[Note: my blogging hiatus is due to a trip to China. I will return to the US this weekend and presumably resume my regular blogging cadence then.] This is a confusing lawsuit that has been through several names, including “Sarah v. Google” and “Unknown Parties v. Google.” The court previously described the core allegations: The…
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Multi-car accidents can be terrifying. When several vehicles collide on I-287 or the Hutchinson River Parkway, chaos follows—sirens, damaged cars, and unsure drivers wondering who caused what. Sorting out fault in a pileup crash isn’t simple, especially in New York, where multiple drivers may share responsibility. At Gash & Associates, P.C. in White Plains, we…
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Denmark took over the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union on 1 July. Vera Spyrakou writes that at a time when Europe faces mounting challenges, Denmark’s presidency must aim to bridge divides between the EU’s member states. From 1 July to 31 December, Denmark will hold the Presidency of the Council of…
In a case that is likely to provide much awaited guidance on the application of trade mark law to non-fungible tokens (NFTs), luxury design house Hermès International and Hermès of Paris, Inc. (Hermès) is suing artist Mason Rothschild in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York for trademark infringement and dilution,…
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While high-conflict family law trials are not the norm, they continue to overwhelm the justice system in numbers that seem to be escalating. JP v. KS 2025 BCCA 112 is such a case. The litigation began in September 2018 when the police were called by the parties’ 6-year-old daughter, who together with her brother, witnessed their…
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In May 2025 a second edition of Regulation in Australia was published. This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the nature of regulation, its origins and development in Australia, why governments regulate, how they regulate, and who regulates whom at the federal, state and local government levels. Management of the regulatory process, the principles of…
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On June 27, 2025, the Texas Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in Cactus Water Services, LLC v. COG Operating, LLC, No. 23-0676, resolving a high-stakes dispute over the ownership of produced water—a vexing byproduct of oil and gas production that is increasingly being viewed as a resource rather than waste—and its constituents. The Court…
AS PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED IN THE RURAL VOICE: The Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruled on a case where the duties surrounding easements and who has the obligation to maintain an easement were at issue. An easement is a legal right to use another person’s land for a specified purpose and must have four characteristics to…
This case is a reminder for me of the salient issue in my school CRA cases in MA. CK v. LK, 2025 NY Slip Op 50992 – NY: Supreme Court, Richmond 2025: “This matrimonial action was commenced on XX XX, 2024. The parties were married on XX XX, 2006, and there are two unemancipated children…
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Päivi Leino-Sandberg (University of Helsinki) Photo credit: Cancillería Ecuador via Wikimedia Commons When conducting research, I often file requests for access to documents (ATD) under the EU’s access to documents regulation (1049/2001), primarily with the Commission and the Council, and use them as a source of empirical research. In this blogpost, I…
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