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Just Published: Dini Sejko, "Sovereign Investors as ICSID Claimants: Lessons from the Drafting Documents and the Case Law," Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, Vol. 56, No. 3, 2023

30 Jun 2023, 6:11 pm

Surprisingly, the majority of these ICSID awards are filed by European SCEs, while SCEs from developing countries represent only a minority. [read post]

Law at the End of the Day - https://lcbackerblog.blogspot.com/

“Imagine” the Improbable: John Lennon, the Supreme Court, and the Resurrection of Prosecutorial Discretion in Immigration Cases

30 Jun 2023, 5:50 pm by Angelo A. Paparelli

Cox, 342 F. 2d 167, 171 (CA5 1965). [read post]

Nation of Immigrators - http://www.nationofimmigrators.com

[Eugene Volokh] S. Ct. Holds That Speech Creators (e.g., Web Designers) Can't Be Required to Create Content They Object to,

30 Jun 2023, 8:20 am by Eugene Volokh

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The Volokh Conspiracy - http://www.volokh.com/

[Eugene Volokh] The First Amendment and Refusals to Deal

25 Jun 2023, 10:54 am by Eugene Volokh

It's based on amicus briefs that Michael Dorf (Cornell), Andrew Koppelman (Northwestern), and I filed in past cases (and that I blogged about before), but it elaborates somewhat further on that argument. [read post]

The Volokh Conspiracy - http://www.volokh.com/

Convictions Vacated for “Technical” Pleading Defects

15 Jun 2023, 11:48 am by Shea Denning

Several years ago, I posted about State v. [read post]

North Carolina Criminal Law Blog - http://nccriminallaw.sog.unc.edu/

[Eugene Volokh] Amicus Brief Supporting Netflix in Tort Lawsuit Over 13 Reasons Why

14 Jun 2023, 5:01 am by Eugene Volokh

Argument I. [read post]

The Volokh Conspiracy - http://www.volokh.com/

¡Que decida el menor! Peligroso antecedente de la SCBA en materia de restitución internacional

9 Jun 2023, 5:00 am by Unknown

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DIPr Argentina - http://www.diprargentina.com/

Modernizing Regulatory Review: Assessing All Important Impacts, by Jonathan B. Wiener

7 Jun 2023, 8:30 am by Guest Author

Bush Administration OIRA head Susan Dudley and former EPA policy official Brian Mannix write that, “[i]n principle, a benefit-cost analysis should be ‘complete. [read post]

Notice & Comment - https://www.yalejreg.com/nc/

The Supreme Court's Latest Ruling on the Dormant Commerce Clause: More Evidence that People Disagree on the Appropriate Degree of Economic Integration

31 May 2023, 8:09 pm by Simon Lester

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International Economic Law and Policy Blog - http://worldtradelaw.typepad.com/ielpblog/

The Supreme Court's Latest Ruling on the Dormant Commerce Clause: More Evidence that People Disagree on the Appropriate Degree of Economic Integration

31 May 2023, 8:09 pm by Simon Lester

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International Economic Law and Policy Blog - https://ielp.worldtradelaw.net/

Thursday Thinkpiece: Bourrie on Fundamental Law for Journalists

10 May 2023, 4:00 am by Administrator

I thought I knew a bit about law. [read post]

Slaw - http://www.slaw.ca/

Milbank Discusses Universal Proxy and “Horizontal” Conflicts

9 May 2023, 9:01 pm by renholding

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The CLS Blue Sky Blog - https://clsbluesky.law.columbia.edu/

The Greek Supreme Court has decided: Relatives of persons killed in accidents are immediate victims

7 May 2023, 10:05 am by Apostolos Anthimos

The interdependence of Brussels I bis Regulation and Rome II Regulation It is true that in the interpretation of Article 4(1) Regulation 864/2007 on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations, the CJEU ruled that, damages connected with the death of a person due to such an accident within the Member State of the trial court, suffered by the victim’s relatives residing in another Member State, must be characterized as “indirect results” of the said accident,… [read post]

Conflict of Laws .net - https://conflictoflaws.net

Government Contracts Cost and Pricing – The Truth in Negotiations Act … or Whatever the Kids Are Calling It These Days (Part 1)

27 Apr 2023, 11:23 am by Keith Szeliga

For services that are “of a type” offered and sold competitively in substantial quantities in the commercial marketplace, the contracting officer must determine that the offeror has submitted sufficient information to evaluate price reasonableness through price analysis.[38] For DoD, NASA, and the Coast Guard, minor modifications to commercial products that do not change the commercial product to other than commercial are exempt from the requirement to submit certified cost or… [read post]

Government Contracts Blog - https://www.governmentcontractslawblog.com/

ChatGPT vs. Copyright Law

27 Apr 2023, 9:02 am by Ernie Svenson

King (C, Am, F, G) “Beast of Burden” by The Rolling Stones (B, E, F#, E Keep in mind that the chords and keys might vary between these examples, but they all share the same I-IV-V-IV progression structure. [read post]

Ernie The Attorney - http://ernietheattorney.net/

Rethinking Civics Education at a Time of Civics Fragility

26 Apr 2023, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger

It's not true, but I challenge anyone to say it is not a goal worth working for. [read post]

Balkinization - http://balkin.blogspot.com/

(1) Evidence was sufficient to prove a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a) — which prohibits using a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct to produce a visual depiction of that conduct — when the defendant created a video showing a fully clothed, sleeping teenager and the defendant (nearby) engaging in conduct with himself. (2) Also, a 5-level sentencing enhancement, for engaging in a “pattern of activity” involving “prohibited sexual conduct,” was proper — under U.S.S.G. § 4B1.5(b)(1) — based on the offense of conviction and proof (by a preponderance) of just one other prohibited act. (3) Finally, a 70-year prison sentence, the Circuit holds. isn’t substantively unreasonable. United States v. Osuba, No. 20-3322, __ F.4th ____ (2d Cir. Apr. 17, 2023) (C.J.J.’s Calabresi, Park, Nardini).

24 Apr 2023, 2:08 pm by Darrell Fields

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Federal Defenders of New York Blog - http://blog.federaldefendersny.org/

[Eugene Volokh] A Normal Supreme Court

7 Apr 2023, 9:27 am by Eugene Volokh

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