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

Day on Torts

When defendant and his wife were later divorcing in 2019, the annuity came to light, and the wife informed plaintiff that she had seen a check that appeared to have been endorsed by someone else on her behalf. Based on the evidence, the Court affirmed the ruling that plaintiff “possessed a one-half ownership interest in the annuity funds.”.

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September 2024 Update: List of China’s Cases on Recognition of Foreign Judgments

Conflict of Laws

Note: Foreign divorce judgments are excluded in the Case List.) Each case has been reviewed and more details, such as the grounds, the case numbers, and causes of action, have been added. 1] To date, we have collected 109 cases involving China and 26 foreign States and regions.

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Opioid maker Purdue’s bankruptcy case comes before Supreme Court

SCOTUSBlog

Among other things, the releases eliminate the potential causes of action for creditors and victims outside the plan, without giving them a chance to either affirmatively agree to the releases or opt out of them.

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August 2023 Update: List of China’s Cases on Recognition of Foreign Judgments

Conflict of Laws

Note: Foreign divorce judgments are excluded in the Case List.) Each case has been reviewed and more details, such as the grounds, the case numbers, and causes of action, have been added. To date, we have collected 98 cases involving China and 25 foreign States and regions.

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August 2022 Update: List of China’s Cases on Recognition of Foreign Judgments

Conflict of Laws

Note: Foreign divorce judgments are excluded in the Case List.). Each case has been reviewed and more details, such as the case numbers and causes of action, have been added. On 21 August 2022, China Justice Observer released the 2022 version of the List of China’s Cases on Recognition of Foreign Judgments.

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The 2019 Hague Judgments Convention Applied by Analogy in the Dutch Supreme Court

Conflict of Laws

On 5 June 2020, the wife filed for divorce and ancillary relief, inter alia division of the matrimonial property, with the Dutch court. Lis pendens On 26 March 2021, the Dutch district court pronounced the divorce and ruled that the wife must pay child maintenance. They have two children over whom they have joint custody.

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Supreme Court Takes Major Religion Case: Postal Worker Asks Court to Toss Long-Standing Test for Religious Accommodation

JonathanTurley

He was given repeated disciplinary actions for refusing to work. The USPS was moving to terminate him when he resigned and filed a challenge based on two causes of action for religious discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964: (1) disparate treatment, and (2) failure to accommodate religious beliefs.

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