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Point – CounterPoint on Jurisdiction and Global Securities Litigation
Kevin LaCroix’s blog, D & O Diary, includes informative recent posts that provide a point-counterpoint on plaintiff and defense views on...

Kirk Hartley
Aug 7, 20101 min read
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Ratings Agencies Lose Motion to Dismiss in Subprime Litigation
Some argue the CDO financial fiasco years is the biggest mass tort in history. Towards that view, the ratings agencies suffered a major...

Kirk Hartley
Apr 28, 20101 min read
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Would a Reasonable Gambler Want to Know Who Picked the Cards in the Deck ? The Goldman Sachs and Pau
The provocative question in the title of this post is a question posed by Erik Gerding in an insightful post at the Conglomerate. It’s...

Kirk Hartley
Apr 18, 20101 min read
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Detailed Review of 2009 US Securities Class Actions
Here is a detailed review of 2009 securities class action, courtesy of Kevin LaCroix at the D & O Diary. Amazing, but not suprising, to...

Kirk Hartley
Jan 4, 20101 min read
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Non-Obvious Issues Arising from Corporate Problems and Subsequent Statements About the Scope/Impact
Risk managers and lawyes have to think even more about divergent types of fallout from a corporate problems. The point is illustrated by...

Kirk Hartley
Dec 9, 20091 min read
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Ratings Agencies Sued By Ohio Attorney General
It was just a matter of time. Seeking a civil remedy for the oft-criticized credit ratings issued by the various ratings agencies, The...

Kirk Hartley
Nov 22, 20092 min read
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The Value of E-discovery and Tort Law – Trial Judge Says Internal Emails Probably Hang UBS on
The WSJ Law blog includes this post yesterday that illustrates the virtues of e-discovery and the ever-expanding use of tort law in...

Kirk Hartley
Sep 12, 20092 min read
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