Kirk Hartley
Delaware Supreme Court Holds that Determination that an Adequate Alternative Forum Exists is Not Req
Once upon a time, it seemed the 1980 ruling in World-Wide Volkswagen would control forever, and that jurisdictional jurisdictional...
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Kirk Hartley
- Jun 12, 2017
- 1 min
SCOTUS Expands Use of Mail to Serve Process on Overseas Defendants
A May 2017 decision by SCOTUS (Water Splash) makes it easier for US plaintiffs to use mail to serve process on overseas defendants under...
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Kirk Hartley
- Nov 4, 2016
- 1 min
D & O Diary “Book Review: An Updated Global Guide to Directors’ Liability and Indemnificat
In a sign of the times, Kevin LaCroix at D & O Diary published an October 12, 2016 post titled: “Book Review: An Updated Global Guide to...
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Kirk Hartley
- Oct 26, 2016
- 1 min
Germany – A Judicial Hellhole, for VW
As Professor Coffee pointed out in his new article, mass tort claiming has indeed gone global, as some of us expected. More evidence of...
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Kirk Hartley
- May 11, 2015
- 4 min
1st Annual European Asbestos Forum, Including a Focus on Lung Cancer and Asbestos
Europe continues to see a growing focus on asbestos topics, including both non-litigation and litigation-related topics. An example...
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Kirk Hartley
- Sep 10, 2014
- 1 min
Contrasts in Access to Data – Asbestos Bankruptcies and Underlying Litigation, versus Concussi
In the NFL concussion litigation, the federal judge overseeing the case has now ordered release of supporting financial calculations for...
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Kirk Hartley
- Jul 29, 2014
- 2 min
Fostering Cross-border Litigation – ABA Opinion 464 Allows Dividing Legal Fees with Nonlawyers
Cross-border litigation with UK lawyers and non-lawyers (and others) is becoming easier for US lawyers. An example arises from ABA...
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Kirk Hartley
- Jun 16, 2014
- 2 min
International Consumer Product Safety Conference – Brussels, Belgium
An online page presents information about this upcoming global conference on consumer products. The world continues to get smaller with...
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Kirk Hartley
- Mar 21, 2013
- 1 min
Lessons from Ecuador and Chevron
Michael Goldhaber offers some insightful comments following up on a conference on the Chevron litigation arising from the toxic tort...
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Kirk Hartley
- Feb 9, 2013
- 1 min
The Chevron Fiasco in Ecuador
Michael Goldhaber and Alison Frankel offered detailed and interesting comments this past week on the Chevron/Ecuador fiasco. The bottom...
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Kirk Hartley
- Feb 4, 2013
- 1 min
2013 Litigation Predictions from Crowell and Moring
Crowell & Moring recently published a set of predictions for 2103 on a range of areas of litigations. The publication is online and free....
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Kirk Hartley
- Aug 19, 2012
- 1 min
South African Violence Changes the Risks for Tort Litigants Involved in Claims in Africa Regarding M
(Photo by Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters, and published in the NYT) Litigation risks are sometimes self-created, are created solely by others, or...
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Kirk Hartley
- Jul 30, 2012
- 3 min
Maltese Dock Workers Sue the Maltese Government in the European Court of Human Rights for Asbestos D
The Times of Malta brings news today of new asbestos litigation related to Maltese shipyards and asbestos. Prior posts covered some older...
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Kirk Hartley
- Feb 9, 2012
- 1 min
Dialog on Global Mass Tort Settlements
More and more dialog is ongoing on settlement of global tort claims, whether in securities litigation or physical injury mass tort...
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Kirk Hartley
- Oct 18, 2011
- 1 min
US Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Appeals Regarding Corporate Liability Under ATS
The Justice Roberts court typically is out to provide certainty for big business, and so it’snot surprising the Court has granted...
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Kirk Hartley
- Oct 17, 2011
- 1 min
America’s Defense Research Institute Goes to Spain – Hot Topics Include Class Actions, L
Continuing a policy that started in the last few years, the Defense Research Institute is once again sponsoring a cross-border seminar in...
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Kirk Hartley
- Mar 8, 2011
- 1 min
Injunction Issued to Block Enforcement of $ 9 Billion Judgment Against Chevron for Environmental Dam
Global tort litigation includes numerous battles within the war. This week, Chevron is trumpeting the fact that it won a preliminary ...
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Kirk Hartley
- Dec 6, 2010
- 1 min
UN Releases Draft Document on Framework for “Protect, Respect and Remedy”
Human rights law continues to expand, and is an increasing part of international tort claiming. Set out below are the lead in...
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Kirk Hartley
- Nov 11, 2010
- 1 min
Rio Tinto International Litigation, Mediation Order and Example of a Young Lawyer Who Apparently Cre
Here is the link to a brief but very helpful summary of a decade of international tort litigation against Rio Tinto. The article includes...
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Kirk Hartley
- Mar 10, 2010
- 1 min
Madoff Litigation – Feeder Fund Rulings – Luxemborg and Florida
Kevin LaCroix at the D & O Diary blog recently provided this post highlighting two recent rulings on "feeder fund" claims arising from...
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