Eight young people are suing the government of Alaska – the nation’s fastest-warming state – claiming a major new fossil fuel project violates their state constitutional rights. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/22/alaska-youth-climate-change-lawsuit
The state-owned Alaska Gasline Development Corporation has proposed a $38.7bn gas export project that would roughly triple the state’s greenhouse gas emissions for decades, the lawsuit says. Scientists have long warned that fossil fuel extraction must be swiftly curbed to secure a livable future. #climate#litigation#Alaska I did some fieldwork on previous climate litigation in Alaska https://eprints.qut.edu.au/118264/
The “enhanced care model,” replaced #litigation based model & provides set amounts of #compensation by #injury type to victims, regardless of fault & without a referral. It eliminates most victims’ #RightToSue.
Hugh Grant has been priced out of his ‘phone hacking’ lawsuit against The Sun, after learning it would cost him more money to win than it would cost Rupert Murdoch.
Here the UPC has been quite lenient on a claimant for revocation who wrongly identified the patentee. It may be less lenient in an infringement action where the defendant is not evident unless correctly stated.
Yes, the company went public. No, it is not a financial success—or even a lifeboat.
Debuting on the charts w/a “DJT” ticker, #TrumpMedia saw a 55% surge in valuation right after markets opened.
Huge influx of cash, right? w/Trump holding ~79M shares, equating to 58% of available stock, the #SPAC debut balloons his #NetWorth by nearly $5B; there were ~136M shares outstanding post-merger.
…both #TrumpMedia & #DWAC are facing 3 lawsuits, incl’g 1 from 2 #TruthSocial co-founders & fmr Apprentice contestants who allege #Trump purposefully stiffed them on a company stake. That #litigation isn’t going to die down in the midst of a #MemeStock craze.
By the end of Tues, the stock had dropped from its 55% surge down to 16% up from pre-market levels…it hasn’t returned anywhere near close to that peak…. people will keep on trading $DJT. It just isn’t going to help Trump anytime soon.
An MNC is the target of a civil claim for its role in #climateChange. It is #Holcim (which bought Lafarge in 2015, just after the bribes to the terrorist organisation "Islamic State").
The Cantonal Court of Zug has ruled "that the court costs and lawyers' fees will be borne by the State."
The issue of the extent to which UPC local divisions would hear counterclaims for revocation in infringement cases, or refer the counterclaim to the central division (bifurcation), as well as to the extent different local divisions would diverge, was widely discussed before the UPC commenced operations. The picture emerging from early orders is that parties generally agree on what they want, and the court orders it!
#RudyGiuliani could be forced to #sue longtime ally #Trump by a group of #creditors that the cash-strapped fmr NYC mayor owes tens of millions of dollars.
The Committee of Unsecured Creditors, which represents individuals & entities to whom #Giuliani owes money, are “discussing” making Giuliani file a #lawsuit against Trump to get their money, a source close to the matter told The Independent.
The group has had ongoing discussions since early Feb, the source says, about possible #litigation against #Trump in an effort to collect $2M in #Giuliani’s unpaid #legal fees. The disgraced #lawyer claims he is owed that amount for his spurious effort to overturn #2020election results.
Legally, the committee can use the #bankruptcy court to compel Guiliani to sue TFG.
This is a cautionary tale from the UPC - a last-minute request for extension of time to file a defence was rejected. This will leave the revocation action uncontested unless the patentee can successfully appeal.
#SCOTUS is “…far behind in issuing rulings for cases heard since the start of the term in Oct. The #court has announced just 5 decisions, leaving 92% of cases to be resolved b4 the term ends in late Jun or early Jul.
“…the court’s backlog represents the slowest pace of any term in the tenure of CJ #JohnRoberts. By Mar1 of the ‘05 term, the court had issued rulings in >⅓ of its cases. That dropped to 21% by this point in the ‘20 term. This yr, it is at 8%.”
“‘That was then, this is now — & now it’s Donald Trump, Donald Trump, Donald Trump,’ said Pamela Karlan, a Stanford #law prof & co-dir of the school’s #SCOTUS#Litigation Clinic.
“In Jan, the justices agreed to decide whether states can #disqualify#Trump from the #ballot for…the #Jan6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. The court quickly held argument 5wks later, w/a majority… appearing poised to prevent CO from barring Trump from holding office. But they have not announced their decision.”
A disappointing judgment from the UPC Court of Appeal, ruling that the act of requesting access to a document filed at the Court requires representation by a UPC Representative. It will be onerous for journalists, for example, to have to instruct a UPC Representative to get to even ask to see a document, such as a statement of claim or defence. Does the UPC really want to lack transparency to this extent? (short post by me)