Setting criminal law aside, civil actions often aren’t about money at all — or maybe only tangentially. Often, what a dispute centers on, and what the lawsuit is all about, is simply rights and ...

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Mr S.O. Giwa argues that the principle of law that declaratory reliefs cannot be granted on admission is only applicable and relevant where either of the parties makes a factual admission in their ...

Bacanora concerned the validity of a gross overriding royalty on revenues from lithium produced from certain mineral claims in Mexico. As part of an acquisition in 2009, the Plaintiff, Bacanora ...

Conversion of State-Law Declaratory Judgment Actions Concerning First-Party Coverage Disputes into Federal Declaratory Judgment Actions Is Not Required Upon Removal Addressing the thorny issue of ...

Despite the legal strong arms of the world, it isn’t always about the money. In fact, setting criminal law — which is a horse of an entirely different color — aside, many times civil actions aren’t ...