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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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Tort Litigation against Transnational Companies in England

Conflict of Laws

This post is an abridged adaptation of my recent article, Private International Law and Substantive Liability Issues in Tort Litigation against Multinational Companies in the English Courts: Recent UK Supreme Court Decisions and Post-Brexit Implications in the Journal of Private International Law. Muir-Watt (ibid) 386).

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Global Value Chains and Transnational Private Law Workshop at Edinburgh Law School – Report

Conflict of Laws

She first introduced the background: the EU recently enacted the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D), which establishes due diligence responsibilities and civil consequences for violations of such obligations. Then he elaborated on several aspects of GLO, including group registers, case management, and costs.

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Guest Commentary: New Italian Constitutional Reform: What it Means for Environmental Protection, Future Generations & Climate Litigation

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In 2021, the German Federal Constitutional Court ruled in favor of the petitioners and struck down parts of Germany’s climate law as incompatible with fundamental rights for failing to set sufficient provisions for emissions cuts beyond 2030. In Neubauer, et al.

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Finding of conversion and fraudulent concealment affirmed where brother signed sister’s name on check

Day on Torts

July 16, 2021), plaintiff and defendant were brother and sister. In general, when the property converted is a negotiable instrument, the damage is done, and the tort is complete when the instrument is negotiated, regardless of the plaintiff’s ignorance of the conversion.” In Pomeroy v. McGinnis , No. E2020-00960-COA-R3-CV (Tenn.

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BNP Paribas sued in France for financing fossil fuel companies

Conflict of Laws

If damage caused by non-compliance with la Loi de Vigilance, any person with legitimate interest can seek reparation under tort law. In 2021, the Hague District Court ordered Shell to reduce both its own carbon emissions and end-use emissions by 45% by 2030 in relation to the 2019 figures. of the decision).

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

Conflict of Laws

As was briefly announced earlier on this blog , on 29 January 2021, the Dutch Court of Appeal in The Hague gave a ruling in a long-standing litigation launched by four Nigerian farmers and the Dutch Milieudefensie. All claims addressed in the Court of Appeal ruling of 29 January 2021 are assessed according to Nigerian law.