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• Supreme Court Grants Cert in F-Cubed Securities Litigation

  
  GlobalTort — Authority: 470
  This post offers a brief comment arising from the now widely reported fact (see, for example, SCOTUSblog and many others) that the U. S. Supreme Court granted certiorari from the 2d Circuits opinion in the so-called foreign-cubed (a/k/a f- cubed) Rule 10b-5 securities case titled Morrison, et al., v. National ...
  1 week ago

• Global Choice of Law Issues for D & O Coverage - Contract Issues

  
  GlobalTort — Authority: 470
  This post at Kevin LaCroixs D & O Diary covers an interesting new decision from Canada on global choice of law issues arising from D & O policies, and identifies contract clauses that might be changed to obtain better outcomes. Heres an excerpt:"The November 12 OpinionIn his November 12, 2009 decision (here), ...
  2 weeks ago

• D&O Insurance: Is "Choice of Law" the Next Hot Topic?

  
  The D & O Diary — Authority: 462
  Pop quiz: the law of which jurisdiction should govern a coverage dispute arising under D&O insurance policies issued by U.S-domiciled insurers to an NYSE company incorporated in Delaware with its headquarters in Oregon? If you find the answer "British Columbia" as surprising as I do, read on. The court decision ...
  2 weeks ago

• Latest Class Action Decision Shows That The Battles Were Important

  
  Drug and Device Law — Authority: 549
  We aren’t the first to note the latest class action denial in the prescription medical product liability field, In re Panacryl Sutures Products Liability Cases , No. 5:08-MD-1959-BO, slip op. (E.D.N.C. Nov. 13, 2009). 360 (subscription only) beat us to the punch the other day. But just because we aren’t first, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Would US Auditors Prefer to Litigate Securities Issues in India or the US ?

  
  GlobalTort — Authority: 470
  Here is a Law.com article by Andrew Longstreth regarding the defense view on whether a major securities class action should be litigated in the US or India. What outcome would you want as GC?The article explains that PwC and others would prefer to litigate in India. A key excerpt is set out below:"The Satyam scandal ...
  3 weeks ago

• Update on Toyotas Efforts to Use the MDL to Control the Situation as to Inside Counsel and Documents

  
  GlobalTort — Authority: 470
  Here is a Corporate Counsel that provides an update on and links to documents regarding Toyotas issues with its former inside counsel who claims that documents were wrongfully destroyed regarding alleged defects in cars.
  4 weeks ago

• First Department Chooses Connecticut as Law Governing Commercial Liability Policy

  
  Coverage Counsel — Authority: 464
  COMMERCIAL LIABILITY – CHOICE OF LAW Liberty Surplus Ins. Corp. v. National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa. (1st Dept., decided 11/5/2009) In this insurer vs. insurer suit, defendant National Union moved to dismiss three causes of action of plaintiffs amended complaint, presumably arguing that New ...
  4 weeks ago

• Binding a Successor Corporation to a Forum Selection Clause in International Litigation Related to a Sovereign-Owned Entity

  
  GlobalTort — Authority: 470
  With a hat tip to Mondaq, this article from Proskauer summarizes a recent 2d Circuit ruling holding that forum selection clauses may be enforced against successor entities in the context of an entity 90% owned by the Argentine government. The case arises in the context of business to business litigation, but the same ...
  4 weeks ago

• Why Drug Companies Should Beware Of Doing Business In West Virginia

  
  Drug and Device Law — Authority: 549
  A federal trial court has held that West Virginia public policy forbids applying the learned intermediary doctrine even to patients treated outside of West Virginia. Thus: An Alabama physician prescribes a drug to an Alabama resident. The resident uses the drug in Alabama and is allegedly injured by the drug there. ...
  6 weeks ago

• Bertoli: Party Autonomy and the Rome II Regulation

  
  Conflict of Laws .net — Authority: 124
  Paolo Bertoli (University of Insubria) has published two interesting articles (in English) on the role of party autonomy in the Rome II regulation. Here are the references: Choice of Law by the Parties in the Rome II Regulation , in Rivista di diritto internazionale , 2009, pp. 697-716. Party Autonomy and ...
  6 weeks ago

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