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This week, the City of Cleveland (the City) and the State of Ohio (the State) took several key actions in the battle to prevent the Cleveland Browns from relocating to a domed facility in Brook Park, Ohio. On January 14,...more
As the snow has fallen on Washington, DC’s First Street over the past few days, the Supreme Court has begun to issue opinions in the current term....more
One of the ongoing goals of the New York State Office of Court Administration (“OCA”) is to periodically update and refine the jurisdictional criteria for the Commercial Division to ensure that it exclusively handles complex...more
In a unanimous 9-0 decision delivered on February 21, 2024, the US Supreme Court in Great Lakes Insurance SE v. Raiders Retreat Realty Co., LLC (“Great Lakes”) reinforced the enforceability of choice-of-law clauses in marine...more
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I recently questioned the basis for Delaware' assertion of personal jurisdiction over controlling stockholders. I noted that there is no "deemed consent" statute for controlling stockholders as there is for directors and...more
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously upheld plaintiffs’ ability to divest federal courts of jurisdiction through post-removal amendments to their complaints, overturning the prevailing appellate consensus. The decision in...more
Introduction - Cyprus is an EU member state and a common law jurisdiction with a legal system similar to that of the UK. It is located at the eastern end of Europe linking 3 continents, Europe, Africa and Asia and it has...more
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Did you fall for the clickbait headline? No, this post does not take a shot at Pennsylvania’s highest court. Instead, here we consider the court’s practice of ordering some cases “dismissed as improvidently granted” or...more
On January 15, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a unanimous decision in Royal Canin U.S.A., Inc. v. Wullschleger, No. 23–677, holding that when a case alleging both state and federal claims is removed to...more
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On January 13, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to grant certiorari in the case of Gauthier vs. Total Quality Logistics, leaving the decision of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals intact. This means that freight...more
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A landmark victory was obtained on behalf of Frontier Holdings Ltd (FHL), against Petroleum Exploration (Pvt) Ltd (PEL) in proceedings before the Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC)....more
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In a January 8, 2025, vote along party lines, the three Democratic Commissioners of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PA PUC or Commission), led by Chairman Stephen DeFrank, reversed nearly a decade of PA PUC...more
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In United States v. Nasri, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that the U.S. government must satisfy Due Process requirements before it can seek civil forfeiture of assets located abroad. The 2-1 split panel...more