By: Nigel Bankes Document commented on: “Negotiations to Modernize the Columbia River Treaty, Agreement-in-Principle Content, Public Document”, dated August 30, 2024, release announced September 5, 2024. PDF Version: New “Public Document” on the Agreement in Principle to Modernize the Columbia River Treaty In the first part of July, the governments of Canada and the United…
In R v Bouvette, 2023 BCCA 152 [Bouvette] the Court of Appeal for British Columbia (BCCA) set aside a guilty plea and ordered a stay of proceedings where the Crown failed to disclose material documents to the defence. In doing so, they adopted a strict version of the test for when an acquittal is an…
In today’s world of air travel, the balance between passenger rights and airline obligations is beyond debate: grounded in solid consumer protection principles, passengers expect airlines to adhere to service standards and provide compensation in cases of disruption. However, this level of protection often places significant strain on airlines’ ability to operate efficiently and may…
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On June 6, 2023, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (collectively, the “Agencies”) issued final interagency guidance that provides granular recommendations for how banks and other regulated financial institutions should manage risks associated with third-party relationships (the “Guidance”). The Guidance…
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PD v. County of Suffolk, 2024 NY Slip Op 3405 – NY: Appellate Div., 2nd Dept. 2024: “WOOTEN, J. APPEAL by the defendant County of Suffolk, in an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., from an order of the Supreme Court (David T. Reilly, J.), dated April 6, 2023, and entered in Suffolk…
With the bell having tolled on the beginning of another schoolyear, there is perhaps no more fitting time to offer a refresher on the details, advantages, and complexities of registered education savings plans (RESPs), while also exploring some of the nuances in relation to their impact on estate planning. Overview and Advantages In general terms,…
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While French skincare company L’Occitane (the “Company”) successfully thwarted a mass arbitration effort by plaintiffs’ firm Zimmerman Reed and approximately 3,000 customers (the “Claimants”), the Southern District of California Court presiding over the matter indicated that the Company’s case against them was on the verge of dismissal. L’Occitane v. Zimmerman Reed, et al., No. 2:24-cv-01103…
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This video is the second about the dangers of old DUI/DWI/OUI from any state with a New York DWI or DWAI charge. New York DMV will have a 25 year look back period from the date of the most recent offense. You will likely have to fill out (honestly) the NYS DMV form MV-47, called…
Print this article POST 11 OF THE SERIES OF THE ODYSSEUS BLOG ON THE PACT ON MIGRATION & ASYLUM By Tesseltje de Lange, Professor of European Migration Law, Director of the Centre for Migration Law, Radboud University Nijmegen Introduction The 2020 Pact on Migration and Asylum made a promise of better regulation of legal pathways…
In the beginning the NYS legislature created CPLR § 3101(f). And 3101(f) thusly provided: Contents of insurance agreement. A party may obtain discovery of the existence and contents of any insurance agreement under which any person carrying on an insurance business may be liable to satisfy part or all of a judgment which may be…
