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The lawyer-agent owes an equity-based fiduciary duty of undivided loyalty to the client-principal. Incidents of that overarching duty are the sub-duties of confidentiality and full disclosure. Assume a lawyer proposes to...more
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A perennial issue in German labor law practice: If termination without notice is being considered due to a strong suspicion of a serious breach of duty (termination on suspicion), the employer must promptly hear the affected...more
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In Kuers v. Shore, defendant was the trustee of a trust from 2016 to 2017, and he was then removed. No. 01-24-00098-CV, 2025 Tex. App. LEXIS 6124 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] August 14, 2025, no pet.)....more
In Herman v. Metz, in 1989, Robert P. Metz and Dwayne Herman formed GBH Enterprises, Inc., and Metz owned 20% and Herman owned 80%. No. 14-24-00277-CV, 2025 Tex. App. LEXIS 6408 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] August 21,...more
The decision confirms that Texas corporations can limit shareholder derivative claims to those holding more than 3% of their stock. ...more
The 2027 Edition of Loring and Rounds: A Trustee’s Handbook, due out in mid-December of 2026, is a work in progress. Chapter 10 is being repurposed to house a one-stop digest and compilation for trust scriveners of the...more
Some NYBD posts have staying power. Of the hundreds of posts on this site, my practice brings me back, over and over again, to a handful of familiar favorites. This 2018 post from Peter Mahler is one to which I find myself...more
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In a landmark judgment, the High Court of Australia (High Court or the Court) has held that the Catholic Diocese (the Diocese) breached a non‑delegable duty of care owed to a child who was sexually assaulted by a priest in...more
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