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• Securities Law - Global Claiming - Are US Judgments Actually Binding

  
  GlobalTort — Authority: 129
  So, where and when are US tort and securities judgments binding on persons who live outside the US, and why should does it matter? Lets start with the latter question - why does it matter. Suppose, for example, a US bankrupcty court purports to enter a global injunction that bars future asbestos claims that anyone in ...
  2 days ago

• The Trouble with All-or-Nothing Settlements

  
  Mass Tort Litigation Blog — Authority: 420
  My new paper, The Trouble with All-or-Nothing Settlements, is now available on SSRN. I presented it at last weeks symposium in Kansas on "Aggregate Justice: Perspectives Ten Years After Amchem and Ortiz." The theme of the conference got me thinking...
  6 days ago

• Chapter 11 in Hong Kong ? What Would They Do With Mass Tort Claims ?

  
  GlobalTort — Authority: 129
  Here is an AmLaw article about the apparently fairly real possibility of chapter 11 type legislation in Hong Kong. This is getting ahead of the game, but it does provide an opportunity to pause and think about what Hong Kong or other sovereigns might use as an approach to corporate failures caused by mass tort claims. ...
  1 week ago

• Travelers/Manville Remand - 2d Circuit Argument is Thursday October 22 at 2:00 PM

  
  GlobalTort — Authority: 129
  The Supreme Courts Manville/Travelers opinion was quite narrow (some might say advisory) and resulted in a remand of the case to the 2d Circuit to decide the extent to which the prior rulings are binding on various entities. As per this online docket, the Travelers/Manville argument on remand is set for oral argument ...
  2 weeks ago

• Fall 2009 Newsletter for ABA Mass Torts Litigation Committee

  
  Mass Tort Litigation Blog — Authority: 420
  The newsletter is now available and includes articles on Lone Pine orders, public nuisance law, federal preemption, sophisticated user and sophisticated intermediary defenses, the Fake Bad Scale Test, and document review. BGS
  3 weeks ago

• Proposal for National Juries for Mass Tort Cases

  
  GlobalTort — Authority: 129
  Here is a late September post presenting a condensed version of a law review article proposing "national juries" for mass tort litigation. The proposal is from Professor Laura Gaston Dooley, a professor at the Valparaiso University Law School. Looking quickly through her CV at the school website, it appears Prof. ...
  4 weeks ago

• Transcript of June 25 GM Hearing on Withdrawal of Request for Asbestos Futures Representative

  
  GlobalTort — Authority: 129
  As a result of bugging the clerks office and the court reporters office, the transparency-blocking 90 day veil has now been lifted from some of the General Motors bankruptcy hearing transcripts.Here is the June 25, 2009 transcript that reflects the asbestos plaintiffs lawyers withdrawing the request for appointment ...
  4 weeks ago

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