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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. Naturally, the legal basis in the Dutch case was different than the legal basis in the French case, considering that the Netherlands does not yet have a national law like la Loi de Vigilance.

Finance 40
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Finding of conversion and fraudulent concealment affirmed where brother signed sister’s name on check

Day on Torts

On appeal, defendant argued that although plaintiff was a named owner on the annuity, “they were owners in name only and that the effect of the transaction establishing the annuity was to create something of a constructive trust for Decedent [mother] with [defendant’s] ‘legal posture’ in the nature of a trustee or custodian.” Code Ann. §

Divorce 59
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The Curious Ethical Case of Kevin Morris

JonathanTurley

Putting the personal invectives aside, Sullivan did offer a couple of details on the possible defense of Morris in a pending ethics complaint brought by a conservative legal group. This is also now the subject of a new bar complaint filed by a conservative legal group this week. I — you know, but I did diligence on the assets.

Lawyer 71