Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Bowman , which addresses the scope of federal criminal statutes, into its current extraterritoriality framework. The court held that Virginia’s common law requirements were met, even though Virginia might not have granted a divorce under the same circumstances.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 7, 2019

West Virginia v. The federal district court for the District of South Dakota temporarily enjoined enforcement of provisions of a riot boosting statute enacted in South Dakota in 2019 in response to anticipated protests of the Keystone XL pipeline. The court also declined to “create a new tort named abusive litigation.”

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 15, 2021

There was a surprising claim by Prince Andrew this week by his defense in the lawsuit from Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who claims that she was forced to have sex with him at the behest of Jeffrey Epstein. Florida Southern District Court.

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

United States District Judge Laura Taylor Swain issued a ruling in New York to apply Virginia’s choice of law standard that in turn applied California’s defamation laws. In my torts class, I teach defamation and often discuss the California retraction law. It was a cascading deconstruction of the lawsuit. 2d 324, 326 (Va.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

The magistrate judge concluded that the suit was barred by the statute of limitations. The court further found that the plaintiffs conceded that venue in Boulder County was not proper for San Miguel under this statute. Forest Service Categorical Exclusions Challenged in Virginia Federal Court. WildEarth Guardians v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 8, 2021

Supreme Court held that the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals erred when it concluded that its review of the remand order in Baltimore’s climate change case against fossil fuel companies was limited to determining whether the defendants properly removed the case under the federal officer removal statute. May 10, 2021).

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 28, 2021

Grimm , leaves in place a lower-court ruling that found that a Virginia school district violated federal law when it barred students from using the restrooms that align with their gender identities. corporations can be sued for violations of the Alien Tort Statute, the law on which the Iraqi plaintiffs were relying, at all.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 2, 2021

The Court held that the provision used “extension” in its “temporal sense,” but that the statute did not impose a “continuity requirement” and instead allowed small refineries to apply for hardship extensions “at any time.” Virginia Federal Court Said Challenge to NEPA Regulations Was Not Justiciable. Wild Virginia v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 9, 2021

In Minnesota, the district court granted the State of Minnesota’s motion to remand its case, which asserts state law claims under common law and consumer protection statutes. s consumer protection statute. On March 26, 2021, the court denied Exxon’s emergency motion for a temporary stay of the remand order.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The court also dismissed defamation and related state tort claims. The court also granted motions to strike the state law claims pursuant to California’s anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation) statute. West Virginia v. The court granted the company leave to amend its complaint with 21 days. 15-1363 (D.C.

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