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Kirk Hartley

Aug 13, 20121 min read

Going Around Morrison – The Porsche Wars Produce A New Ruling

Smart plaintiffs continue to find ways around the Morrison rules on the proper venue for securities claims. The most recent example...

Kirk Hartley

Mar 28, 20103 min read

Some Big Picture Observations Regarding Extraterritorial Applications of Law as the World Watches th

Time certainly flies. It seems just the other day I was writing this post about the grant of cert in the f-cubed securities litigation on...

Kirk Hartley

Dec 4, 20093 min read

Litigation Stays and Overseas “Bankruptcy” Proceedings

Using bankruptcy code chapters 11 and 15 to avoid litigation is not quite as easy as some might think, as illustrated by an order that is...

Kirk Hartley

Dec 2, 20093 min read

Supreme Court Grants Cert in F-Cubed Securities Litigation

This post offers a brief comment arising from the now widely reported fact (see, for example, SCOTUSblog and many others) that the U. S....

Kirk Hartley

Nov 20, 20092 min read

Global Choice of Law Issues for D & O Coverage – Contract Issues

This post at Kevin LaCroix’s D & O Diary covers an interesting new decision from Canada on global choice of law issues arising from D &...

Kirk Hartley

Nov 12, 20091 min read

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

Here is a Law.com article by Andrew Longstreth regarding the defense view on whether a major securities class action should be litigated...

Kirk Hartley

Nov 6, 20091 min read

Update on Toyota’s Efforts to Use the MDL to Control the Situation as to Inside Counsel and Do

Here is a Corporate Counsel that provides an update on and links to documents regarding Toyota’s issues with its former inside counsel...

Kirk Hartley

Nov 6, 20092 min read

Binding a Successor Corporation to a Forum Selection Clause in International Litigation Related to a

With a hat tip to Mondaq, this article from Proskauer summarizes a recent 2d Circuit ruling holding that forum selection clauses may be...

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