Second Circuit Holds that Acts of Genocide by Sudanese Government Are Not Afforded Act of State Doctrine Deference. Recent Case : 925 F.3d 53 (2d Cir. 2019) I found this article in the Harvard Law Review regarding the subject of International Law. Specifically, the “act of state”doctrine, which bars U.S. Courts from Read more…
I found this article in the Harvard Law Review by Professor Mila Sohoni, who has written a few impactful articles on administrative law. This article is an argument that national injunctions are not recent inventions, instead they are in conjunction with the long-established practices of federal courts. The issuance of Read more…
came across this very interesting article in a California legal blog . It is addressing the new legislation for qualifying independent contractors and the potential headaches this could cause employers. California’s hotly contested and closely followed AB 5 independent contractor bill, which would extend the ABC test beyond Wage Order Read more…
I came across this very interesting article in the ABA Journal . It is a historical review of the cases that changed our history. Education is a hallmark of civic life in the United States. So it’s not surprising that education has been at the forefront of many landmark controversies, Read more…
Found this article written by Jim Wagstaffe on Lexis Nexis and found that it provided a thoughtful review of some of the recent shifts in Civil Procedure. The U.S. Supreme Court steadily and without fanfare has been revolutionizing multiple areas of civil procedure to provide litigants with a battle plan Read more…
Found this article on the Harvard Law Review and found it sparking some interesting conversations about the balancing vs. structured decision procedures and which option might be best. Important doctrines in diverse areas of law employ structured decision procedures requiring, in rough terms, that the plaintiff first make some demonstration Read more…
How should we interpret legal instruments? How do we identify the law they create? Current approaches largely fall into two broad camps. The standard picture of interpretation is focused on language, using various linguistic conventions to discover a document’s meaning or a drafter’s intent. Those who see language as less Read more…