Class Action

Ruskola, Colonialism Without Colonies: On the Extraterritorial Jurisprudence of the U.S. Court of Claims for China
Colonialism Without Colonies: On the Extraterritorial Jurisprudence of the U.S. Court for China has just been posted by Teemu Ruskola, Emory University School of Law. Here's the abstract: The United States Court for China was created by Congress in 1906, and it was not abolished until 1943...

Int'l Bar Assoc. Report on Extraterritorial Jurisdiction
Draft Report of the Securities Law Subcommittee of the Task Force on Extraterritorial Jurisdiction of the International Bar Association, by MARGARET E. TAHYAR, Davis Polk & Wardwell; JAAP WILLEUMIER, Stibbe, ERIC J...

Extraterritorial Application of U.S. Laws
See this post of Roger Alford on a recent case of the Eleventh Circuit regarding the U.S. Child Sex Trafficking Laws. Related posts:Narrowing the Extraterritorial Reach of U.S. Patent Laws: Cardiac Pacemakers Inc...

Some jurisdiction/merits clarity
I don't know much about § 10(b) or its extra-territorial application, the subject of today's decision in Morrison v. National Australia Bank. But I was cheered by Part II of Justice Scalia's majority opinion, which held that the question of the extraterritorial reach of § 10(b) does not raise a question of subject matter jurisdiction...

THE SUPREME COURT OF THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS IN CIVIL PROCEEDINGS
It serves the whole Kingdom The Kingdom of the Netherlands is comprised of three separate jurisdictions, the Netherlands (i.e.: the part of the Kingdom located in North Western Europe), the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba...

"U.S. Supreme Court reaffirms conviction in '94 Sacramento slaying"
"U.S. Supreme Court reaffirms conviction in '94 Sacramento slaying": Michael Doyle has this article today in The Sacramento Bee.

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
Descriptions of law enforcement occupations

California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Is Barack Obama a Natural Born Citizen?
Wrotnowski v. Bysiewicz (Supreme Court): Does Obama meet the constitutional requirements to be President

Heart of Atlanta v United States
Supreme Court Decision: Civil Rights Act Protected by Interstate Commerce Clause

Unwed Fathers' Rights in Adoption
Landmark Cases in Adoption Law Shape Law with respect to Unwed Fathers

Ebay Fined
French Court Sets Fine at $61 Million

Personal Injury
Appeals Court Upholds Congressional Legislation

Tomato Salmonella
Sheetz Convenience Stores agrees to confidential out-of-court settlement with food poisoning victim.

National Association of Realtors
Settlement reached in broker listing antitrust lawsuit, pending court approval.

Missouri Attorney General's Office
$26,000 settlement reached in disability discrimination lawsuit, pending court approval.

Rutland School District
Double pay offered as part of class action wage dispute settlement, pending court approval.