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Criminal Prosecution Res Judicata

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Health, safety and working conditions in France / First semester of 2020

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This newsletter reviews five notable court holdings over the last semester. Moral harassment: the employer's investigation is valid even if all victims have not been interviewed (Cass, Soc., 8 January 2020, n°18-20.151) ...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

Is the Trump Administration Charting a New Course Away from the Duplicative Fines of the Financial Crisis?

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Double jeopardy prevents criminal defendants from being convicted of the same crime twice. Res judicata prevents civil litigants from facing repeated claims by an overly aggressive plaintiff. Unfortunately, in the years after...more

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Supreme Court Decides Foster v. Chatman

On May 23, 2016, the United States Supreme Court decided Foster v. Chatman, No. 14-8349, holding that it was clearly erroneous for a state habeas court to decide that a criminal defendant failed to show purposeful...more

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