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8 Must-Ask Questions Before You Hire a Freelance Lawyer

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And for law firms, remote work opens the door to alternative hiring options, including outsourcing substantive legal work to freelance lawyers. It’s not hard to see why freelancers could represent 80% of the global workforce by 2030. Screening Freelance Lawyers to Find the Right Fit. What experience do you have?

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Milieudefensie v Shell: 3 Takeaways and Challenges on the Appeal’s Court Decision

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The applicants sought an injunction declaring that Shell is legally bound to reduce its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 45% below 2019 levels by 2030. The district court had granted Milieudefensies claims for a reduction target of 45% by 2030, leading to Shells appeal in 2022. Royal Dutch Shell. Three Challenges from the Decision 1.

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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.

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Is There Really a Fiduciary Duty to Destroy the Climate?

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8] In 2021, a court in the Hague found that Royal Dutch Shell violated its fiduciary duties under Dutch law by failing to address its climate risk adequately and ordered the company to reduce CO 2 emissions by net 45% by the end of 2030 against a 2019 baseline. [9] 5] Approximately two-thirds of U.S. Lawrence A. Hamermesh, Jack B.

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