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Case filings and docket equalization
Since its inception on September 1, 2024, 103 total cases have been filed in the five operating divisions of the Texas Business Court.
Commercial division update: Climate change litigation hits a storm
New York Law Journal
The city brought claims under the CPL (N.Y.C. Admin. Code §20-700, et seq.) alleging that defendants misled consumers about the environmental impact of their fossil fuel products and overstated their commitments to clean energy.
It alleged two primary forms of what the city called greenwashing: (1) product greenwashing, or statements that mislead consumers as to the climate benefits of a product and (2) corporate greenwashing, or statements that falsely present a corporation and its brand as climate friendly to induce consumers to purchase its products.
Download the full New York Law Journal article, "Commercial division update: Climate change litigation hits a storm."
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Public hearings commence on USTR proposal to increase port fee on Chinese vessels and operators
Public hearings were held in connection with the Office of the United States Trade Representative’s proposed actions under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 related to China’s Acts, Policies and Practices Targeting the Maritime, Logistics and Shipbuilding Sectors for Dominance.
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A lowered bar to prove economic domestic industry at the ITC
The Federal Circuit recently issued an opinion expanding the categories of evidence that complainants (e.g., patent owners) may use to prove Economic Domestic Industry in 19 U.S.C. § 1337 cases before the International Trade Commission.
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