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Lease interest was not sufficient to establish ownership rights for conversion claim.

Day on Torts

June 9, 2022), plaintiff and defendant husband were in the process of getting divorced. During the divorce proceedings, defendant allegedly asked plaintiff to sign a written agreement to continue the lease, which plaintiff refused to sign because it was “onerous, high risk, and legally ineffective.” internal citation omitted).

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Former Cub Ben Zobrist Sues Former Pastor For Sleeping With His Wife and Stealing Money

JonathanTurley

As a diehard Cubs fans (and the fan personally responsible for breaking the Billy Goat curse before the World Series in 2016), the lawsuit from former Cub and World Series MVP Ben Zobrist brings together the Cubs and torts. Zobrist’s wife admitted for the first time that she had an affair with their pastor in their divorce proceedings.

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Court clarifies factors to consider for fraud allegation related to attorney-client fee agreement.

Day on Torts

4, 2021), plaintiff filed a fraud claim against defendant attorney who had represented him for a portion of plaintiff’s previous divorce case. M2019-01395-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Plaintiff asserted that defendant had engaged in fraudulent billing and that defendant had “charged a higher hourly rate than agreed.” citing Alexander ).

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Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) 3/2021: Abstracts

Conflict of Laws

The principal focus will be on questions of jurisdiction, the recognition and enforcement of judgments and choice of law for contract and tort. However, instead of ensuring legal clarity in this respect, the two decisions rendered by the ECJ further fragment the autonomous concept of contract under international civil procedural law.

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Smart Ways to Use ChatGPT at Your Law Practice—Without Getting into Hot Water

Rocket Matter

Social media prompts: Create a list of 10 LinkedIn post ideas for a mass tort firm that specializes in Brainstorm 20 post ideas for our CEO’s personal LinkedIn page to position them as a thought leader on California divorce law Create a LinkedIn post on how my business law firm is accepting new clients 5.

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The Benefits of Boutique Law Firms

MyCase

Litigation : This may include a range of both civil and criminal litigation cases, such as personal injury tort claims, divorce and family law cases, contract disputes, and so on. . Tax law : Boutique law firms that specialize in tax law may cover laws of individuals, corporations, and entities.

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Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) 1/2022: Abstracts

Conflict of Laws

The regulative advantages of party autonomy, i.e. efficiency, legal certainty and conflict of laws justice, can be productive in choice of law contracts involving artificial intelligence. Clearly, national contract laws will differ substantially in their solutions. Henrich : News on private divorces in and outside the EU.

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