Civil Law

Brazil’s Sustainable Taxonomy Action Plan enters public consultation

Brazil’s draft Sustainable Taxonomy Action Plan (the Action Plan), prepared by the Ministry of Finance, is currently under public consultation and receiving contributions and comments for its improvement. The deadline for taking part in the public consultation is October 20, 2023.

The development of a sustainable taxonomy seeks to address Brazil’s main environmental and social challenges, taking into account its commitments, objectives and priority plans. Consisting of a classification system that defines, on a scientific basis, activities, assets and/or categories … Read the rest

Supreme Court

Justices put Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan on hold

Justices put Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan on hold

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The Supreme Court on Thursday put a bankruptcy plan for Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of the highly addictive opioid painkiller OxyContin, on hold while it reviews a challenge to the legality of the plan, which would shield the Sackler family, the owners of the drug company, from lawsuits. In the brief order the justices agreed to hear oral arguments this December in the Biden administration’s appeal of a lower-court ruling approving the plan. There were no recorded dissents.

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The “Buffalo Billion” plan and Montana easement cases

The “Buffalo Billion” plan and Montana easement cases

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This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, whether the statute of limitations in the Quiet Title Act is a jurisdictional rule or a claims-processing rule and whether the government can prosecute wire fraud under a “right to control” theory of property.

In Wilkins v. United States, two landowners ask the justices to decide that the 12-year statute of limitations in the Quiet Title Act is not jurisdictional, with the … Read the rest