case type: civilwhere: New York Supreme CourtAttorney: Roberta KaplanVerdict: Trump found liable for battery and defamation in May 2023. A second defamation trial begins on January 15, 2024. In a 2019 New York cover story, writer E. Jean Carroll accused Trump of sexually assaulting her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in the mid-1990s. After […]
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Client Legal Update: Judgment of the Federal Labor Court (BAG)
See below this judgment from 20 December 2022 on the merits and limitations of annual vacation entitlements. Summary On 20 December 2022, the German Federal Labor Court (“BAG”) ruled that the entitlement to statutory minimum vacation is only subject to the three-year year statute of limitations if the employer has (i) previously informed its employees […]
Space Law Update: One person’s space junk is another’s treasure – who is legally responsible for damage caused by space debris?
Why space junk matters On 4 May 2022, a heavy piece of unidentified metal crashed through the ceiling of a young Gympie family’s home – narrowly missing the bouncer in which their baby daughter had been lying moments earlier. Less than six months later, four pieces of space junk – which the United Nations says […]