New Caledonia, a French overseas territory in the Pacific, might become a state within France. The French government and six delegations representing pro- and anti- independence factions in New Caledonia have signed the Bougival Accord, a draft agreement setting a one-year timeline to reconfigure France’s constitutional system and its relation to its former colony. The accord is unprecedented in France’s legal history, but hardly an oddity in comparative territorial autonomy or post-colonial arrangements. Strategically, it offers France a unique opportunity to consolidate its presence in the Pacific and ensure preferential nickel supply to the European market. All involved parties make concessions in the agreement, yet France seems to come on top, as a weakened pro-independence movement and an understandably exhausted population may favour reconciliation efforts.
Lose in South Carolina, Lose Here
Dodson v Adorama Camera Inc. 2025 NY Slip Op 51258(U) Decided on July 10, 2025Supreme Court, New York County Lebovits, J. holds that there is no Judiciary Law 487 violation in opposing this particular action seeking to domesticate a valid sister-state judgment. “This is an action to domesticate a South Carolina judgment obtained by plaintiff,…
