JD Supra

Interpreting Termination Clauses: a Recent Example From the Court of Appeal

In this Insight, first published in PLC, Shy Jackson considers the Court of Appeal's decision in Providence Building Services Ltd v Hexagon Housing Association Ltd [2024] EWCA Civ 962 that a ...
Case Western Reserve University

Supreme Court follows reasoning of CWRU amicus brief in landmark decision interpreting the Hague Convention on Child Abduction

On June 15, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Golan v. Saada, a case about how to interpret the Hague Convention on Child Abduction in which the Frederick K. Cox International Law ...
JD Supra

Interpreting EU Sanctions: The Court of Justice enters the debate

The lack of judicial authority on the precise scope of EU sanctions can be a challenge as these are typically drafted very broadly - often the product of a political compromise among 27 Member States ...
Capitol WeeklyOpinion

The possible value of legislative declarations in statutory interpretation

While textualists want to only focus on the actual text of the statute, the purpose of statutory interpretation, in my ...
JDJournal

Law Professor Influences Supreme Court National Guard Case

A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision involving the federal use of National Guard troops highlights how academic legal analysis can play a decisive role at the n ...
Hartford Courant

CT Supreme Court rules for wife in religious marriage case. Here’s why.

The state Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to enforce a premarital agreement signed by a couple as part of their Jewish wedding ceremony, saying that attempts to interpret and enforce disputes over ...
The Providence Journal

Kids as translators? Non-English speakers lack trained interpreters in RI's local courts

In recent years, interpretation in RI's District, Family and Superior courts has improved, but not in municipal and probate courts, where language interpretation is often informal and haphazard.
Yakima Herald-Republic

Community Q&A: Dora E. Ornelas, certified court interpreter

In 1991, Dora Ornelas went to the Yakima County Courthouse looking for a part-time job during what she thought was going to be a brief time in Yakima. Since then, Ornelas has become a full-time ...
The Durango Herald

Durango hires Spanish interpreter for municipal court proceedings

The city of Durango has a new municipal court interpreter to provide on-site translation services for Spanish-speaking residents who have court appointments. Now, the city must get the word out. Faye ...
MassLive

Court interpreters in Mass. plan February walkout over stagnant wages

Per diem court interpreters in Massachusetts say they haven’t had a cost of living adjustment in 17 years and after hearing what they say is silence from officials, plan to walk out next month. An ...
AOL

SD courts aim to improve language access as diversity, interpreter needs grow

Interpreter use in South Dakota courtrooms has more than doubled in the last decade, according to the Unified Judicial System. Requests for translation services, which cost the state more than $26,000 ...