Applicability of Res Judicata and Lis Pendens in the Self-Contained Investor-State Arbitration Regime – The RMLNLU Law Review Blog

By: Gurkaranbir Singh INTRODUCTION Parallel proceedings in investor-state arbitration are an emerging phenomenon which operates as a stumbling block against the expeditious dispute resolution process. Such proceedings are possible in an international legal framework as international law does not provide a strict application of domestically practiced principles of Res Judidicata and Lis Pendens. This phenomenon […]

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Conservative group wins legal victory in case over teachers union’s $12.5M COVID loan

A conservative economic-policy group will get a $22,500 reward for blowing the whistle on a Michigan teachers union and its insurance arm, which got $12.5 million in government-backed loans during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Mackinac Center for Public Policy filed a lawsuit, arguing that the Michigan Education Association and the Michigan […]

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CALL FOR BLOGS- CENTER FOR ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION, RGNLU |Submit Now – The Legal Lock

ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY The Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law (RGNUL), Punjab, was established by the State Legislature of Punjab by passing the Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab Act, 2006 (Punjab Act No. 12 of 2006). The Act incorporated a University of Law of national stature in Punjab, to fulfill the need for […]

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Analysing ‘Forced Labor’ Jurisprudence in light of the Pandemic – The RMLNLU Law Review Blog

By: Chytanya S. Agarwal INTRODUCTION The COVID-19 pandemic was inter alia, marked by nationwide lockdowns, a financial crunch, the mass exodus of migrant workers, and relaxation of labor laws by many states. This leads to the issue of potentially conflicting rights. In this article, I deal with issues concerning such as conflicting constitutional rights during […]

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How a Bush-era law requiring border ‘perfection’ stands at the center of the GOP impeachment case

A budding GOP impeachment case against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is relying on a 2006 law that says operational control of the border means the prevention of “all unlawful entries” to the United States — a standard seen as impossible to meet. The Secure Fence Act of 2006 was passed during a failed Bush-era […]

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Jane Roberts’ legal recruiting work involved officials whose agencies had cases before the Supreme Court

Jane Roberts, the wife of Chief Justice John Roberts, acknowledged having represented a wide variety of public officials — including senior Justice Department officials and Cabinet members — as they transitioned to jobs in the private sector, according to testimony in an arbitration hearing to resolve a lawsuit filed by an ex-colleague against her former […]

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