01 July 2022 Harris Beach To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. In its Kennedy v. Bremerton School District The decision, the US Supreme Court has made a bold move that seems to disregard established precedent and leaves school district administrators and boards puzzled as…
In short The Situation:Over the past several years, the Australian Government has introduced numerous major law reforms in the class actions space. These efforts included regulations covering litigation funders, who fund many of the major class actions filed in Australia, as we reported on here. The regulations, introduced in 2020, sought to reinforce a 2009…
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. In collaboration with the Cauda Equina Champions Charitywe have conducted research that suggests there is still work to be done to improve emergency care for cauda equina syndrome so as to avoid life-changing outcomes. We received feedback from…
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01 July 2022 Tauil & Checker To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. In an additional chapter of climate litigation developments in Brazil, a non-governmental organization (NGO) filed a public civil action against the equity investment branch of the Brazilian National Bank for Economic and…
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Hidden among its flurry of end-of-term blockbusters, on June 27, 2022, the US Supreme Court issued a long-awaited opinion in Ruan v. United States. In Ruan, the Supreme Court addressed the issue of what mens rea A physician…
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia (FCAFC) allowed an appeal from Australia’s second shareholder class action, Crowley v Worley Limited [2022] FCAFC 33, and remitted the case back to a single judge for determination, which may give…
01 July 2022 Sydney Criminal Lawyers To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. It has been reported that television broadcaster Channel 10 has hired leading Sydney defamation barrister Dr Matthew Collins AM QC to go on the offensive against those who may defame presenter Lisa…
Enforcement law is, first of all, a formal branch of law, and the constraints in the law are of greater importance than the material law itself. In so far, the formal legal arrangements stipulated by the 2004 Execution and Bankruptcy Law (“EBL“or”Law“), especially the period of limitations, need to be handled carefully in terms of…
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Removal of a useful tool for gathering evidence On 13thJune 2022 a unanimous US Supreme Court held that 28 USC §1782 – which allows a party to apply for discovery in foreign proceedings – does not apply to…
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. For many Canadians, the turn of the calendar into the fall and winter months means the return of playing hockey. In Saskatchewan alone, there are hundreds of recreational hockey teams, all representing different ages, skill levels, and intensity. At its…
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