Ahead of a decision from California’s insurance commissioner on a State Farm General request for emergency rate increases, company executives and representatives of a consumer group pled their opposing cases in letters to Commissioner Ricardo Lara. News outlets in California reported earlier this week that Commissioner Lara is leaning toward a solution that would have … Read more
TikTok has less than 75 days before facing another ban after President Donald Trump signed an executive order granting the viral video app an extension to find a buyer. With the clock ticking, the Trump administration is facilitating talks between potential U.S. buyers and TikTok’s China-based parent company, ByteDance. According to a new report from … Read more
Introduction. Tort Law Climate Litigation The recent decision by The Hague Court of Appeal on 12 November 2024 in the case Milieudefensie vs. Shell was eagerly awaited in both legal academia and the oil and gas industry. It overturns the path-breaking initial 2021 judgment, in which the Shell group was ordered to reduce its aggregate … Read more
Just seven weeks after the release of the AG’s Opinion the Kwantum v. Vitra case was decided by the European Court. For Dutch background and early criticism, see my earlier blog. The main question asked to the Court was whether a Member State may unilaterally apply the Berne Convention’s rule of material reciprocity (Article 2(7) … Read more
Andrew Radding, counsel at Brown, Goldstein & Levy, offered expert legal insight into the court’s decision regarding former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby’s request for a nightly curfew. Andy’s legal insight was included in a recent article published by The Baltimore Sun on October 16, 2024, titled “Federal judge denies ex-Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby’s … Read more