Taste of justice: Syrian victims of chemical weapon attacks witnessing serious accountability efforts
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In a fully reasoned ruling dated November 25, 2020, the Criminal Chamber of the Cour de Cassation (French Supreme Court) has reversed a case law that had been established for more than twenty years in "merger by acquisition" transactions (i.e., when a company is merged into another): The acquiring company may now, under certain conditions, be held criminally liable for an offence committed by the acquired company prior to the merger and for which it had not been convicted. This is a landmark decision since the Criminal Chamber, which until then had equated the disappearance of a legal enti...