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What is jurisdiction, and why is it important to climate change litigation?

28 Nov 2022, 9:47 am by Andria So

Local actors seek climate change damages from the biggest fossil fuel companies through state law litigation In the wake of West Virginia v. [read post]

Legal Planet - https://legal-planet.org/

Twitter Blue Fiasco – “Please note that Twitter will do lots of dumb things in coming months”, tweeted Elon Musk

28 Nov 2022, 8:26 am by James Kwong

A common one is the absence of knowledge of the wrongdoing, as demonstrated in the case of L’Oréal SA v eBay International AG, where the High Court stated that eBay “did not know that such infringements had occurred and were likely to continue to occur” and this (amongst other factors) were not enough to make eBay liable as joint tortfeasors. [read post]

IPKat - http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/

Timing Is Everything

28 Nov 2022, 6:58 am by Michael Caruso

Ramirez v. [read post]

Southern District of Florida Blog - http://sdfla.blogspot.com/

“What’s in a Name?” A Shortened Restrictive Covenant Duration, Perhaps

28 Nov 2022, 6:42 am by Dawn Mertineit

In Schnitzer Steel Indus., Inc. v. [read post]

Trading Secrets - http://www.tradesecretslaw.com/

Appraising Sandy’s Call to “Arms”: Success in the Academy … Not So Much in the Courts

28 Nov 2022, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger

Finally ending its Second Amendment silence, the Supreme Court in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. [read post]

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

[Eugene Volokh] Surviving Home Invaders May Be Charged with Murder After Resident Shot and Killed One of Them in Self-Defense

28 Nov 2022, 6:02 am by Eugene Volokh

From 1981 to 2010, Georgia had precedents on the books making it an agency state; but in State v. [read post]

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

The Ethiopia-Tigray Permanent Cessation of Hostilities Agreement and the Question of Accountability for International Crimes

28 Nov 2022, 5:55 am by Owiso Owiso

As the African Union Transitional Justice Policy (AUTJP) notes in paragraph 46(v), a fundamental benchmark for peace agreements is the inclusion of comprehensive provisions on justice, accountability, and reconciliation. [read post]

Just Security - https://www.justsecurity.org/

Fed. Dist. Court of Michigan Finds Plaintiffs Did Not Obtain a Vested Property Interest Because Their Nonconforming Use Did Not Comply with Prior Zoning Ordinance in Effect

28 Nov 2022, 4:50 am by Patricia Salkin

Both sides sought summary judgment on Count V, which claimed violations of substantive due process under federal and state law. [read post]

Law of the Land - https://lawoftheland.wordpress.com/

The Challenge of Writing a Constitutional Law Exam in a History-Centric Regime

28 Nov 2022, 4:45 am by Michael C. Dorf

I couldn't possibly give such a question on an exam.Well, so what? [read post]

Dorf on Law - http://www.dorfonlaw.org/

Municipal ordinance banning pit bulls upheld in USA

28 Nov 2022, 3:57 am by Patrick Bracher (ZA)

Nelson & Others v The City Council of Bluff, Iowa: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, case number 21-3794 (10 November 2022) [read post]

Financial Institutions Legal Snapshot - http://www.financialinstitutionslegalsnapshot.com/

Pennsylvania Bad Faith Law and Learning From Others Cases

28 Nov 2022, 3:00 am by Chip Merlin

So, how did the court treat this situation? [read post]

Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog - http://www.propertyinsurancecoveragelaw.com/

The Defense and a Special Prosecutor Agree About Unfairness in a Missouri Capital Case: Will That Be Enough to Stop an Execution?

27 Nov 2022, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat

It should do what both Johnson’s defense lawyer and the state’s special prosecutor are asking it to do and halt his execution so that the issues they have raised can be thoroughly vetted.As his defense lawyer puts it, that court must stop “one arm of the state (the executive)…. [read post]

Verdict - http://verdict.justia.com/

"Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit’s “right to control” theory of fraud — which treats the deprivation of complete and accurate information bearing on a person’s economic decision as a species of property fraud — states a valid basis for liability under the federal wire fraud statute."

27 Nov 2022, 5:24 pm by David Oscar Markus

That's the question presented in Ciminelli v. [read post]

Southern District of Florida Blog - http://sdfla.blogspot.com/

Law and Media Round Up – 28 November 2022

27 Nov 2022, 4:38 pm by INFORRM

Events On 29 November 2022, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is hosting a virtual talk on “Contemporary First Amendment Politics” at the California State University. [read post]

Inforrm's Blog - https://inforrm.wordpress.com/

The CFPB’s Blank Check—or, Delegating Congress’s Power of the Purse

27 Nov 2022, 3:06 pm by Adam White

” In Community Financial Services v. [read post]

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

Court of Chancery Explains Limits of Equitable Subject-Matter Jurisdiction

27 Nov 2022, 12:53 pm by Francis Pileggi

” (footnotes omitted)); Abry P’rs V, L.P. v. [read post]

Delaware Corporate and Commercial Litigation Blog - http://www.delawarelitigation.com/

Court agrees to hear parody goods case

27 Nov 2022, 11:03 am by Thomas James

Rogers v. [read post]