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Thailand court’s dismissal of spyware misuse lawsuit spurs international concern

JURIST

Pai first brought the tort complaint in July 2023 based on a warning email sent by Apple and a 2022 joint report by Thai civil society groups and Citizen Lab. The report found that the Pegasus spyware attacked at least 30 people, most of whom were involved in the 2020-2021 protests for Thailand’s Pro-Democracy Movement.

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Compensatory damages equal to amount plaintiff paid for home affirmed in fraud case.

Day on Torts

Where there was material evidence to show that plaintiff met her required due diligence, the jury verdict for plaintiff on her intentional misrepresentation and fraud claim was affirmed. While defendant asserted that there was insufficient evidence to show that plaintiff did her due diligence, the Court disagreed.

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Dismissal partially reversed based on fraudulent concealment.

Day on Torts

This suit, however, was not filed until December 2020, more than three years after plaintiff first became aware of the mold. Note: Chapter 65, Section 10 of Day on Torts: Leading Cases in Tennessee Tort Law has been updated to include this decision. internal citation and quotations omitted).

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UN Draft Treaty on Transnational Business Enterprises and Human Rights in the Making: Raising the Global Bar in Corporate Litigation

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

This holds for tort law (liability), criminal law, and administrative law. States have limited freedoms in the regulatory measures chosen; measures obliging business enterprises to carry out human rights due diligence must be legally enforceable (Art. 2(e), 6, 7, and 8, in particular).

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Litigation Moneyball: Data Mining Litigators

The Cloud Court Blog

It’s no secret that some bad attorneys pursue their cases without diligence. 30, 2020 (“In a typical tort litigation setting, the plaintiff may indeed have private information about the damages she has suffered while the defendant may have private information about his liability for the accident. What kind of data?

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Conflict of Laws - Untitled Article

Conflict of Laws

The EU Sustainability Directive and Jurisdiction The Draft for a Corporate Sustainable Due Diligence Directive currently contains no rules on jurisdiction. Sommerfeld ) The Proposal for a Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence The process towards an EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive is gaining momentum.

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Shell litigation in the Dutch courts – milestones for private international law and the fight against climate change

Conflict of Laws

Applicable law is defined based on the Dutch conflict of laws rules on torts, namely art. Also there is a growing body of doctrinal work on human right violations in other countries, corporate social responsibility, due diligence and the intricacies of private international law, as a quick search on the present blog also indicates.