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LK Shields | Ireland | 4 Nov 2022
High Court upholds the constitutionality of the personal injuries guidelines
A decision of the High Court of Ireland has upheld the constitutionality of the Personal Injuries Guidelines. The Personal Injuries Guidelines have…
Preslmayr Attorneys at Law | Austria | 14 Sep 2022
Constitutional Court rules that cannabis ban is not unconstitutional
In Austria, as in many other countries, efforts have been made to legalise hemp and cannabis. In 2021, an application was filed with the Constitutional Court to declare several provisions of the Act on Addictive Drugs as unconstitutional and certain provisions of the Regulation on Addictive Drugs as illegal. However, the Court chose not to enter into a closer review of the cannabis ban and......
Gün + Partners | Turkey | 13 Sep 2022
How to file an individual application with Constitutional Court
In Turkey, anyone can apply to the Constitutional Court on the grounds that their fundamental rights and freedoms have been violated by public force. According to the Constitutional Court, 428,554 individual applications were filed between 23 September 2012 and 30 June 2022, and 320,253 of these have been concluded. This article sets out the procedure for filing an individual application with......
Leks&Co | Indonesia | 26 Jul 2022
Uncertainty after Constitutional Court decision on Job Creation Law
In November 2021, the Constitutional Court declared that the Job Creation Law 2020 was conditionally unconstitutional and instructed the government to revise the law within two years. The court's decision is historic and important – the government will need to learn from it the hard way. The government should rectify the issue immediately to avoid causing further legal uncertainty, which is......
Martínez Algaba de Haro y Curiel | Mexico | 15 Mar 2022
New interpretation of diffuse control of constitutionality
A new interpretation has been made on the scope of the diffuse control of constitutionality in amparo trials. An "amparo trial" is where a federal judge or court is requested to analyse the constitutionality of a specific act of an authority. The interpretation is more in line with the spirit of the amendment of the Mexican Constitution in 2011 since it seeks to provide amparo judges and......
Duane Morris LLP | USA | 10 Aug 2021
Eighth Circuit Upholds Part of Iowa “Ag Gag” Law
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit upheld, in part, the constitutionality of an Iowa law that makes it a criminal offense to…
Morrison & Foerster LLP | USA | 29 Jul 2021
This Week at the Ninth: Beef Speech and Presumptive Plaintiffs
This week, the Court addresses the constitutionality of government assessments that fund third-party beef advertisements, and clarifies the…
Proskauer Rose LLP | USA | 29 Mar 2021
One to Watch: Constitutional Challenges to NYC’s Price Gouging Rule
On March 18, 2021, retailer Union Square Supply, Inc. filed a civil rights class action lawsuit in the Southern District of New York challenging New…
Duane Morris LLP | USA | 22 Feb 2021
D.C. Circuit Ducks Constitutionality of USDA ALJ’s — For Now
A divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit recently decided a significant case for those…
Eugene Thuraisingam LLP | Singapore | 24 Jan 2021
Constitutional Challenge to Section 377A - Singapore Court of Appeal to Hear Arguments
In Ong Ming Johnson v Attorney-General and other matters [2020] SGHC 63, our client applied to review the constitutionality of section 377A of the…
