In his Insurance Law column, Jonathan Dachs restates the "general, well-settled and widely known" rules for interpreting insurance policy provisions and uses case law to show how the courts are often ...

ONE of the most familiar facts concerning our political system is the division of powers between the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the government. Hardly less familiar is the ...

On Dec. 8, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court heard long-awaited oral argument in Facebook v. Duguid on what constitutes an “automatic telephone dialing system” (ATDS) under the Telephone Consumer ...

Supreme Court Associate Justice Elena Kagan discussed what she described as “remarkable” changes in interpretation of statutory law in a conversation with law professor John F. Manning ’82 during an ...

In the products arena, it is not every day that foreign law becomes relevant to a domestic lawsuit. When it does, however, it can create confusion and uncertainty amongst the litigants and the court.

This article discusses various New York State environmental acts, such as the State Ivory Law and Endangered Species Act. The majority opinion, authored by Circuit Judges Pierre N. Level and Myrna ...

During patent examination, pending patent claims are given the broadest reasonable interpretation that is consistent with the specification (i.e., the disclosure of the invention in the application ...

Judicial Interpretation II clarifies double wage rules in China, explaining liability, exemptions, and calculation.