: The Value of Full-Text Search

MyCase

The more efficient your firm’s process for onboarding new clients, the quicker you’ll be able to do what your firm was hired—and paid—to do: represent the interests of your clients. While ethical obligations regarding law firm oversight vary from one jurisdiction to the next, one thing is clear: accurate conflict checks are crucial.

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Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) 4/2021: Abstracts

Conflict of Laws

The decision also deals with questions of German procedural law. According to German procedural law, the reception of a waiver of succession is an estate matter. According to the established case law of the Swiss Federal Tribunal, this binding approach does not conflict with the New York Convention either.

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Rivista di diritto internazionale privato e processuale (RDIPP) No 2/2021: Abstracts

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The following comment is also featured: Rebekka Monico , Research fellow at the University of Insubria, La disciplina europea sul Geo-blocking e il diritto internazionale privato e processuale (The EU Geo-Blocking Regulation and Private International and Procedural Law). vii-485.

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